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PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY SURGERY CONFERENCE
AND FAMILY REUNION
JULY 5 - 8, 2017
HILTON ORLANDO • ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Surround yourself with people who get it, learn from experts, and form lifelong bonds. This year’s event will be held at the spectacular Hilton Orlando resort, with two temperature-controlled pools, lazy river, whirlpool, a winding water slide, tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts, an inexpensive trolley ride away from International Drive‘s shopping, attractions, and dining experiences, including SeaWorld and Universal Orlando Resort, and a 7-mile shuttle ride away from DisneyWorldEpcot, and other area attractions! For more information, including registration, see the General Information tab below.

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Thursday, July 6
 

1:30pm EDT

Autism And Epilepsy

The relationship of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children with epilepsy is well known. This session will emphasize early diagnosis of ASD, before it is ASD, and how to recognize the early features of social cognition and the importance of early intervention in epilepsy from a neurodevelopment perspective.  


Moderators
avatar for Monika Jones, JD

Monika Jones, JD

Executive Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance
Monika Jones is founder and Executive Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance (formerly known as The Brain Recovery Project.) Her first son, Henry, was born with total hemimegalencephaly – a rare unilateral brain malformation which caused him to have hundreds of seizures... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Roberto Tuchman, MD

Roberto Tuchman, MD

Chief, Department of Neurology, Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Dr. Tuchman is presently the Chief of the Department of Neurology for the Nicklaus Children's Hospital and the Clinical Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, at the Florida International University. He was the Founding Director of the Nicklaus... Read More →


Thursday July 6, 2017 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Florida Ballroom 4
 
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