Program Description: 

Review/discussion of complex, drug-resistant epilepsy patients and ancillary diagnostics such to discern salient surgical options as an alternative to medication therapy.

Key Words: Medically Refractory Epilepsy, Intracranial EEG, Ablative and Neurostimulation-based Epilepsy Surgery

Target audience: 
  • Physicians
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurses
  • Psychologists
Learning objectives: 

Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:

  • review the definition of drug-resistant epilepsy and various surgical approaches for treatment
  • Identify diverse ancillary diagnostic testing for discernment of surgical options for individual patients with known drug-resistant epilepsy (ie. neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and neuropsychology/language testing)
  • Participate in a multi-disciplinary forum and foster comradery to develop consensus opinion(s) about the best surgical approach for an individual patient's drug-resistant epilepsy
Faculty & credentials: 
Activity Director(s):
Patrick Bauer, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Medical College of Wisconsin
 
In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all persons in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. It is the policy of the Medical College of Wisconsin to identify, mitigate and disclose the absence or presence of all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
  • Patrick Bauer
 

Contact

Name: 
Julianne Mallonee
Email: 
[email protected]
Series date: 
05/06/2026 - 8:00am to 11:59pm CDT

ACCME Accreditation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

 

Group description: 
Intractable epilepsy presurgical conference 2026
Series location: 
Virtual Meeting
Milwaukee, WI
United States
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Sessions

There are no sessions in this series.