The Expanding Spectrum of Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies (DEEs)

Topic: The Expanding Spectrum of Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies (DEEs).

When: December 16, 2023 at 9:00 AM Eastern Time ( US / Canada ).

Talk By: Dr. Seda Kanmaz ( Speaker ), Dr. Elif Perihan Oncel ( Speaker), Dr. Hasan Tekgul ( Expert Faculty ), Dr. Ilknur Erol ( Expert Faculty ).

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Dr. Seda Kanmaz graduated from the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in Ankara, Türkiye. She completed her Pediatrics Residency at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in Ankara, Türkiye. From 2016 until 2020, she held a position as a resident at the Ege University Medical Faculty Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology. She successfully concluded the pediatric neurology training program in March 2020. She is currently employed within the identical department as a Pediatric Neurology Consultant.

Dr. Elif Perihan ONCEL graduated from Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine in Bursa, Türkiye. She completed her Pediatrics Residency at the Health Sciences University, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital in Izmir, Türkiye, and also her Pediatric Neurology Fellowship at the Baskent University, Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Application and Research Center and Ankara Hospital. Currently, she is working at Ankara Etlik City Hospital as a Pediatric Neurology Consultant. She is a member of the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA) and Future Leaders of ICNA (FLICNA), the Young European Paediatric Neurology Society (YEPNS), the Asian and Oceanian Child Neurology Association (AOCNA), and the Turkish Child Neurology Association (TCNA).

Prof. Hasan Tekgül received his medical degree from Ege University Medical School. Postdoctoral training included residencies in both pediatrics and pediatric neurology at Ege Children's Hospital / Ege University in Izmir. He did a research fellowship in the Department of Pediatric Neurology, Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology in Boston Children's Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston. He has a grant of the Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council. Dr. Tekgül has focused much of his research on the treatment of pediatric epilepsy syndromes in neonatal neurology and clinical neurophysiology. He has participated in clinical studies of neonates and pediatric patients with seizures and encephalopathies. Dr. Tekgül has made numerous presentations on pediatric epilepsy and has published 142 papers in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters involving several professional associations.

Prof. İlknur EROL graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Medicine in İstanbul, Turkey, in 1996 and completed her specialty in Pediatrics at Gazi University in 2002. She started her Pediatric Neurology Fellowship at Baskent University Ankara Hospital, and founded the pediatric neurology department at Baskent University Adana Dr. Turgut Noyan Application and Research Center. She is currently the head of the pediatric and child neurology department. She is a member of the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA), Turkish Child Neurology Association (TCNA), European Paediatric Neurology Society (EPNS) and Turkish Neuromuscular Society (TNS). Dr. Erol has published numerous papers in journals and book chapters and has participated in several clinical studies.

Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathies (DEEs) are an expanding spectrum as a result of rapid and advanced genetic analysis. Even though classifications and our knowledge have improved, the diagnostic process can still be challenging, and patients may present with different clinical phenotypes. Dyskinetic epileptic encephalopathies are an important part of epileptic encephalopathies that clinical manifestations may accompany and/or also initiate with complex movement disorders. In this session, we aimed to talk about the different clinical presentations of DEE, treatable disorders related to DEE and movement disorders, and the importance of the diagnostic process to developmental progress.

By attending the session, you will be able to learn the following points:

• Understanding the different presentations of DEEs.
• Variability of clinical presentation, biochemical, neuroimaging, and genetic study.
• Impact of Next Generation Sequencing and Genotype-phenotype Correlation.
• Importance of targeted therapies for disease progression/response.

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