63th Annual Meeting

Alumni Auditorium, Neurological Institute
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center

710 West 168th Street, New York, New York

February 13-14, 2009

Scientific Program Committee:
Dr. McIntyre Burnham & Dr. Michael Goodman

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society and the Eastern Association of Electroencephalographers. The American Clinical Neurophysiology Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Clinical Neurophysiology Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Educational objectives

- interpret EEG records more accurately
- more effectively diagnose and treat epilepsy
- be aware of recent developments in epilepsy research

EDUCATIONAL MISSION STATEMENT

The American Clinical Neurophysiology Society and the Eastern Association of Electroencephalographers are committed to providing continuing medical education to their members and to others interested in clinical neurophysiology. Educational objectives include:

1) Reviewing current knowledge of electroencephalography, epilepsy, evoked potentials, quantitative neurophysiological methods (including MEG and EEG/fMRI), sleep technology, and related areas;

2) Informing course and meeting attendees of recent technological developments and their implications for clinical practice.

The educational activity of the Eastern Association of Electroencephalographers consists of an Annual Meeting, including a technical course with didactic lectures or a thematic symposium, and presentation of scientific papers.

The educational activities of the Eastern Association of Electroencephalographers are directed to clinical neurophysiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, electroneuro- diagnostic technologists, trainees in these disciplines, and other physicians and researchers who utilize clinical neurophysiological techniques and knowledge in the diagnosis and management of patients with disorders of the nervous system.

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION POLICY ON FULL DISCLOSURE

The American Clinical Neurophysiology Society requires disclosure of the existence of any significant financial interest or other relationship a presenter has with the manufacturer(s) of and commercial product(s) discussed in an educational presentation. The existence of such relationships does not necessarily constitute a conflict of interest, but the prospective audience must be informed of the presenter's affiliation with a commercial sponsor by way of an acknowledgement in this printed Program Book, or, if necessary, in later registration materials. This policy is intended to openly identify any potential conflict, so that the audience in an educational activity is able to form their own judgements about the presentation. Financial disclosures are listed in the program or meeting registration materials. Unless noted, presenters have submitted financial disclosure statements.

None of the speakers at the present meeting has significant financial interests or relationships that would constitute a conflict of interest.

Friday, February 13, 2009

MORRELL COURSE
THE NORMAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS

8:00am Registration
9:00am Introduction
Michael Goodman, President
9:15am Physiologic Basis of EEG
Susan Herman, MD
10:00am Neonatal EEG
Robert Clancy, MD
10:45am Break & Exhibitors
11:15am Pediatric EEG
Alexandra Reznikov, MD
12:00pm Kershman Lecture: Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology
Grant Liu, MD
12:45pm Lunch (Business Meeting for the Executive)
2:15pm Adult EEG
Ron Emerson, MD
3:00pm Benign EEG Variants
Mercedes Jacobson, MD
3:45pm Concluding Remarks
James Wark, President Elect EAEEG

Saturday, February 14, 2009

FREE COMMUNICATIONS

8:30am Registration
9:00am Introductory Remarks
Michael Goodman
9:10am Autonomic Changes Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Sumner MG* and Hwang PA
9:30am Cyst-Like Tubers are Associated with TSC2 and Epilepsy in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Catherine J. Chu-Shore, Philippe Major*, Maria Montenegro, Elizabeth Thiele
9:50am Titration to Monotherapy: A New Paradigm for AED Clinical Trials
Paul A. Hwang* and Mac Burnham
10:10am Epileptic Negative Myoclonus in Atypical Benign Partial Epilepsy: Case Reports and Review of Pathophysiology and Treatment
Shefali Karkare, Sabiha Merchant*, Jacqueline LaMothe, Gail Solomon
10:30am Coffee Break & Exhibitors
10:50am A New Dietary Approach to Seizure Control
Mac Burnham* and Ameer Taha
11:10am Assessing the Link Between Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Cardiac Arrest, and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
Ameer Taha, Flaviu Ciobanu*, Anjali Saxena, Mac Burnham
11:30am Homozygosity Mapping in Mabry Syndrome: A Syndrome with Hyperphosphatasia with Seizures, Neurologic Deficit and Characteristic Facial Features
Miles D. Thompson*, Marjan M. Nezarati, Charleton C. Mabry, Matthew A. Deardorff, Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach, Peter Meinecke, Catherine Prost Squarcioni, Laurence Legeai-Mallet, Arnold Munnich, Kathy Siminovitch, Carlo L. Marcelis, Han G. Brunner and David E C Cole
11:50am Business Meeting