Episode 123: Previewing Cleveland Clinic's Epilepsy Summit

Imad Najm, MD, PhD

Episode 123 of the NeurologyLive^® Mind Moments^® podcast is now live! Scroll down to listen or click here to subscribe on your favorite streaming service.

The Mind Moments podcast features exclusive interviews with leaders in the field discussing the latest research and disease management strategies across the breadth of neurology, including epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, dementia, sleep disorders, and more.

In this episode, "Previewing Cleveland Clinic's Epilepsy Summit," Imad Najm, MD, PhD, sat down to discuss the upcoming Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Summit, an educational symposium that takes place September 11-15, in Cleveland, Ohio. Najm, who serves as the director of Cleveland Clinic's Epilepsy Center at the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute, spoke about the objectives and goals of the meeting, including updates on sEEG, epilepsy surgery, treatments for drug-resistant epilepsy, and gene therapy. In addition, he provided an overview of the latest advances in epilepsy surgery, genetics, and seizure controlling approaches. Furthermore, he spoke on some of the educational challenges with adjusting to changes in neurosurgery, the potential benefits and limitations of gene therapy, and the future of epilepsy treatment.

The stories featured in this week's Neurology News Minute, which will give you quick updates on the following developments in neurology, are further detailed here:

• EMA Accepts Marketing Authorization Application for Huntington Disease Agent Pridopidine
• BTK Inhibitor Tolebrutinib Slows Disability Progression in Phase 3 HERCULES Study of Non-Relapsing Secondary Progressive MS
• FDA Accepts Resubmitted New Drug Application for Migraine Treatment AXS-07

EPISODE BREAKDOWN

• 1:10 – Mission and goals of Epilepsy Summit 
• 3:05 – Overviewing sessions and educational attainment
• 4:55 – Changes to epilepsy surgery, advances over the years
• 9:15 – Neurology News Minute
• 11:50 – Learning curve for understanding new epilepsy surgery tactics
• 13:50 – Closing thoughts on the upcoming meeting
• 15:50 – Potential benefits and challenges to gene therapy for epilepsy

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