Epilepsy Community Awareness Day
**Events may have been canceled or postponed. Please contact the venue to confirm the event.
Date & Time
Sat, Jan 18 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Address (map)
Ocean Rd.
Venue (website)
Loma Pelona Center - UCSB
Join us for Epilepsy Community Awareness Day, a FREE event featuring leading epilepsy providers to educate the community about epilepsy. This event is open to the public, registration is required. Free (Lunch and snacks provided).
Saturday, January 18, 2025
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Lunch and networking to follow)
Loma Pelona Center, UC Santa Barbara
Please register at: givebutter.com/Sbepilepsyawarenessday
Agenda:
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Coffee and Tea
9:00 – 9:10 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Karen Secore, MS, APRN, Nurse Navigator, Cottage Epilepsy Center
9:10 – 9:45 a.m.
Neuromodulation Therapy in Epilepsy
Michael Gibbs, MD, Medical Director, Cottage Epilepsy Center
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.
Cognitive Issues in Epilepsy
Mark Alfano, PhD, Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 – 11:10 a.m.
Epilepsy in Special Populations
Justin Abraham, MD, Neurology, Sutter Health
11:10 – 11:45 a.m.
Antiepileptic Medications
Omar Nesheiwat, MD, ABPN, Attending Physician, Vascular Neurology SoCal
11:45 a.m.
Wrap Up
Lauren Evans
11:55 a.m.
Lunch and Networking
For questions, please contact Jaritza Garcia at jgarcia@efa.org
Supported By:
A partnership between Cottage Health and the Epilepsy Foundation California (Santa Barbara).