Scientific Programme
Plenary Sessions | ALADE Courses | Special Sessions | Discussion Groups
PLENARY SESSIONS
Monday 2nd August11:00 – 12:30
Challenges in neurocysticercosis and epilepsy
Chairs: Martin Torres (Colombia)
Association between perilesional edema and seizure relapse in old, calcified neurocysticercosis
Hector Hugo Garcia (Peru)
Diagnostic and treatment controversies
Arturo Carpio (Ecuador)
Prevention strategies
Franz Chaves Sell (Costa Rica)
15:40 – 17:00
Epilepsy and legislation. What exists? What initiatives are needed?
Chairs: Fernando Gracia (Panama) / Jaime Fandiño Franky (Colombia)
Human rights: PHO / WHO
Angel Zarazua (Mexico)
The law in Colombia
Jaime Fandiño Franky (Colombia)
The law in Argentina
Silvia Kochen (Argentina)
The Global Campaign and epilepsy legislation
Hanneke de Boer (The Netherlands)
Tuesday 3rd August
09:30 – 11:00
Challenges in epilepsy surgery
Chairs: Americo Sakamoto (Brazil) / Mario Alonso Vanegas (Mexico)
Normal RNM surgery: indications and results
Manuel Campos (Chile)
Dual pathology surgery. When and what to operate?
Mario Alonso Vanegas (Mexico)
Epilepsy surgery prediction factors in curing and controlling seizures
Carlos Barzallo (Argentina)
Epilepsy surgery and children
Gary Mathern (USA)
Seizure outcome in extratemporal epilepsies
Americo Sakamoto (Brazil)
11:30 – 12:30
Update on paediatric epilepsy
Chairs: Eugenia Espinosa (Colombia) / Marcelo Devilat (Chile)
Panayiotopoulos syndrome: genetic, electrophysiological and forecasting aspects
Roberto Caraballo (Argentina)
Atypical benign rolandic epilepsy: is this a new syndrome or part of a spectrum?
Juvenal Gutierrez (Mexico)
Cognitive behavioural teratogenicity of AEDs
Andres Kanner (USA)
Wednesday 4th August
09:30 – 11:00
Epilepsy, reproduction and libido
Chair: Orlando Carreño (Colombia) / Franklin Montero (Dominican Republic)
Effects of AEDs and epilepsy on libido
Andres Kanner (USA)
AED effects on sexual development in adolescents with epilepsy
Jaime Carrizosa (Colombia)
What does the evidence show and which AED to use?
Alejandro de Marinis (Argentina)
Epilepsy and fertility: effects of AEDs and epilepsy - should we be concerned?
Claudia Camejo (Uruguay)
11:30 – 12:30
Neuroimaging
Chair: Fernando Cendes (Brazil)
New MRI techniques and its role on clinical and surgical outcome
Fernando Cendes (Brazil)
Strategies to improve lesion visualization in patients with refractory epilepsy
Manuel Campos (Chile)
Frequency, prognosis and surgical treatment of structural MRI abnormalities in childhood epilepsy
Gary Mathern (USA)
ALADE COURSES
Sunday 1st August09:00 – 13:00
Neurobiology
Chairs: Esper Cavalheiro (Brazil) / Rafael Gutierrez (Mexico)Synaptic plasticity and epilepsy
Rafael Gutierrez (Mexico)
What do Experimental Models of Epilepsy Actually Model
Norberto Garcia-Cairasco (Brazil)
Excitotoxicity and epilepsy
Ricardo Tapia (Mexico)
EEG electrical sources analysis and cortical excitability modulation with transcranial magnetic stimulation in people with epilepsy
Efrain Santiago (Mexico)
Basic research and its application to clinical medicine
Esper Cavalheiro (Brazil)
14:00 – 18:00
EEG and Video
Chairs: Silvia Kochen (Argentina) / Elza Marcia Yacubian (Brasil)Hans Luders (USA)
Monday 2nd August
08:00 – 09:30
Preventable epilepsies
Chairs: Francisco Rubio Donnadieu (Mexico) / Patricia Campos (Peru)Perinatal disorders
Jorge Ibarra (Mexico)
Vascular disease
Federico Silva (Colombia)
Infections
Patricia Campos (Peru)
Head trauma
Americo Sakamoto (Brazil)
Conclusions
Francisco Rubio Donnadieu (Mexico)
Tueday 3rd August
08:00 – 09:30
Advances in epilepsy genetics
Chairs: Marco Tulio Medina (Honduras) / Alejandro Scaramelli (Uruguay)Genetic discoveries in focal epilepsies
Iscia Lopes-Cendes (Brazil)
Advances in generalised epilepsy genetics
Marco Tulio Medina (Honduras)
How does a clinician participate in genetic studies?
Alejandro Scaramelli (Uruguay)
Genetic predictors in epilepsy drug responses
Emilio Perucca (Italy)
Wednesday 4th August
08:00 – 09:30
Clinical trials
Chairs: Sam Wiebe (Canada) / Natalio Fejerman (Argentina) Ranomized vs non-randomized studies - pros and cons
Sam Wiebe (Canada)
Clinical trials in children - importance of epileptic syndromes
Natalio Fejerman (Argentina)
Issues with open label studies
Li Li Min (Brazil)
SPECIAL SESSION
Sunday 1st August19:00 – 20:00
10 years on from the Santiago Declaration: Present and Future
Carlos Acevedo (Chile)
Marco Tulio Medina (Honduras)
DISCUSSION GROUPS
Monday 2nd August17:00 – 18:30
Bolívar 1
New vs old antiepileptic drugs: advantages and disadvantages
Chair: Marta Cabrera (Paraguay) / Pablo Lorenzana (Colombia)Advantages and disadvantages in adults
Emilio Perucca (Italy)
Advantages and disadvantages in children
Marilisa Guerreiro (Brazil)
Efficacy and safety profile
Orlando Carreño (Colombia)
17:00 – 18:30
Bolívar 2
Challenges in quality of life of the people with epilepsy in Latin America
Chairs: Tomas Mesa (Chile) / Patricia Braga (Uruguay)Measurement tools
Sam Wiebe (Canada)
The Central American experience
Reyna Duron (Honduras)
The Brasilian experience
Laura Guilhoto (Brazil)
The Chilean experience
Tomas Mesa (Chile)
The Uruguayan experience
Patricia Braga (Uruguay)
Round table discussion
17:00 – 18:30
Bolívar 3
Controversies among AEDs: original vs copies, generics and similar drugs
Chairs: Jesus Rodriguez (Colombia) / Franz Chaves Sell (Costa Rica)Bioequivalence, bioavailability and therapeutic equivalence
Patricia Saidon (Argentina)
When is it recommended to make a change?
Elza Marcia Yacubian (Brazil)
Costs implications of changing from branded AEDs to generic AEDs
Lilia Nuñez Orozco (Mexico)
Tuesday 3rd August
16:00 – 17:30
Bolívar 1
Epilepsy seizures vs. syncope
Chair: Beatriz Gonzalez del Castillo (Venezuela) / Santiago Cruz (Colombia)Neurocardiogenic seizures
Beatriz Gonzalez del Castillo (Venezuela)
Diagnostic approach to syncope
Chamia Benchedrit (Venezuela)
Syncope of unknown origin
Mario González (Argentina
16:00 – 17:30
Bolívar 2
A continental challenge: primary care in epilepsy
Chair: Alberto Velez Van Meerbeke (Colombia) / Salvador Gonzalez Pal (Cuba)Epilepsy care in rural areas
Salvador Gonzalez Pal (Cuba)
Diagnostic and treatment design
Arturo Carpio (Ecuador)
Availability of AEDs in Latin America
Eduardo Barragan (Mexico)
16:00 – 17:30
Bolívar 3
WHO phenobarbitol indications:decisions based on evidence or on poverty?
Chair: Claudia Valencia (Salvador) / Alvaro Izquierdo (Colombia)Use of phenobarbitol: systemic review
William Cornejo (Colombia)
Phenobarbitol in the third world
Emilio Perucca (Italy)
