International Symposium on Neonatal Seizures and Related Disorders ( ISNS )

- Cutting Edge in Seizure Detection , Management and Neuroprotection -

[ The 14^th Annual Meeting of the Infantile Seizure Society ( ISS )

in Collaboration with ILAE , Pediatrics Commission ]

01. Dates :  April 8 ( Fri ) – 10 ( Sun ), 2011

April 8 ( Fri ) – Satellite educational course on neonatal EEG

( in Japanese )

02. Venue :  Ariyama Memorial Hall & Century Tower,

Juntendo University Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

03. President :  Professor Shinichi NIIJIMA,

Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University

Nerima Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

04. Main topics :

Neonatal seizures – Early detection, identification, long-term monitoring, differential diagnosis, management, outcomes, etiology, pathogenesis of neonatal encephalopathies, epilepsies of very early infantile onset

05. Program :

The faculty will be composed of prominent international experts invited by the joint team of ILAE, Pediatrics Commission and the ISNS scientific committee, including : Keynote lecture by Kazuyoshi WATANABE ( Nagoya ), special lectures, didactic lectures, symposia, luncheon seminars, etc

06. Target attendees :

Physicians, researchers, nurses, assistants and students who are involved or interested in child neurology, epileptology, perinatal medicine, NICU care, basic developmental neuroscience.

07. Official language :   English only

08. Call for free papers :

Only electronic application on line will be accepted.

Instructions are available after September 15, 2010, at ISS & ISNS website <http://www.iss-jpn.info/>

09. Deadline for abstract submission :   December 20, 2010

10. Deadline for early registration :   December 20, 2010

11. Registration :   See the details at <http://www.iss-jpn.info/>

Early ( before 12/20 ) Late ( after 12/21 )

ISS/AOCNA members 18,000 JP\ 22,000 JP\

Non-members 21,000 JP\ 25,000 JP\

Students 5,000 JP\

Residents 10,000 JP\

12. Fellowships for younger attendees ( < 35 y.o.) are available.

13. Host organizations :

Infantile Seizure Society ( ISS ),

in collaboration with International League Against Epilepsy ( ILAE )

14. ISNS Secretariat :

<isns2011@juntendo-nerima.jp>

Yoshiyuki OHTOMO, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University Medical School,

Nerima Hosptal, 3-1-10, Takanodai, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 177-0033

15. ISS & ISNS Website :   <http://www.iss-jpn.info/>

16. ISS Secretariat :

<iss-contact@iss-jpn.info>

Yukio FUKUYAMA, MD

Child Neurology Institute

6-12-17-201 Minami-Shinagawa, Shingawa-ku,

Tokyo, 140-0004, Japan

Uncategorized, epilepsija, kongresi

5th Postgraduate Practical Epilepsy School, Slovenia,

in the tradition of Ecole Pratique Jean Bancaud, Sept 23-26, 2010

EMOTIONS AND SEIZURES – PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

SATELLITE: Emotion described, measured, understood – and influenced by

psychotherapy, pharmacology, other interventions

09 : 00 – 09 : 30  Neurobiology of emotion, imaging mood and emotion  (M Bresjanac, Ljubljana)

09 : 30 – 09 : 50  Emotion as understood by psychology (J Mlakar et al, Ljubljana)

09 : 50 -  10 : 05  Phenomenology of emotion (U Kordeš, Ljubljana)

10 : 05 – 10 : 20  Repertoire and classification of emotions  (to be defined)

10 : 20 -  10 : 35  Self – perception / image and emotion in people with epilepsy people with epilepsy

(L Vrba, Ljubljana )

10 : 35                                      Coffee

11 : 00 – 11 : 30  Assessing mood / emotions in clinical practice / paediatric (V Krkoč, Ljubljana)

11 : 30 – 12 : 00  Assessing mood / emotions in clinical practice / adult (J Bon, A Danieli, Ljubljana)

12 : 00 – 12 : 30   Perception and interpretation of emotions in people with epilepsy (P Marusič et al, Praha)

12 : 00                                       Lunch

14 : 30 – 15 : 15  Emotion as understood and handled by psychotherapy.  Psychotherapies and social

interventions affecting emotion  in people with epilepsy (Z Milivojević, Novi Sad, Ljubljana)

15 : 15 -  16 : 00  Pharmacology of mood and emotion in people with epilepsy – paediatric / adult

(H Kumperščak, B Kores Plesničar, Maribor, Ljubljana)

16 : 00 – 16 : 30  AEDs – clinically relevant interactions with psychopharmacological  drugs (M L Kržan,

M Pišljar, J Grošelj et al, Ljubljana, Idrija)

16 : 30 – 17 : 00  General discussion

5^th PRACTICAL EPILEPSY SCHOOL Emotions, Mood and Seizures

18 : 30  Introducing the 5^th Epilepsy School (Lord Mayor, Ministry, Slovenian League,…)

18 : 45 – 19:45 Laugh and fear : from seizure to mood : Philippe Kahane (Grenoble), Fabrice Bartolomei

(Marseille)

19 : 45 – 20:45 Physiology of prefronto-temporal systems related to emotion and memory (Z Pirtošek,

Ljubljana)

20 : 45                                               Get together

Friday, September 24th, 2010

08 : 30 – 09 : 30  Anatomy of the limbic system (O Delalande, Paris)

09 : 30 – 10 : 30  Video session: recognizing emotion from video (faculty, students)

10 : 30 – 12 : 00 Small group work on clinical cases ( P Marusič, P Kahane,  IM Ravnik ( Praha, Grenoble,

Ljubljana)

12 : 30                                               Lunch

14 : 00 – 16 : 00   Small group work

16 . 00                  Coffee

16 : 30 – 18 : 30   Plenary Workshop : presentations and discussion

18 : 30 – 18 :  45  Socio-psychological perceptions of epileptic seizure (J Bečaj, Ljubljana)

18 : 45 – 19 :  45  From seizure to mood: developmental aspects specific to children (M Fohlen, IM Ravnik

V G Tretnjak, Paris, Ljubljana)

20 : 30                                               Social event and dinner

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

08 : 00 – 09 : 00  Clinical  epileptology: differential diagnosis of psychiatric disorders (M Feucht, Vienna)

09 : 00 – 09 : 45  Other emotions and epilepsy (F Bartolomei, P Kahane, Marseille, Grenoble)

09 : 45 – 10 : 30 Emotions and epilepsy : from anatomy to neurophysiology and clinical phenomenon

10 : 30                                              Coffee

10 : 30 – 12 : 30  Small group work on clinical cases (F Bartolomei, M Feucht, P Chauvel, Marseille, Vienna)

12 : 30                                             Lunch

14 : 00 – 16 : 00  Students’ seminar ( P Marusič, P Kahane, B Lorber, M Kržan, Praha, Grenoble, Ljubljana)

17 : 00 – 17 : 45   Mood, emotions, aggression, auto-aggression  in people with epilepsy (M Feucht, Vienna)

18 : 00 – 18 : 30  Effects of antiepileptic drugs on mood/ emotion in people with epilepsy

(D Gosar, V G Tretnjak, IM Ravnik B Lorbe, Ljubljanar)

18 : 30 – 19 : 00  Mood and emotion related to epilepsy surgery ( O Delalande and Faculty)

19 : 30                       Adjourn

20 : 30   Autobiographic Monodrama “I, the Victim” (author and actor Simona Scott Semenič, Slovenian

Playwrights National Award Winner 2009 and 2010, Ljubljana)

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

09 : 00 – 10 : 00   From Psychobiology to Psychology and Philosophy of  Emotion (Patrick Chauvel, Marseille)

10 : 00 – 12 : 00   Open forum on emotions and epilepsy (P Chauvel,faculty, guests)

12 : 00                  Closure

Final programme subject to modification

epilepsija, kongresi, tečaji

V logisticnem pomenu je “redka bolezen” – n.pr operabilna otroska epilepsija – izjemen izziv za zdravstveno sluzbo majhne drzave, ki mora zagotoviti najbolj kakovostno obravavo v centrih, ki imajo za to delo dovolj izkusenj – ti pa se lahko razvijejo le v okoljih z dovolj napotitvami, torej v tujini. Slovenija je premajhna, da bi bilo strokovno in ekonomsko racionalno razvijati specializirane time za vse zapletene diagnosticne posege in kirursko zdravljenje otroske epilepsije. Predpogoja “najmanj 25 operacij letno” (in ob tem se stevilnih intenzivnih diagnosticnih obravnav) pri tako majhni populaciji ne dosegamo, zato smo nujno navezani na kolaborativno delovanje v mednarodnih mrezah. Seveda, ce v drzavi ni posluha za bolj podjetne zamisli in realno podporo organizaciji, s katero bi lastno znanje razsirili in delovali za paciente v sirsi regiji. Interes bolnikov v regiji obstaja, prihajajo v Slovenijo po druga mnenja in nasvete. A ze dolgo je tako, da v Sloveniji sirsih pogledov zdravstvena politika ni nikoli podprla, celo takrat ne, ko je slo za velika in svetovno uveljavljena imena (nevrokirurgija). Danes kadrovska zasedba komaj zadosca za predpripravo nasih bolnikov, ki jih utemeljeno posiljamo na nadaljnje obravnave v tujino. Stroka niti pri tem nikoli doslej ni dobila podpore managementa. Kje smo se, ce bi hoteli to ponuditi sirsi regiji.

Bilo bi zelo narobe, ce bi v casu “varcevalnih ukrepov” v casu svetovne financne krize omejitve zaceli izvajati pri tistih bolnikih, ki so najbolj ranljivi in pri katerih je utemeljeno pricakovati veliko izboljsanje zdravja. Zelo narobe bi bilo, ko bi nedavno zaceta javna diskusija (npr Spomenka Hribar, gotovo dobronamerno) temeljila na slabi obvescenosti.

Dejstvo, da gredo skrbno izbrani otroci z epilepsijo na zdravljenje v najboljse tuje centre, je namrec tudi dokaz kakovosti nasega zdravstva.
Nasa razmisljanja na temo “to be or not to be… an orphan” so bila dobro sprejeta tudi v mednarodnih krogih, zlasti v Skandinaviji. Razmislja se o nasem predlogu za ciljno projektno delo majhnih drzav na to temo.

prim Igor M Ravnik, vodja Centra za epilepsije otrok in mladostnikov
predsednik, drustvo Liga proti epilepsiji Slovenije
Ambasador epilepsije, Mednarodna Liga proti epilepsiji

Uncategorized, epilepsija epilepsija, kirurgija epilepsij

3rd Zagreb International Symposium in Epilepsy

„EPILEPSY SURGERY“
ZAGREB, CROATIA
SEPTEMBER 24-25TH, 2009

Thursday, September 24th

16h Johannes Schramm, MD, Head, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Presidential Lecture: “History of epilepsy surgery”

17h Hrvoje Hećimović, MD PhD, Head, Zagreb Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
“Why do we need epilepsy surgery program”

Friday, September 25th

09h Joseph Price, D Phil, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
“Neuroanatomy of limbic circuits“

10h Cigdem Ozkara, MD PhD, Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
“Mesial temporal lobe epilepsies and presurgical evaluation”

11h Christoph Baumgartner, MD, Head, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Vienna University, Vienna, Austria
“Neocortical epilepsies and preoperative algorithm“

12h Frank Gilliam, MD MPH, Head, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, The Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
„Implantation of invasive electrodes and intracranial monitoring“

Lunch break

14h Johannes Schramm, MD, Head, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
“Mesial temporal lobe resections and epilepsy surgery”

15h Jeffrey Ojemann, MD, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA
„Surgical treatment of neocortical epilepsies“

16h Discussion

epilepsija, kongresi, otroška nevrologija

International Symposium II

Epilepsies and epileptic syndromes during childhood and adolescence

May 25th 2007

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Epilepsies, non-epileptic events and sleep studies during early developmental period & progressive myoclonus epilepsies

March 16 th – 17 th 2007

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IPOKRaTES clinical seminar, at the occasion of 50th Anniversary of Child Neurology in Slovenia:

From seizure semiology to the epileptic syndromes:
Epilepsies and epileptic syndromes during neonatal, infantile and childhood period

May 27th – 29th 2004
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Prva implantacija vzpodbujevalca vagusnega živca (VNS) v Sloveniji je bila narejena 19. januarja 2005 v Kliničnem centru v Ljubljani na 6-letnem pacientu s hudo obliko epilepsije (sindrom Lennox-Gastaut).

VNS, epilepsija implantation, operacija, operation, stimulator, vagus nerve, vagus nerve stimulator, vagusni živec, VNS

Dept. of Child, Adolescent and Developmental Neurology, and
Dept. of Neurosurgery

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Ljubljana, January 18th and 19th 2005

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VNS, epilepsija, kongresi implantation, vagus nerve stimulator, VNS