Topic: Newborn screening and treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy: insights from Brazil Talk By: Dr Maria Luiza Benevides (Speaker), Dr Martin Hyland (Speaker), Dr Renata Paolilo (Moderator), Prof Jo Wilmshurst (Panelist), Prof. Juliana Gurgel (Expert Faculty) When: Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 9:00 - 10:00 AM Eastern Time ( US / Canada ) Dr Maria Luiza Benevides, MD, Ph.D. Child Neurology medical residency at University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas - SP (2021-2023), and Neurology medical residency at Hospital Governador Celso Ramos (HGCR), Florianópolis - SC, Brazil (2018-2021). PhD degree in Translational Neuroscience,...

David Callen holds a PhD in neuroimaging in dementia from the University of Toronto and an MD from McMaster University. He completed his residency in pediatric neurology at the University of Toronto. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at McMaster University, where his focus is on education in the field of neurology.

Topic: Epileptic Encephalopathy With Spike-wave Activation in Sleep (EE-SWAS) Syndrome: Many Questions, Few Answers. Talk By: Dr. Aradhana Rohil (Speaker), Dr. Ankit Meena (Speaker), Dr. Prashant Jauhari (Expert Faculty), Prof. Rajesh Ramachandran Nair (Panelist). When: Saturday, August 17, 2024, at 09:00-10:00 AM Eastern Time (US/Canada).

Dr. Banwell currently serves as the Chief of Child Neurology and Director of the Neuroscience Center, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, and the Grace Loeb Chair in Neuroscience at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.  Dr. Banwell's clinical and research focus is in the area of pediatric multiple sclerosis, and she has led a large North American prospective study of clinical outcomes, genetics, immunology, and neuroimaging features of MS in children. Dr. Banwell has over 300 published manuscripts and 30 book chapters. Dr. Banwell serves as the Chair of the...