Epilepsy Community Awareness Day

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Join us for Epilepsy Community Awareness Day, a FREE event featuring leading epilepsy providers to educate the community about epilepsy. This event is open to the public, registration is required. Free (Lunch and snacks provided). Saturday, January 18, 2025 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Lunch and networking to follow) Loma Pelona Center, UC Santa Barbara Please register at: givebutter.com/Sbepilepsyawarenessday Agenda: 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Coffee and Tea 9:00 – 9:10 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Karen Secore, MS, APRN, Nurse Navigator, Cottage Epilepsy Center 9:10 – 9:45 a.m. Neuromodulation Therapy in Epilepsy Michael Gibbs, MD, Medical Director, Cottage Epilepsy Center 9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Cognitive Issues in Epilepsy Mark Alfano, PhD, Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break 10:30 – 11:10 a.m. Epilepsy in Special Populations Justin Abraham, MD, Neurology, Sutter Health 11:10 – 11:45 a.m. Antiepileptic Medications Omar Nesheiwat, MD, ABPN, Attending Physician, Vascular Neurology SoCal 11:45 a.m. Wrap Up Lauren Evans 11:55 a.m. Lunch and Networking For questions, please contact Jaritza Garcia at jgarcia@efa.org Supported By: A partnership between Cottage Health and the Epilepsy Foundation California (Santa Barbara).