AGENDA

8:30-9:00 Doors Open

9:00-9:15 Welcome/Instructions

Jeremiah C. Stone, Sr.
Executive Director, Epilepsy Foundation Alabama

9:15-9:45 Navigating a New Epilepsy Diagnosis

Sarah C. Novara, MD, MSHQS, FCNS
UAB Pediatric Neurology

9:45-10:15 Epilepsy Comorbidities/Living with Epilepsy

Katherine Thaggard, MD
UAB Pediatric Neurology

10:15-11:00 Social Worker Topics

Abby Poole, LMSW
Medical Social Worker in Neurology and Orthopedics
Children's of Alabama

11:00-11:15 Break/Q&A

11:15-12:00 Parallel Breakout Groups:

(A) Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare

Kathryn Lalor, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurology, Epilepsy
Program Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship
Medical Director, Clinical Neurophysiology
Children's of Alabama, UAB Heersink School of Medicine

(B) Non-pharmalogical

Mariyah Sariyah
Pediatric Neurology Fellow
Children's of Alabama, UAB Heersink School of Medicine

(C) Genetics
Amitha Ananth, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics, Medical Genetics, Neurology

12:00-12:30 Lunch

12:30-1:00 Expert Q&A and Epilepsy Foundation Alabama Resources

Sarah Novara, MD
Katherine Thaggard, MD
Katherine Lalor, MD
Amitha Ananth, MD
Abby Poole, LMSW
Jeremiah Stone, Sr.

1:00-1:15 Closing Remarks

Jeremiah C. Stone, Sr.
Executive Director, Epilepsy Foundation Alabama

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Alabama Epilepsy Pediatric Empowerment Expo