Events & News

Events & News

All year long, the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group promotes epilepsy education for patients, their caregivers, medical treatment staff, and the general public. Team Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group participates in several epilepsy walks and many different fundraising activities that directly benefit the national or local epilepsy foundations and advocacy societies. Check out our upcoming schedule and you may find an activity that interests you.

Epilepsy: KNOWLEDGE IS POWER - September 22 - Jersey City, NJ

Epilepsy: KNOWLEDGE IS POWER - September 22 - Jersey City, NJ

Jersey City Medical Center
Rooms 5, 6, and 7
355 Grand Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302

Co-hosted with the Epilepsy Foundation of NJ

Knowledge is Power Event Program:

8:30 am-9:00
Registration
9:00-12:30 
Program 

9:00-945 
Treatment for Epilepsy: What’s on the Horizon? - Evan Fertig, M.D. 
  
9:45-10:30
Advances in Epilepsy Surgery - Mostafa El Khashab, MD, PhD
 
10:30-10:45
Break
 
10:45-11:15 
Memory Treatment Program for Persons with Epilepsy - Robert Trobliger, Ph.D.
 
11:15-12:00
Accommodations for Children with Disabilities in Public Schools - Alex Fertig, Psy.D.
 
12:00-12:30
SUDEP: Facts and Fiction - Evan Fertig, M.D. 
 
8:30-12:45 
Info Kiosk: Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey:  Services for Children and Adults Living with Epilepsy in the Garden State



Events that were highlighted in the past

American Epilepsy Society Annual Convention in Denver Colorado
November: Epilepsy Awareness month
APA 2026 in Washington, DC
Seventh Annual Purple Day Expo at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando, FL
Epilepsy Alliance America Member Organization Meeeting
International Epilepsy Day
Webinar offered by the Family Resource Network/Epilepsy Services of NJ
Epilepsy Book Club
American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting
Primer Congreso Latinoamericano sobre Trastornos Neurológicos Funcionales
November: Epilepsy Awareness month
Walk for the one 2025
Epilepsy Book Club
Managing psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) at school
Webinar: Inside Specialized Epilepsy Centers
Fearcast Podcast
Grand rounds (virtual) British Columbia Neuropsychiatry Program
Purple Day
Epilepsy Book Club
National Epilepsy Walk