UPMC Children’s at AES 2023
September 20, 2023
Connect with UPMC Children’s Division of Child Neurology and Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery faculty at the 2023 American Epilepsy Society annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, December 1-5.
Reception
Please join UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh for an evening reception at AES 2023 on Friday, December 1, 2023, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Celebration Rooms 12-13 on the Convention Level.
We look forward to connecting with friends, alumni, and colleagues to share more about our new traveling patient program and referral options for epilepsy surgery at UPMC for both pediatric and adult patients.
Educational Sessions
Be sure to stop our presentation and poster sessions throughout the conference to hear from some of our faculty about their newest research.
Can't attend AES? There's still an opportunity to connect! Visit our referral webpage for more details on how to refer a patient or contact our physician teams.
Posters
Poster Session 1
Date: Saturday, December 2
Title: Lamotrigine and Exogenous Estrogen Among Females with Epilepsy: An Analysis of Administrative Claims Data
Authors: Laura Kirkpatrick, Samuel W. Terman, Elizabeth Harrison, Page B. Pennell
Poster Board Number: 1.238
Location: Poster Hall Location: West Hall C, Level 2
Poster Session 2
Date: Sunday December 3, 2023, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Poster Board Number: 2.329
Location: Orange County Convention Center, West Concourse, West C Lobby, Level 2
Title: Treatment of Pediatric Drug-Resistant Generalized Epilepsy with Responsive Neurostimulation of the Centromedian Nucleus of the Thalamus: A Case Series of Seven Pediatric Patients
Authors: Mikaela Speakes1, MD; Kiersten Reznik, PA-C1; Taylor Abel, MD2; and William Welch, MD1
1Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
2Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh
NOTE: This poster was selected for the AES Pediatric Epilepsy Highlights Session, which includes a special presentation of this research.
Date: Monday December 4, 3:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: Orange Country Convention Center, West Concourse, Tangerine Ballroom, West Hall F (WF4), Level 2
Sessions
Session: Platform E: Surgery
Date: Monday December 4, 2023, 3:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Session Moderators: Ruba Al-Ramadhani, MD, and Chengyuan Wu, MD
Overview:
There are three concurrent sessions of selected key scientific abstracts. Authors present a 10-minute overview of their work followed by a five-minute Q&A session.
Session: Platform E | Surgery
Date: Monday December 4, 2023, 3:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Presentation Title: Characterizing Cognitive and Neuropsychological Outcomes Following Pediatric Hemispherectomy
Authors: Michael Granovetter, PhD1; Sophia Robert2; Christina Patterson, MD3; and Marlene Behrmann, PhD2,4
1School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
2Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
3Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
4Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh
Platform Session Number: E.03
Scheduled Time: 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Orange County Convention Center, West Concourse, W311 F-H, Level 3
Special Interest Group: SIG | Engineering and Neurostimulation: Advances in the Surgical Treatment of Children with Refractory Epilepsy
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 7:00am – 8:30am
Presentation Title: Novel Neurotechnologies in Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
Presenter: Taylor J. Abel, MD
