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2025 CHOP Virtual Epilepsy Education Day

2025 CHOP Virtual Epilepsy Education Day

Feb 2, 2025

8:30am - 1:00pm EST

Contact

Neuroscience Center

(215) 590-1719

(215) 590-1719
neuroscience@chop.edu

Location

Virtual Click here to register

Please join us for Virtual Epilepsy Education Day, a special event for parents and caregivers of children diagnosed with epilepsy, hosted by the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Patients age 14 or older are welcome to attend as well.

Agenda for the day:

9am: Introduction & Welcome

9:15am: Introduction to Epilepsy- Marissa Di Giovine, MD

10:00am: Neurogenetics- Laina Lusk, MMSc, LCGC

10:15am: Seizure First Aid & Safety- Yoon Ji Moon, MD

10:30am: Seizure Detection Devices- Yoon Ji Moon, MD

10:45am: Break

11:00am: Coping with Hospitalization- Elana Breitenbucher, MS, CCLS 

11:30am: Emotional Health & Epilepsy- Katie Ramsey, PhD & Carinna Scotti-Degnan, PhD

12:00pm: Supports within your community- CHOP Social Work group & Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern PA

12:30pm: Question & Answer

1pm: Adjourn

For more information, email neuroscience@chop.edu

Contact

Neuroscience Center

(215) 590-1719

(215) 590-1719
neuroscience@chop.edu
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