Hotel Sheraton, Santiago, Chile
April 20th & 21st , 2023
9:00 – 10:30 Inaugural Symposium: IGAP
09:00-09:20 Epilepsy Strategic Plan for America: results after 10 years Dr. Carlos Acevedo
09:20 -09:40 IGAP: the work continues. Dr. Matías Irarrázaval
09:40-10:00 IBE: Community empowerment in the comprehensive management of epilepsies. (Speaker)
10:00-10:30 Round Table: Dr. Keryma Acevedo – Dr. Tomás Mesa
10:30 -11:00 Coffee Break.
11:00-11:30 Historical evolution of the concept of epileptic seizure, epilepsy and
epileptic syndromes Dr. Solomon Moshe
11:30-12:00 Classification of epilepsies in children: What’s new? Dr. Claudia Riffo
12:00-12:30 Update in the Classification of epilepsies at other ages. Dr. Larisa Fabres
12:30-13:00 Round Table: Dr. Ada Chicharro – Dr. Ximena Varela
13:30 -14:30 Lunch symposium: Classification of clinical cases through the analysis and discussion of
videos. Dr. Solomon Moshe
Coordinators: Dr. Álvaro Velásquez – Dr. Alicia Bogacz
14:30 – 14:50 Innovation and technology at the service of education in Epilepsy Dr. Sebastian Winter.
14:50 – 15:10 New educational strategies of the Chilean League against Epilepsy. Loreto González.
15:10 – 15:30 IBE’s Role in education and health promotion of Epilepsies.
(Speaker)
15:30 – 15:45 Round Table. RN. Katherine Moreno – Dr. Jorge Förster
16:15 -16:45 Lessons from international registries: EURAP Dr. A. de Marinis
16:45 – 17:15 Impact of prenatal exposure to anti-seizure medications on children’s cognitive and behavioral development. PsyD. Gus Baker
17:15 – 17:35 Care of the mother-child dyad during the puerperium. Dr. Keryma Acevedo
17:35 – 18:05 Round Table: Dr. Claudio Navarrete – Dr. Mónica González- Jovita Ortiz (Collaborating Centre
for Development of Midwifery).
19:00 – 20:00 Commemoration Ceremony 70 years Chilean League.
20:00 – 21:00 Cocktail.
08:30 – 09:00 Neurobiological mechanisms of focal epilepsies and their clinical expression. Dr. Marco de Curtis
09:00 – 09:30 Pre-surgical neuropsychological evaluation in drug-resistant epilepsies. PsyD. Gus Baker
09:30 – 10:00 Role of research in the management and treatment of epilepsies Dr. Marco de Curtis.
10:00 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 Rational management of drug-resistant epilepsies Dr. Anna Milan
11:30 – 12:00 Epilepsy Surgery: Fundamentals of a Comprehensive Program. Can safety be improved? Dr. Marco de Curtis
12:00-12:30 Building networks in epilepsy surgery: Chilean experience Dr. C. Cantillano – Dr R. Uribe
12:30-13:00 Round Table: Dr. Viviana Venegas – Dr. Manuel Campos
13:30 -14:30 Lunch symposium: clinical cases
Dr. Rodrigo Riquelme – Dr. Carla Soto
14:30 – 15:30 Epileptology Training Centers and PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centres
14:30 – 15:30 Special Epileptic Syndromes Symposium
14:30 – 14:50 Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies Dr. Macarena Beltrán
14:50- 15:10 Infantile Spasms: Management Protocols. Dr. Lucila Andrade
15:10- 15:30 Therapeutics: News and Challenges Dr. Solomon Moshe
15:30- 15:45 Round Table: Dr. Felipe Castro – Dr. Arantza Oñat
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break.
16:15 – 16:45 What do our patients expect from antiepileptic treatment? PsyD. Gus Baker.
16:45 – 17:05 Relationship between epileptiform activity and seizures in the evolution of epilepsies, behavior and cognition. Dr. Carolina Alvarez.
17:05 – 17:25 Cognitive impairment and epilepsy: choosing the best therapy Dr. Mónica Rosas.
17:25 – 17:55 Round Table Dr. Teresa Zenteno – Dr. Pablo González
17:55 – 18:05 CLOSING CEREMONY
