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Thursday, July 21 • 9:00am - 4:00pm
Symptom Surveillance Working Group - by invitation only

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A small working group of clinicians, researchers, and patient advocates will meet to plan our next research initiative - clinical guidelines for surveillance of symptoms of potential comorbidities (e.g. hydrocephalus, endocrinopathies, etc.) after large epilepsy surgeries.

This is not a conference session. Participation is by invitation only.  

Speakers
avatar for Audrey Vernick

Audrey Vernick

Director, Patient and Family Advocacy, The Brain Recovery Project:
Audrey Vernick serves as the Director of Patient and Family Advocacy for The Brain Recovery Project: Childhood Epilepsy Surgery Foundation. Her role is helping patients after epilepsy surgery access medical, educational, vocational, transition, and community living resources across the lifespan. She supports patients and their families in navigating systems, connecting with services, and understanding all areas of disabili... Read More →
avatar for Lynn Paul, PhD

Lynn Paul, PhD

California Institute of Technology
avatar for Monika Jones, Esq.

Monika Jones, Esq.

Executive Director, The Brain Recovery Project
Monika Jones is founder and Executive Director of The Brain Recovery Project. Her first son, Henry, was born with total hemimegalencephaly – a rare unilateral brain malformation which caused him to have hundreds of seizures per day shortly after birth. The seizures included infantile... Read More →
avatar for Taylor Abel, MD

Taylor Abel, MD

Surgical Directory, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
From the University of Pittsburgh website:Taylor Abel, MD, is a pediatric neurosurgeon specializing in epilepsy surgery. He is surgical director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Abel is from Seattle, Wash. and completed his... Read More →
avatar for Marlene Behrman, PhD

Marlene Behrman, PhD

Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Marlene Behrmann is a Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, whose research specializes in the cognitive basis of visual perception, with a specific focus on object recognition. Dr. Behrmann is widely considered to be a trailblazer and a worldwide leader in the... Read More →
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Michael Granovetter, PhD

Medical Student, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Granovetter is a medical student in the Medical Scientist Training Program at University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon. His research examines how typical neural processes may become disrupted in pediatric neurological disorders and the consequent effects that this may have... Read More →
avatar for Aria Fallah, MD, MSc

Aria Fallah, MD, MSc

Head of Pediatric Neurosurgery, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
Dr. Aria Fallah’s expertise and research interests are in Evidence Based Surgery, Clinical Trials, Observational Studies and Meta-Analyses as it relates to clinical and operative Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery. His current research projects include large international studies to generate... Read More →


Thursday July 21, 2022 9:00am - 4:00pm MDT
Executive Boardroom (4th floor)

Attendees (4)