2024 Preliminary Programme
Main topics of the residential course
Drug interactions
Differential diagnosis in children
Precision Medicine
ILAE Classification
New treatments
Complex epilepsies
Scientific Committee:
F. Vigevano
N. Specchio
Organizing Secretariat:
PTS Congress Division
Via Volturno 2/c
00185 Roma – Italy
Phone +39 06 8535 5590
Fax +39 06 8535 6060
www.ptsroma.it
manuela.morandini@ptsroma.it
Scientific Commitee
The programme of the residential course
The faculty consists of leading International epileptologists. The faculty members give lectures and conduct interactive case discussions and/or tutorials on relevant aspects of epileptology.
Federico Vigevano
Prof. Federico Vigevano is Head of Paediatric Neurorehabilitation DPT – San Raffaele Research Institute – Rome, Italy. Since several years he dedicated his activities in the understanding and treatment of pediatric epilepsies. He was President of the Italian League Against Epilepsy (LICE), Chair id the Advisory Council and Member of the Commission of European Affair of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). In the 2001 received the award of Ambassador for Epilepsy by ILAE. Has been President of Epilepsy Foundation of the Italian League Against Epilepsy. Has been the Chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Congress on Epilepsy (Rome 2011) and is the Honorary President of the next European Epilepsy Congress, 7 -11 September 2024, Rome.
He is member of the EPNS board. He is author of hundreds of publications on epilepsy.
Nicola Specchio
Dr. Specchio is MD, PhD in the Department of Neuroscience at Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome, Italy. Dr. Specchio main activity is the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric epileptic patients, with main interest in seizure semiology, classification of epileptic seizures and syndromes. He works in the field of pre-surgical evaluation of patients with drug resistant epilepsy and in the selection of patients with genetic epilepsies. Dr. Specchio has published papers in International journals with main interest on epilepsy as Epilepsia, Epilepsy Research, Epilepsy and Behavior. Dr. Specchio currently is responsible for different clinical research projects regarding invasive monitoring of epileptic patients and the genetic etiology of epileptic encephalopathy in the first three years of life. Dr. Specchio is representative of the Italian Chapter of the International League Against Epilepsy.
Organizing Secretariat:
Manuela Morandini
PTS Congress Division
Via Nizza 45
00198 Roma – Italy
Phone +39 06 8535 5590
Fax +39 06 8535 6060
www.ptsroma.it
