Ask the Expert Webinar: Autoimmune Epilepsy: Dilemma and Challenges With The Diagnostic Work Up (RECORDING)

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Description

There is increasing recognition of neural antibodies and autoimmune disorders as a potential cause of seizures in patients with unexplained epilepsy. This webinar will discuss various diagnostic approaches, including cerebrospinal fluid analysis, neuroimaging, autoantibody testing, and will provide you with some practical diagnostic tips on using them in your epilepsy patients. There will be ample opportunity to ask questions and share real-world experiences with an expert.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, attendees should be able to:

Discuss the stepwise approach to the diagnosis of autoimmune epilepsy and use of predictive scoring models
Interpret neural antibodies panel testing, significance of low positive titer (e.g. GAD-65, TPO Abs) or presence of antibodies with unknown clinical significance
Determine the approach to seronegative autoimmune epilepsy cases

Contributors

Dr. Claude Steriade

Claude Steriade is an Associate Professor of Neurology at New York University in the Division of Epilepsy. She completed her medical school at McGill University and adult neurology residency at University of Toronto, then an epilepsy fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, before joining NYU in 2018, where she obtained an MSCI. Her main clinical and research interests lie in the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune encephalitis and related seizures, and autoimmune associated epilepsies. Her research is focused on improving phenotyping of autoimmune associated epilepsies, and validating novel imaging tools of neuroinflammation in patients with autoimmune associated epilepsies. She has also an interest in gut dysbiosis and epilepsy, and in epilepsy clinical trials.
Dr. Jaysing Singh

Dr. Jaysingh Singh, is assistant Professor of Neurology and co-director of epilepsy surgery program at the Ohio State University Werner Medical Center. He completed his neurology residency from university of Toledo and Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship from Mayo Clinic. Dr. Singh is Board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy. His research interest focuses on EEG source imaging, surgical epilepsy and ICU EEG monitoring.

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Contributors

Dr. Claude Steriade

Dr. Jaysing Singh