Epilepsy Talk Radio

In this week's episode of Epilepsy.com's Hallway Conversations, Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy.com/Professionals, interviews Dr. Paul Garcia from University California San Francisco. Dr. Garcia will discuss radio surgery for epilepsy. This is a live taping with no questions to be answered live.

In this week's episode of Epilepsy.com's Hallway Conversations, Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy.com/Professionals, interviews Dr. Jeffrey Buchhalter from Phoenix Children's Hospital. Dr. Buchhalter will discuss epilepsy surgery for children. This is a live taping with no questions to be answered live.

In this week's episode of Epilepsy.com's Hallway Conversations, Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy.com/Professionals, interviews Dr. Brien Smith from Henry Ford Medical Center. Dr. Smith will discuss how we can best advocate for our patient with seizures. What to do about disability and other advice for patients. This is a live taping with no questions to be answered live.

In this week's episode of Epilepsy.com's Hallway Conversations, Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy.com/Professionals, interviews Dr. David Labiner from the University of Arizona in Tucson to discuss the American with Disabilities Act and how to best inform our patients with regards to this law and its impact. This is a live taping with no questions to be answered live.

In this week's episode of Epilepsy.com's Hallway Conversations, Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy.com/Professionals, interviews Dr. Brian Alldredge, Pharm D, from the University of California San Francisco on the pros and cons of status epilepticus therapy and the latest clinical research on the topic. This is a live taping with no questions to be answered live.

In this week's episode of Epilepsy.com's Hallway Conversations, Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy.com/Professionals, interviews Blanca Vazquez from New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Vazquez will speak about epilepsy treatments and her role in advocacy for patients.

In this week's episode of Epilepsy.com's Hallway Conversations, Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy.com/Professionals, interviews Nathan Fountain, MD from the University of Virginia. Dr. Fountain will speak about his role as co-chair of the American Academy of Neurology taskforce for developing epilepsy quality measures. There are 8 new proposed quality measures that are now open for public comment. This is a live taping with no questions to be answered live.

In this week's episode of Epilepsy.com's Hallway Conversations, Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy.com/Professionals, interviews Dr. Jacqueline French of New York University School of Medicine. Dr. French, an internationally renowned epilepsy specialist will speak about the issues surrounding the use of generic seizure medications. This is a live taping with no questions to be answered live.

Recently, the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new medication for seizures and epilepsy, Rufinamide. Rufinamide will soon be available for us in the US. In this episode of Hallway Conversations, Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy.com/Professionals, interviews Dr. Greg Krauss an international renowned epilepsy specialist from Johns Hopkins University. This show will be taped live but no questions will be answered live on the air.

Recently, the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new medication for seizures and epilepsy, Vigabatrin. Vigabatrin will soon be available for us in the US with one of it indications being infantile spasms. The question is what are infantile spasms and what can you do for seizures in the very young? In this episode of Hallway Conversations, Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy.com/Professionals, interviews Dr. Elaine Wirrell, an internationally renowned epilepsy specialist from Mayo Clinic Rochester. This show will be taped live but no questions will be answered live on the air.

Recently, the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new medication for seizures and epilepsy, Lacosamide. Lacosamide will soon be available for us in the US. In this episode of Hallway Conversations, Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Editor-in-Chief of Epilepsy.com/Professionals, interviews Dr. Elinor Ben-Menachem an international renowned epilepsy specialist from University of Gothenberg, Gothenberg, Sweden. This show will be taped live but no questions will be answered live on the air.

In this week's episode of Epilepsy. com's Hallway Conversations, Dr. Joseph Sirven, Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Arizona and editor-in-chief of epilepsy.com professional, interviews Joyce Cramer, President of the Epilepsy Therapy project on the recent approval by the US FDA of Vigabatrin for use in chronic seizures and epilepsy. Ms. Cramer will speak about her testimony to the FDA and why it is important to have this drug available. This is a live taping with no questions to be answered live.

Persons with chronic health problems often use alternative or complementary therapies, but the effectiveness, safety and risks of these approaches are often not fully known, especially for persons with epilepsy. Please join Dr. Steven Schachter to discuss Complementary Therapies for Epilepsy. Dr. Schachter is a Professor of Neurology and Director of Research, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and President of the American Epilepsy Society.

Could epilepsy surgery help you or someone you know? How do you know if you are a candidate? How do you decide if you want to give it a try? What happens after the surgery? Epilepsy.com Resource Specialist Patty Shafer will interview Dr. Orrin Devinsky on this topic. Dr. Devinsky is the co-founder of the Epilepsy Therapy Project and Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine. He directs the NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and the Saint Barnabas Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery (INN).

This is a Must Segment for everyone interested in the Genetics of Epilepsy. Co-hosts Dr. Daniel Lowenstein and Dr. Orrin Devinsky talk about the largest research study ever created to understand how genetics influences epilepsy. The Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project is a collaborative effort among some of the country's leading epileptologists and the National Institutes of Health to investigate the causes of epilepsy and the differences in how people respond to anti-seizure medication. Dr. Lowenstein is the Professor and Vice Chairman of the UCSF Department of Neurology, and Dr. Orrin Devinsky is the Co-Founder of the Epilepsy Therapy Project and Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry and Director, NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.