Starting January 2020 | Universitat de Barcelona

The registrations at the Master in Epileptology organised by the ERN EpiCARE centre Hospital San Juan de Dios – Hospital Clinic, in collaboration with the Universitat de Barcelona are now open.

This is a full time training one year course. Clinical and EEG training, as well as classes, are delivered in Spanish.

The number of students is limited to 4 per year (Deadline for registration: June 30th, 2019).

For more information contact the Master Secretariat: Mrs Susana Párraga: sparraga@sjdhospitalbarcelona.org

19th February 2020 | Auditorium Valerio Nobili Viale Baldelli 38, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu’, Roma

Complex tuberous sclerosis is a rare disease that typically arises with skin lesions, epilepsy and intellectual disability. Epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis is severe with onset seizures generally in the first months of life, the seizures are drug-resistant. Furthermore, in many cases, intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders are associated. Tuberous sclerosis is underpinned by mutations in the TSC1 and TSC2 genes that are part of the mTOR pathway. From a therapeutic point of view, immunosuppressive and antiangiogenic drugs have been shown to be effective in reducing seizures. Furthermore, numerous scientific evidence is in favour of a surgical therapy which consists in identifying the tubers responsible for the seizures and removing them. The mTOR pathway is therefore responsible for this disease as well as for other malformations of cortical development. The aim of the conference is to discuss advanced diagnostic and therapeutic aspects in the treatment of patients with tuberous sclerosis.

To view the course programme, please click here.

22nd – 25th April 2020 | Girona, Spain

The aim of the 3-year cycle EPIPED training course, endorsed between others by the ERN EPICARE, the ILAE EUROPE and the EPNS, is to reduce the geographical and knowledge gap by providing neurologists and child neurologists involved in epilepsy care the opportunity for a regular update on best treatment practices in children with epilepsies.

The concept of EPIPED is based on a 3-year cycle of independent annual training courses, developed specifically for child neurologists, physicians and epilepsy nurses caring for patients with epilepsy.

1st May 2020 | Corpus Christi College, Oxford

We are delighted to invite you to what will be the 8th Oxford Masterclass in Epileptology at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The Masterclasses aim to tackle a difficult area of epileptology over the course of a day with renowned national and international speakers. We encourage the sessions to be interactive with time for discussion after each talk and over the tea/coffee and lunch breaks.

The theme this year is the transition of people with epilepsy.

We very much hope that you will be able to join us in Oxford!

20th – 31st July 2020 | San Servolo, Venice, Italy

The main objective of the 7^th edition of the Advanced Epilepsy Course Bridging Basic with Clinical Epileptology is to train attendees to improve the critical competence necessary to design an effective research project/activity in the field of epilepsy.

10th – 13th September 2020 | University Hospital, Erlangen Krankenhausstr. 12

Reliable neuropathological work-up of epilepsy-associated brain lesions represents an important diagnostic value for the surgical management of patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy. The international classification of epilepsies recognizes a large spectrum of brain lesions as potential predictors of disease progression and treatment response.

The 11th International Summer School for Neuropathology and Epilepsy Surgery is designed to enable participants to better recognize and classify various histopathological substrates of drug-resistant epilepsy. Topics related to the diagnosis and treatment of human focal epilepsies will be presented by internationally renowned faculty. Advanced hands-on histopathology training will be offered in small groups led by distinguished tutors who will review and discuss microscopy slides of selected cases with different staining protocols. Participants will also have the opportunity to present their own cases for discussion with the entire group. The workshop has been held in Germany, Brazil, USA and China since 2013, with the endorsement of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE).

27th February – 3rd March 2018 | Venice, Italy

SEEG in lesional epilepsies: is the lesion guilty until proven innocent?

4th – 7th April 2018 | Clare College, Cambridge, UK

This is a 3 ½ day residential EEG course that is interactive with an emphasis on interactive, hands-on experience.

18th – 21st April 2018 | Girona, Spain

EPIPED is a 3 years cycle of independent annual training courses (2017-2019), developed specifically for child neurologists and physicians treating children with epilepsy.

Plenary interactive sessions and training modules cover different aspects of treatment strategies in children with all types of epilepsies, particularly rare and complex epilepsies.

23rd May 2018 | The EGG in Brussels, Belgium

A community building event for epilepsy research

24th – 25th May 2018 | Salzburg, Austria

Endorsed meeting on Rare Neurological Disorders and Rare Epilepsies taking place in Salzburg on Thursday 24th May and Friday 25th May 2018.

19th – 21st June 2018 | East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK

Matthew’s Friends will be hosting their annual Ketocollege programme. 19th – 21st June 2018 – Crowne Plaza Felbridge Hotel, East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK

22nd – 23rd June 2018 | Crowne Plaza Hotel, Felbridge, East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK

Following on from the First European Conference on GLUT1 Deficiency that was held in Milan in 2016, we continue with our biennial developmental programme of conferences to increase knowledge and awareness of this specific rare disease by bringing together experts in the field.

26th – 29th July 2018 | Erlangen, Germany

We are pleased to announce the 8th Intl Summer School for Neuropathology and Epilepsy Surgery (INES 2018), which will be held in Erlangen, Germany, 26.7. – 29.7.2018

25th March – 28th March 2019 | Clare College, Cambridge, UK

This is a 3½ day residential EEG course with an emphasis on interactive, hands-on experience.

3rd April – 6th April 2019 | Girona, Spain

EPIPED is a 3 years cycle of independent annual training courses (2017-2019), developed specifically for child neurologists and physicians treating children with epilepsy.

3rd May 2019 | Oxford, England, UK

The Masterclasses aim to tackle a difficult area of epileptology over the course of a day with renowned national and international speakers.

5th May – 11th May 2019 | Tagliacozzo, Italy

This course is clinically oriented, targeted to specialists at the second and third level of epilepsy care and focused on comprehensive aspects of diagnosis and treatment of children and adults with epilepsy. It also includes the basic sciences in clinical epileptology issues, and comprehensive care of patients with epilepsy.

26th May – 28th May 2019 | Lyon, France 

Treatment challenges in paediatric & adolescent epilepsies

4th June – 6th June | Crowne Plaza, Felbridge, West Sussex. UK

An advanced CPD 3-day course for new and refresher Ketogenic Therapy learning and networking.

7th – 18th July 2019 | San Servolo, Venice, Italy

Aim of the Course is to teach attendees (1) the effects of uncontrolled epilepsy on childhood development, (2) to utilize knowledge to select pediatric patients for epilepsy surgery using EEG, semiology, imaging and other techniques; (3) to identify patients who require invasive evaluations and be able to choose the appropriate invasive technique; (4) to understand the various surgical resective and non resective approaches in pediatric epilepsy surgery and (5) to manage a Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery team.

24th July – 27th July 2019 | Campinas, Brazil

We are pleased to announce the 10^th International Summer School for Neuropathology and Neuroimaging in Epilepsy.

For the first time, we will offer an integrated approach to combine neuropathology and neuroimaging skills and knowledge. The workshop has been held previously in Germany, Brazil, USA and China with a focus on histopathology. Advanced hands-on histopathology training will still be offered in small groups led by distinguished tutors but also includes NOW hands-on skills on reformatting brain MR images. We will offer our participants use cases to further develop their skills and help integrating their knowledge of histology and imaging related to the diagnosis and treatment of human focal epilepsies.