4th Advanced Residential Course in Neonatal Epilepsy

The 4th Advanced Residential Course in Neonatal Epilepsy will take place in Catania on 24-25 September 2024 and is addressed to neonatologists, child neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, and clinical neurophysiology technicians. Presidents of the corurse: Prof. Martino Ruggieri and Prof. Raffaele Falsaperla.

 

Presentazione

 

Our advanced course of Neonatal Epileptology and Neuropghysiology is addressed to neonatologists, child neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, and clinical neurophysiology technicians to provide the appropriate cultural tools on the management of infants with epileptic disorders.
The course is based on anatomical, neurophysiological, biochemical and pharmacological notions together with advanced neurophysiological topics. The “gold” standard to diagnose epileptic diseases remains the EEG that in Neonatal Intensive Care Units has become a very useful tool for the diagnostic and therapeutic management of neonatal seizures.
The course includes practical interactive clinical sections on genetic epileptic encephalopaties with the intent to underlie the clinical clues for diagnosis and on practical use of EEG.
In addition, we also plan interdisciplinary sessions with multidisciplinary physicians specialist on different aspects of infant epilepsy, in order to provide future scenarios of innovative therapies. We will focus on the specific features of neonatal seizures, addressing special sessions on the diagnosis of subtle seizures and their early recognition. Moreover, we will address our attention on the autonomic signs and symptoms related to neurologic diseases, as early symunderlaptoms of epilepsy, when clinical and EEG signs are not still evident.
Finally, there will be also a session on genetic diseases, which are considered an important challenge to reduce mortality and morbidity of neonates with epileptic diseases.
All these sessions will be combined with the presentation of the most recent literature data, in order to provide topics for further multicenter research networks.
We hope you will enjoy our program.


Prof. Raffaele Falsaperla

Prof. Martino Ruggieri

Docenti

Sebastiano Bandiera - Catania
Roberto Caraballo - Argentina
Maria Roberta Cilio - Belgio
Carla Cimino - Catania
Ausilia Desiree Collotta - Catania
Giovanni Corsello - Palermo
Raffaele Falsaperla - Catania
Silvia Fanaro - Ferrara
Sebastian Fortini - Argentina
Vito Leanza - Catania
Emilio Lomeo - Catania
Janette Mailo - Canada
Simona Domenica Marino - Catania
Eli Mizrahi - USA
Marco Palumbo - Catania
Xena Pappalardo - Catania
Piero Pavone - Catania
Francesco Pisani - Parma
Antonella Riva - Genova
Martino Ruggieri - Catania
Bruna Scalia - Catania
Vincenzo Sortino - Catania
Carlotta Spagnoli - Reggio Emilia
Pasquale Striano - Genova
Agnese Suppiej - Padova
Lucia Tardino - Catania

 

Programma

 

SEPTEMBER 24

 
     
08:30

Welcome and Introduction

 
     
  SECTION 1  
 

Neonatal Onset: misleading factors
Session President: Marco Palumbo
Chairman: Emilio Lomeo

 
 

 

 
08:40

Maternal factors
Vito Leanza

 
     
09:05

Antenal technological Improvements
Sebastiano Bandiera

 
     
09.30

Array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) as predictive role
Xena Pappalardo

 
     
  SECTION 2  
  Neonatal Epilepsy: from neonatal screening to clinical signature  
     
09.55

Eye bliniking as clincal signs
Piero Pavone

 
     
10.20

Widened neonatal metabolic screening
Agata Polizzi

 
 

 

 
10.45

Video EEG as diagnostic signature
Francesco Pisani

 
 

 

 
11.10

Focus: Nutritional focus on NICU setting
Silvia Fanaro

 
     
11.35


Diagnostic yield of NGS testing and diagnostic pathways in neonatal epilepsies

Carlotta Spagnoli

 
     
   SECTION 3  
 

“Epileptic Encephalopaty” model of precision therapy

 
     
 12.00

The Genetics of Neonatal-onset Epilepsies: from Founder Mutation to Actionable Targets

Vincenzo Salpietro

 
     
 12.25

Precision therapy as a model to follow
Raffaele Falsaperla 

 
     
 12.50

Novel type of EEG: look the future
Maria Roberta Cilio

 
     
 13.15

From functional studies to gene mutation
Antonella Riva

 
     
13.40

Lecture: Neurobiological model of neonatal Epilepsy
Martino Ruggieri

 
     
14.05  Lunch  
     
  SECTION 4  
 

Beyond neonatal seizures: epilepsy evolution
Chairman: Raffaele Falsaperla

 
     
14:50

Preterm versus term
Janette Mailo

 
     
15:15

Epilepsy evolution: definition & terminology. Outcome of neonatal seizures
Sebastian Fortini

 
     
15:40

Advances in diagnosis and management of neonatal seizures
Eli Mizrahi

 
     
16:05 Discussion  
     
16:30  End of the day
 
     
   SEPTEMBER 25  
     
   SECTION 5  
   Neonatal Epilepsy: diagnostic and therapeutical management  
     
09.00 Upcoming precision treatments in EEs’
Pasquale Striano
 
     
09.25 Background Role of EEG: Why it is Leading?
Agnese Suppiej
 
     
09.50

EEG monitoring versus aEEG
Simona Domenica Marino

 
     
10.15

Anti seizure medication: how choose?
Lucia Giovanna Tardino

 
     
10:40

Lecture: Ketogenic Diet: why we fail?
Roberto Horacio Caraballo

 
     
  INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIVE SESSION FROM THE OLD  
11:05

Connettivity and source analysis on neonatal EEG
Ausilia Desiree Collotta

 
     
11.30

Update on Neonatal Seizures
Bruna Scalia

 
     
11.55

Movement disorders on neonatal age to be differentiate from the seizures
Vincenzo Sortino

 
     
12.00

Neuromonitoring strategies in NICU: from theory to best practice
Carla Cimino

 
     
12.45

Lecture: From cerebral malformation sign to glance diagnosis
Giovanni Corsello

 
     
13.10

End of the course

 
     

ECM

This educational activity is accredited by the Italian National Commission for Continuing Education, for the following professions: Doctors of the following branch of knowledge: Neonatology; Infantile Neuropsychiatry; Neurology; Pediatrics; Pediatricians; Neurophysiopathology Technician.
The course was accredited for 80 participants for 10 training hours. The event obtained 10 ECM credits. To issue credits attendee must: attend 90% of the total training hours of the event; register at the entrance and exit by scanning the barcode on his personal badge; pass the learning verification test at least 75% correct answers. In the event that the registration is offered by a company it is necessary that the participant deliver the invitation received from the company or fill out and sign a declaration that will be delivered at the time of registration. Servizitalia does not assume responsibility for any failure to award credits by the Ministry in case of incorrect or partial completion of the forms.

Iscrizioni

To participate in the course, you must complete the application form available online at the website www.fad.servizitalia.it, submitting your resume.
Scientific committee will examine the requests received and will select the attendees. 
The selected participants, after receiving communication from the Organizing Secretariat, must complete their registration by paying the registration fee through the website, within 7 days from the date of communication.
Registration fees (VAT not included): € 450,00
Registration fee includes: Conference kit, access to ECM credits, 2 lunches, certificate of attendance.

Sede evento



EVENT VENUE
Villa Cerami - Università degli Studi di Catania
Via Gallo, 24 - 95124 Catania


Segreteria organizzativa e provider

 

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