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3rd Annual IMPRES Conference


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Add to Calendar 3rd Annual IMPRES Conference 6/26/2026 6:00:00 PM 6/28/2026 1:00:00 PM America/Chicago For More Details: https://ascension-ce-cme.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?EID=32779 Description: The IMPRES Conference was designed by local and regional colleagues to provide evidence-based research on pediatric epilepsy surgery as well as highlight collaboration between pediatric epilepsy centers and programs Hotel Van Zandt false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Friday, June 26, 2026, 6:00 PM - Sunday, June 28, 2026, 1:00 PM CT, Hotel Van Zandt, Austin, TX

Target Audience
Specialties - Neurology, NeuroSurgery

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (9.50 hours), AAPA Credit(s) (9.50 hours), ABS CC (9.50 hours), ANCC Contact Hour(s) (9.50 hours), APA Credit(s) (9.50 hours), ASWB Credit(s) (9.50 hours), General Attendance (9.50 hours), IPCE Credit(s) (9.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (9.50 hours)

Overview
The IMPRES Conference was designed by local and regional colleagues to provide evidence-based research on pediatric epilepsy surgery as well as highlight collaboration between pediatric epilepsy centers and programs

Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to:

  1. Physician/Learners will be able to discuss etiology, pathophysiology, assessment, treatment plans and evaluation of infants and children with epilepsy.
  2. Nursing/Learners will identify how evidence-based communication and interprofessional teams including support groups can improve care of children with epilepsy.
  3. Interdisciplinary Audience/Learners will identify the role of interdisciplinary care in managing patients with epilepsy.

Registration

Registration Prices:

**REGISTER by 4/26/2026 for discounted pricing**

EARLY BIRD Physician Registration - $500

EARLY BIRD Non-physician Registration - $200

          EARLY BIRD Trainee Registration - $65

 

Physician Registration - $600 (price starting on 4/27/2026)

Non-physician Registration - $300 (price starting on 4/27/2026)

          Trainee Registration - $100 (price starting on 4/27/2026)

*Don't forget to book your hotel room!!

Questions?

If you have any questions, please contact Jessica Valverde or Courtney Keene.

e: [email protected]

p: 512-324-3025


Accreditation
Ascension is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the Healthcare team.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 9.50 IPCE credits for learning and change.


Additional Information

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be received in writing no later than 5/26/2026 for a refund. No refunds will be made on cancellation requests received after that date. Please send cancellation requests to [email protected]

Ascension reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

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Hotel Van Zandt

605 Davis Street
Austin, TX 78701

512.542.5300

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Ascension adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of CE/CME. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Ascension adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Member Information
Role in activity
Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)
Jessica Valverde, BS
Project Manager
UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children's
Austin, TX
Activity Coordinator
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Dave Clarke, MBBS
Chief, Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Center
UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children's
Austin, TX
Co-Director, Faculty, Physician Planner
Consulting Fee-Neurelis
Faculty Photos
Ahmed Abdelmoity, MD
Director Division of Neurology
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kansas CIty, MO
Faculty
Speakers Bureau-Livanova, Inc|Speakers Bureau-UCB (Relationship has ended)|Speakers Bureau-Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc (Relationship has ended)
Faculty Photos
Raheel Ahmed, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Daniel Arndt, MD
Specialists in Pediatric Neurology PLLC
West Bloomfield, MI
Faculty
Independent Contractor (included contracted research)-Livanova
Faculty Photos
Gabrielle Conecker, MPH
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Decoding Developmental Epilepsies
Washington, DC
Faculty
Honoraria-Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Relationship has ended)|Honoraria-Lundbeck, Inc. (Relationship has ended)
Faculty Photos
Rosario DeLeon, PhD
Pediatric Neuropsychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children's
Austin, TX
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Karen Evankovich, PhD
Pediatric Neuropsychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children's
Austin, TX
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Daniel Freedman, DO
Pediatric Neurologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children's
Austin, TX
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez, MD
UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Zachary Grinspan, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York , NY
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Liberty Hamilton, PhD
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
M. Omar Iqbal, MD
Pediatric Neurosurgeon
UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children's
Austin, TX
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Dhruve Jeevan, MD
Neurosurgeon
Central Texas Brain & Spine
Austin, TX
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Monika Jones, JD
Executive Director
Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance
Los Angeles, CA
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Ammar Kheder, MD
Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Marietta, GA
Faculty
Other: Travel and hospitality support related to faculty participation in educational courses on stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG).-Dixi Mecical |Other: Personal fees-Neurelis|Other: Personal fees-Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (Relationship has ended)
Sookyong Koh, MD
Children's Nebraska
Omaha, NE
Faculty
Consulting Fee-SK Life Science (Relationship has ended)|Consulting Fee-Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Any division) (Relationship has ended)
Faculty Photos
Alison Kukla, MPH
Senior Advisor
Partners Against Mortality in Epilepsy
Chicago, IL
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Sandi K Lam, MD, MBA
Division Chief
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Jaguar Therapeutics|Consulting Fee-Encoded Therapeutics|Grant or research support-LivaNova (Relationship has ended)|Honoraria-Aesculap (Relationship has ended)|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance|Consulting Fee-Ovid Therapeutics|Advisor-Synergia|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-LivaNova|Grant or research support-Centered Outcomes Research Institute |Grant or research support-National Institutes of Health|Grant or research support-National Science Foundation|Grant or research support-Northwestern Inst. of Global Health
Bernice Martin Lee
EFA
Bowie, MD
Faculty
Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-UCB
Allie Melendez-Zaidi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center at El Paso
El Paso, TX
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Stoke (Relationship has ended)
Faculty Photos
Ilene Miller, JD, LLM
Executive Director
Rare Epilepsy Network
Bethesda, MD
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Chelsey B Ortman, MD
Pediatric Neurololgist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children's
Austin, TX
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Scott Perry, MD
Head of Neurosciences; VP Faculty Development
Cook Children's Medical Center
Ft Worth, TX
Faculty
Paid consultant-Stoke therapeutics|Paid consultant-UCB|Honoraria-Neurelis|Honoraria-Biocodex|Honoraria-Marinus (Relationship has ended)|Honoraria-Pyros (Relationship has ended)|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Praxis Precision Medicine|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Mind Medicine|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Biohaven|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Rapport therapeutics|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Alto Neurosciences|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Child Neurology Foundation|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Lennox Gastaut Syndrome Foundation
Faculty Photos
Emily Ramirez, DO
Pediatric Neurologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children's
Austin, TX
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Jim Riviello, MD
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Rana Said, MD
Children's Health UT Dallas Southwestern
Dallas, TX
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Carter Snead, MD
Neurology
Toronto, Canada
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Jorge A. Vidaurre, MD
Professor Pediatrics and Neurology
NCH
Upper Arlington, OH
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Manuel Vides, MD
Instituto de Neurociencias, Hospital de Diagnostico
San Salvador, El Salvador
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Howard Weiner, MD
Dr.
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Elysa Widjaja, MD
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Janet Wilson, APRN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Neurology Nurse Practitioner
UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children's Medical Center
Austin, TX
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Ajinomoto Cambrooke, Inc (Relationship has ended)
Faculty Photos
Steven Wolf, MD
Chief of Child Neurology of Boston Children's Health Physicians of New York and
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center
New York, NY
Faculty
Grant or research support-Eisai, Inc. (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-SKlife|Speakers Bureau-LivaNova |Grant or research support-Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.|Speakers Bureau-Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.|Grant or research support-Aquestive (Relationship has ended)|Speakers Bureau-Neurilis |Grant or research support-Neurilis |Grant or research support-UCB|Speakers Bureau-UCB|Grant or research support-Longboard (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Takeda (Relationship has ended)|Speakers Bureau-Monteris |Speakers Bureau-marinus (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-biohaven|Advisor-Assertio
Courtney Keene, BSN
Pediatric Neuroscience Surgery Program Administrator
UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children's
Leander, TX
Nurse Planner
Nothing to disclose
Jacob Rosenbaum, PA-C
UT Health Austin
Austin, TX
PA Planner
Nothing to disclose
Faculty Photos
Jeffrey B Titus, PhD, FAES
Director
UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children's
Austin, TX
Psychologist Planner
Nothing to disclose
Abby Glock, MSW, LCSW
Ascension Medical Group
Austin, TX
Social Work Planner
Nothing to disclose

Friday, June 26, 2026
Welcome Reception
6:00PM - 11:00PM

Saturday, June 27, 2026
Breakfast (Ladybird Studio II)
7:30AM - 8:30AM

Welcome
8:30AM - 8:35AM
Dave Clarke, MBBS

History of Epilepsy: Introduction & Importance of Opening Session
8:35AM - 8:45AM
Monika Jones, JD

Keynote: History of Epilepsy Surgery: The Evolution of the Epileptologist in Epilepsy Surgery from Jasper to Present
8:45AM - 9:15AM
Carter Snead, MD

Present Medical and Nonmedical Barriers to Epilepsy Management
9:15AM - 9:35AM
Rana Said, MD

Moderated Panel Discussion: Solving the World’s Problems in Epilepsy Management (Moderated by Sandi Lam, MD)
9:35AM - 10:00AM
Carter Snead, MD
Steven Wolf, MD
Gabrielle Conecker, MPH
Alison Kukla, MPH
Sandi K Lam, MD, MBA
Dave Clarke, MBBS

Intro to Session: Medication Management: From Neonate Through Transition of Care
10:10AM - 10:15AM
Daniel Arndt, MD

Management of Neonatal Seizures and When to Entertain Surgical Intervention
10:15AM - 10:35AM
Jim Riviello, MD

Out with the Old, In with the New: Using Newer Anti-Seizure Medications as First-Line Agents
10:35AM - 10:55AM
Steven Wolf, MD

Differentiating Epileptic Encephalopathy for a Targeted Approach to Care Delivery
10:55AM - 11:15AM
Zachary Grinspan, MD

Surgical Considerations for PNEE / Functional Seizures
11:15AM - 11:35AM
Daniel Freedman, DO

Moderated Panel Discussion With Q & A
11:35AM - 11:55AM
Dave Clarke, MBBS

Lunch
12:00PM - 1:00PM

Intro to Session: Presurgical Investigative Studies
1:10PM - 1:15PM
Jorge A. Vidaurre, MD

The Importance of Bilingual Functional Testing: WADA, fMRI, MEG
1:15PM - 1:35PM
Rosario DeLeon, PhD

Show Me the Money: Optimizing Investigative Studies with Minimal Cost
1:35PM - 1:55PM
Ahmed Abdelmoity, MD

Functional MRI, MEG, or Both … Who Makes the Call?
1:55PM - 2:15PM
Elysa Widjaja, MD

What Else Can We Learn from sEEG Functional Neurophysiology? Brain Neurophysiology to the Bedside
2:15PM - 2:35PM
Liberty Hamilton, PhD

Moderated Panel Discussion with Q & A (All Session Speakers)
2:35PM - 2:55PM

Intro to Session: Capturing Nontraditional Surgical Patients: Addressing the Access Issue
3:05PM - 3:10PM
Bernice Martin Lee

The Perception of “Rare Epilepsies”: Not in My Eyes!
3:10PM - 3:30PM
Gabrielle Conecker, MPH

Always Searching for Better Management: The Importance of the SUDEP Discussion
3:30PM - 3:50PM
Alison Kukla, MPH

EAN: National Epilepsy Plan
3:50PM - 4:10PM
Ilene Miller, JD, LLM

Surgery in Regions with Limited Resources
4:10PM - 4:30PM
Sandi K Lam, MD, MBA

Moderated Panel Discussion with Q & A (All Session Speakers)
4:30PM - 4:50PM
Scott Perry, MD (Moderator)

Sunday, June 28, 2026
Welcome to Day Two and Intro to Session: Palliative vs. Curative
8:30AM - 8:35AM
Sookyong Koh, MD

History of sEEGs
8:35AM - 8:55AM
Raheel Ahmed, MD, PhD

Ablative Surgery for Epilepsy
8:55AM - 9:15AM
M. Omar Iqbal, MD

Transition to Adult Care in Neurosurgery Patients: Where, When, and How?
9:15AM - 9:35AM
Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez, MD

Battle of the Brains: Closed Loop vs. Open Loop
9:35AM - 9:55AM
Dhruve Jeevan, MD
Chelsey B Ortman, MD
Ammar Kheder, MD (Moderator)

Moderated Panel Discussion with Q & A (All Session Speakers)
9:55AM - 10:15AM

Intro to Session: Quality of Life and Psychosocial Outcomes
10:35AM - 10:40AM
Karen Evankovich, PhD

What the World Needs Now: Addressing Global Access
10:40AM - 10:50AM
Manuel Vides, MD

Keto Talk: Topic Title TBA
10:50AM - 11:10AM
Janet Wilson, APRN, CPNP-PC

Not Always Looking for a Cure: Lessons Learned from TSC Surgeries
11:10AM - 11:30AM
Howard Weiner, MD

Remember Me: Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Through the Eyes of a Neurologist with Less Resources
11:30AM - 11:50AM
Allie Melendez-Zaidi, MD, PhD

It IS Worth Knowing: Genetic Testing as a QOL Construct
11:50AM - 12:10PM
Emily Ramirez, DO

Moderated Panel Discussion with Q & A (All Session Speakers)
12:10PM - 12:30PM

Closing Remarks
12:30PM - 12:40PM

Commercial Interest: No commercial support was received for this CE/CME activity.

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