Epilepsy Surgery and Rare Genetic Disorders
November 30, 2022 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Come hear about when and why you should consider epilepsy surgery for your child with a DEE. Our guests will be:
Dr. Ahmad Marashly, Medical Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program, Johns Hopkins Hospital
and
Monika Jones, JD Founder and Executive Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance
In this webinar, you will:
– Get an intro to epilepsy surgery for those with genetic epilepsies
– Hear about the growing body of literature that supports brain surgery for both palliative and sometimes curative surgery
– Learn about the genetic disorders that cause refractory epilepsy, and better understand ion channel dysfunction/sodium channel mutations/mTOR pathways & surgery