Ammon's Horn Society Spring meeing
19 S 22nd St
19 South 22nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 6:00pm ET - 9:00pm ET
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How Do We Select New Drugs for People with Epilepsy?
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The Ammon's Horn Society is a cocktail reception and dinner program to gather the top neurologists, epileptologists, specialists and medical professionals in the epilepsy field. The Ammon’s Horn Society meetings offer an evening of cross-collaboration, networking, and learning.
The dinner program features one twenty-minute presentation, followed by one case study, given by expert speakers selected by our Professional Advisory Board (PAB). The presentation topics discuss best practices and research findings from epilepsy centers across our region and beyond regarding the care of patients.
We have an excellent program planned for the evening:
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How Do We Select New Drugs for People with Epilepsy? Presented by Jacqueline French, MD, NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
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Adult Case Study presented by Kandan Kulandaivel, MD, Abington Neurological Associates
This event is free to attend for all medical professionals in the epilepsy space. RSVP is required by Thursday, April 25th at: www.AmmonsHornEFEPA.org.
Speakers
Chief Medical and Innovation Officer and Research Editor
Dr. Jacqueline French is a professor in the New York University (NYU) Department of Neurology and Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. She is also founder/director of the Epilepsy Study Consortium, an academic group that has performed a number of early phase clinical trials in epilepsy and has developed new methodologies for epilepsy trials. Dr. French trained in neurology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and did her fellowship training in EEG (electroencephalography) and epilepsy at Mount Sinai hospital and Yale University. She is the past president of the American Epilepsy Society (AES) and is the 2005 recipient of the AES Service Award and the 2013 Epilepsy Foundation Hero award. She has served on the AES board and is the past Secretary of the American Society of Experimental Neurotherapeutics. Dr. French has focused her research efforts on the development of new therapeutics for epilepsy and new methodologies for clinical trials. Dr. French has been active in creating guidelines for the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the International League Against Epilepsy. She chaired an AAN/AES committee that produced two widely quoted guidelines on the use of new antiepileptic drugs. She has served as chair of the International League Against Epilepsy North American Regional Commission and Commission on Therapeutic strategies. She has authored over 200 articles and chapters, is the editor of three books, and lectures internationally on clinical trials and use of antiepileptic drugs.
Abington Neurological Associates