Course

Brain Tumour Related Epilepsy: Clinical and Scientific Advances

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

8:00 AM – 10:30 AM MST

Location:CC: DC Coleman

Audience:

Adult Neurologist, Child Neurologist, Neurosurgeon, Neuroradiologist, Neurophysiologist, Resident, Fellow, Nurses with interest in topic

Learning Level:

Basic (Resident, New Information), Intermediate (Practicing Physician), Advanced (Special Interest, Higher Level Discussion)

Learning Format:

Case studies, Discussion group/peer exchange/user groups, Lecture/plenary method, Question and answer sessions

CanMEDs Roles:

Medical Expert, Scholar, Communicator, Collaborator, Leader, Health Advocate, Professional

Co-Chair(s)

JP

Jeffrey Politsky
WH

Walter Hader

Speaker(s)

MC

Mary Connolly
MF

Mostafa Fatehihassanabad

This course is designed to provide an integrated understanding of the relationship between brain tumours and epilepsy, two devastating neurologic conditions with a complicated and still poorly understood interplay that varies across age ranges and tumour pathology. As such, two major points of emphasis throughout the topics of discussion will be a) quality of life (QOL) and b) interdisciplinary collaboration and communication.

This course on brain tumour-related epilepsy (BTRE) will feature up-to-date discussions that focus on 1) epidemiologic data, 2) etiologic basis, 3) diagnostic evaluation, 4) pharmacotherapy (including the concept of seizure prophylaxis, drug class interactions, and novel therapeutic concepts), 5) surgical planning and treatment, and 6) ongoing and future research endeavours.

Clinical cases will be used throughout. Audience participants are invited to submit (in advance) presentations of interesting and/or challenging cases of patients with BTRE, which could be presented to the expert panel for an open forum discussion. Time restrictions will limit the number of cases that can be presented. Presentations should be submitted via power point and include no more than 5 slides (history, EEG data, neuro-imaging data, pathology, and/or anything else that will highlight the germane elements of his/her case).

Learning Objectives:

Appreciate the epidemiology of BTRE
Be familiar with the purported mechanisms of BTRE
Be able to discuss the diagnostic work-up for BTRE
Understand the approaches to pharmacotherapy (including the concept of “seizure prophylaxis”) and the approaches to surgical therapy and how these treatments translate into optimizing QOL

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:05 AM MST

Welcome & Introduction
Speaker: Jeffrey M. Politsky
8:05 AM – 8:25 AM MST

Epidemiology and Etiologic Basis of BTRE
Speaker: Jeffrey M. Politsky
8:25 AM – 8:30 AM MST

Case Presentation – Part I
Speaker: Mary Connolly
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM MST

Diagnostic Workup of BTRE
Speaker: Mary Connolly
8:50 AM – 9:10 AM MST

Surgical Approach to Pediatric BTRE
Speaker: Walter Hader
9:10 AM – 9:15 AM MST

Case Presentation II
Speaker: Jeffrey M. Politsky
9:15 AM – 9:35 AM MST

Surgical Approaches to BTRE - Adult Perspective
Speaker: Mostafa Fatehihassanabad
9:35 AM – 9:50 AM MST

Pharmacotherapy - Adult and Pediatric Perspectives
Speaker: Jeffrey M. Politsky
Speaker: Mary Connolly
9:50 AM – 10:05 AM MST

Issues related to functional mapping
Speaker: Walter Hader
Speaker: Mostafa Fatehihassanabad
10:05 AM – 10:10 AM MST

Clinical Case Summaries
Speaker: Jeffrey M. Politsky
Speaker: Mary Connolly
10:10 AM – 10:25 AM MST

Interactive Case Discussion and Audience Participation
10:25 AM – 10:30 AM MST

Closing Comments
Speaker: Walter Hader