Epilepsy on the Move: Stay tuned for upcoming epilepsy and seizure disorder events and news in 2017
Stay tuned because there are a ton of epilepsy and seizure disorder events and activities coming up in 2017 including a webinar that is being offered by Dr. Lorna Myers through the Epilepsy Foundation of Connecticut, a town hall meeting in our Hackensack, NJ offices, our New York City bike-a-thon with team NEREG supporting Epilepsy Free and Dr. Eric Segal's lecture at the Sturge Weber Conference in Ohio in July.
March 15, 2017
Dr, Lorna Myers is offering a webinar called "Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: an introduction to patients and family." This event is being hosted by the Epilepsy Foundation of Connecticut and is free.
Thursday, March 23rd
Epilepsy Town Hall: Treatment Options for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
6 PM to 8 PM
Hackensack University Medical Center
20 Prospect Ave Ste 800
Hackensack, NJ 07601
This is a free educational town hall meeting being held in the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group Hackensack offices and is meant to offer information to attendees about treatment options for drug-resistant, partial epilepsy in the Bergen County community.
Speakers:
Enrique Feoli, MD
Associate Director of Northeast Regional Epilepsy
Group and Co-director of the Epilepsy Program, Hackensack University
Michael McKenna
RNS Ambassador and Patient Educator
To Register:
Please visit: www.neuropace.com/townhallnj
May 7, 2017
5-borough bike tour
Team Epilepsy Free will ride 40 miles through the whole of New York City raising funds for epilepsy and psychogenic non epileptic seizures (Epilepsy Free not-for-profit) and raising awareness with every mile! Registration opens on January 10.
June 7, 2017
Webinar: Treating psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (post traumatic stress disorder- PTSD) using prolonged exposure therapy
Lorna, Myers, Ph.D.
Registration cost: free
Audience: psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychotherapists, neurologists
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1966946418569749249
July 27-29, 2017
Dr. Eric Segal, pediatric epileptologist and director of pediatric epilepsy in New Jersey (Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group) will be an invited speaker at the Sturge Weber Conference held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
