Our epilepsy specialists in New York and New Jersey have been working hard
The American Epilepsy Society holds an annual conference on epilepsy that brings together epilepsy specialists from all over the world to present the most updated findings about epilepsy diagnosis, epilepsy treatment, genetics, devices to diagnose and promote safety in epilepsy and more. This year's conference was in San Diego, California. Many of our Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group doctors were actively involved in the many activities.
AES COMMITTEES:
Jeffrey M. Politsky, M.D., FRCP(C)
Member of the Special Interest Group (SIG) Committee
Member of the Clinical Research Task Force
Member of the Advocacy Committee
Member of the Practice Management Committee
Committee member of the Annual Course
Chair of the Tumor-Induced Epilepsy SIG
Appointed Chair of the Tumor-Related Epilepsy Research Consortium
Special Interest Group:
Tumor-Induced Epilepsy
Evan Fertig, M.D.
Finance Committee Member
Web Content Reviewer Work Group Member
Special Interest Group:
ICU Monitoring
Marcelo E. Lancman, M.D.
Special Interest Group:
Private Practice Epilepsy
Coordinators and Speakers:
Marcelo Lancman, M.D., Pavel Klein, M.D.
Brenda Wu, M.D.
Practice Management Committee Member
Lorna Myers, Ph.D.
Psychogenic non epileptic seizures (PNES) Task Force
The Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group presented the following scientific posters at the American Epilepsy Society in December:
AMBULATORY EEG MONITORING WITH VIDEO IN ADULTS; YIELD AND CLINICAL UTILITY
EFFICACY OF VIDEO-EEG IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ALTERED MENTAL STATUS IN THE ELDERLY POPULATION
AMBULATORY EEG MONITORING WITH VIDEO IN CHILDREN; YIELD AND CLINICAL UTILITY
OUTCOME OF STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH LACOSAMIDE
COMPARISON OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH PSYCHOGENIC NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES (PNES) AND TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY (TLE) AFTER CONTROLLING FOR MALINGERING
THE EXPERIENCE OF ANGER IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPTIC SEIZURES: THE STATE-TRAIT ANGER EXPRESSION INVENTORY-2
GENDER, SUBJECTIVE MEMORY, AND OBJECTIVE MEMORY AMONG PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY
DEPRESSION AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS AND US BORN EPILEPSY PATIENTS
HUMAN RABIES ENCEPHALITIS VIDEO EEG FINDING; A CASE REPORT
DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF CONTINUOUS EEG IN THE TREATMENT OF SUB-ARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE-INDUCED VASOSPASM
Epilepsy Publications:
Article: Epilepsy Behav. 2012 Nov;25(3):358-62. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.08.024. Epub 2012 Oct 24.
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: Predisposing factors to diminished quality of life.
Myers L, Lancman M, Laban-Grant O, Matzner B, Lancman M.
Link to abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23103310
Article: (in press-Epilepsy Behav) PREVALENCE OF ALEXITHYMIA IN PATIENTS WITH PSYCHOGENIC NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES AND EPILEPTIC SEIZURES AND PREDICTORS IN PSYCHOGENIC NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURES
Myers L, Matzner B, Lancman M, Perrine K, Lancman ME
