Intersecting Pathways: Movement Disorders in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies

Topic:Intersecting Pathways: Movement Disorders in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies

Talk By: Dr Sayoni Roy Chowdhury (Speaker), Dr Richa Tiwari (Speaker), Dr Biju Hameed (Expert Faculty) and Dr Juhi Gupta (Moderator)

When: Saturday, July 20, 2024, at 09:00-10:00 AM Eastern Time (US/Canada)

Dr Sayoni Roy Chowdhury (Case presenter): Dr. Roy Chowdhury trained in India and completed her DM in pediatric Neurology from AIIMS, New Delhi (India). She is currently working as an Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi, India. Her clinical interests are movement disorders, epilepsy and stroke in children.

Dr. Richa Tiwari (Case presenter): Dr. Tiwari trained in India and completed her pediatric Neurology (DM) from AIIMS, New Delhi (India). She is currently working as an Associate consultant at Medanta Hospital, Lucknow, India. Her clinical interests are Epilepsy, Status Epilepticus, Neurocritical care and Neuroimmunology

Dr Biju Hameed (Expert Faculty): Dr. Biju Hameed serves as the Head of Paediatric Neurosciences at Mubadala Health. He is a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at both MH Dubai and Danat Al Emarat Women & Children's Hospital in Abu Dhabi. Dr. Hameed's clinical interests focus on movement disorders and acquired brain injury in childhood, including traumatic brain injury and neurorehabilitation.He serves on the Executive Board of the International Child Neurology Association (ICNA) and chairs its Education Committee. He is also a Program Director for the International Child Neurology Teaching Network (ICNTN).

 Dr Juhi Gupta (Moderator): Dr Gupta trained in India and completed her DM in pediatric Neurology from AIIMS, New Delhi (India). She is currently working as an Assistant Professor (Pediatric Neurology) in the department of pediatrics, SMS Medical college, Jaipur, India. She is the chair of the current FLICNA committee since October 2022. She has over 25 publications in international and national indexed journals. Her clinical interests are epilepsy, stroke, headache and neuro-modulation.

About the session: Movement disorders in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy (DEE) encompass a range of motor dysfunctions, including dystonia, chorea, and myoclonus. These involuntary movements result from complex neurophysiological disruptions linked to the underlying epilepsy and developmental impairments. Understanding their pathophysiology is crucial for developing targeted therapeutic interventions and improving patient outcomes.

 Learning objectives:

• Phenomenology of movement disorders in children with DEE
• Exploring the etiological spectrum of DEE with movement disorders
• To understand the pathophysiological basis and possible link between epilepsy and movement disorders in DEE

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