Special Interest Groups (SIGs): 2005 AES Annual Meeting

Special interest groups (SIGs) are member-initiated groups focused on educational or research issues which appeal to a select and identifiable subset of AES members. SIGs can be active throughout the year and usually have a symposium-like meeting during the annual AES meeting.

The Epilepsy Therapy Development Project continues to support educational and research issues, and is pleased to provide the following selection of Special Interest Group (SIG) presentations given at the AES 59th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

Herbs and Botanicals - Botanicals as Anti-convulsant Therapy
Coordinator: Steven C. Schachter, M.D.

Botanicals Special Interest Group: Inaugural Meeting, 2005
Steven C. Schachter, MD

Herbs and Botanicals: Investigations of Traditional Chinese Herbal Stroke Medicines: Implications for Neuroprotective Epilepsy Therapy
Nikolaus J. Sucher, MD, PhD

Herbs and Botanicals: Botanicals and Epilepsy: Clinical Aspects
Siegward M. Elsas, MD

Engineering and Epilepsy - Issues and Answers in Seizure Prediction
Coordinators: Hitten P. Zaveri, Ph.D., and Robert B. Duckrow, M.D.

Engineering & Epilepsy: A Comparison of Different Approaches to Seizure Prediction: The Need for Statistical Validation
Florian Mormann, MD, PhD

Engineering & Epilepsy: Dynamical Evolution of Seizures
Steven J. Schiff, PhD

Engineering and Epilepsy: Defining and Interpreting High Frequencies
Jean Gotman, PhD

Engineering and Epilepsy: Statistical Evaluation of Early Seizure Detection and Prediction Algorithms with Hidden Markov Models
Stephen Wong, MD

Engineering and Epilepsy: Evaluation of an Automated Seizure Prediction Algorithm in Human Epilepsy and an Animal Model
J. Chris Sackellares, M.D.

Pregnancy Outcomes – Pregnancy Registries Update
Coordinators: Page Pennell, MD and Kimford J. Meador, MD

Pregnancy Outcomes: Update from EURAP An International AED and Pregnancy Registry
Torbjorn Tomson

Pregnancy Outcomes: Update from the North American AED Pregnancy Registry
Lewis B. Holmes, MD

Pregnancy Outcomes: The Australian Pregnancy Registry for Women on Anti-epileptic Medication.
T.J. O'Brien, MD

Translational Research - AEDs: New Approaches to Discovery and New Challenges in Commercialization
Coordinators: Warren Lammert and Orrin Devinsky, M.D.

Translational Research - AEDs: Commercializing Botanicals for Epilepsy: Challenges and Opportunities
Steven C. Schachter, MD

Translational Research: Orphan Indications and Pediatric Rule: Best Formulation Strategies
Stephen D. Collins, MD, PhD

Translational Research - AEDs: Thinking outside the box: Antiepileptogenesis
Frances J. Jensen, MD

The Ketogenic Diet - Issues of Efficacy
Coordinator: Thomas N. Seyfried, Ph.D.

Participatory Roundtable: "The Ketogenic Diet: Problems with Efficacy"
Thomas N. Seyfried, PhD

Use of a Modified Atkins Diet for Epilepsy: Insights into KD mechanism(s) of action???
Eric H. Kossoff, MD

Herbs and Botanicals - Botanicals as Anti-convulsant Therapy Coordinator: Steven C. Schachter, M.D.
	Botanicals Special Interest Group: Inaugural Meeting, 2005 Steven C. Schachter, MD

	Herbs and Botanicals: Investigations of Traditional Chinese Herbal Stroke Medicines: Implications for Neuroprotective Epilepsy Therapy Nikolaus J. Sucher, MD, PhD

	Herbs and Botanicals: Botanicals and Epilepsy: Clinical Aspects Siegward M. Elsas, MD

Engineering and Epilepsy - Issues and Answers in Seizure Prediction Coordinators: Hitten P. Zaveri, Ph.D., and Robert B. Duckrow, M.D.
	Engineering & Epilepsy: A Comparison of Different Approaches to Seizure Prediction: The Need for Statistical Validation Florian Mormann, MD, PhD

	Engineering & Epilepsy: Dynamical Evolution of Seizures Steven J. Schiff, PhD

	Engineering and Epilepsy: Defining and Interpreting High Frequencies Jean Gotman, PhD

	Engineering and Epilepsy: Statistical Evaluation of Early Seizure Detection and Prediction Algorithms with Hidden Markov Models Stephen Wong, MD

	Engineering and Epilepsy: Evaluation of an Automated Seizure Prediction Algorithm in Human Epilepsy and an Animal Model J. Chris Sackellares, M.D.

Pregnancy Outcomes – Pregnancy Registries Update Coordinators: Page Pennell, MD and Kimford J. Meador, MD
	Pregnancy Outcomes: Update from EURAP An International AED and Pregnancy Registry Torbjorn Tomson

	Pregnancy Outcomes: Update from the North American AED Pregnancy Registry Lewis B. Holmes, MD

	Pregnancy Outcomes: The Australian Pregnancy Registry for Women on Anti-epileptic Medication. T.J. O'Brien, MD

Translational Research - AEDs: New Approaches to Discovery and New Challenges in Commercialization Coordinators: Warren Lammert and Orrin Devinsky, M.D.
	Translational Research - AEDs: Commercializing Botanicals for Epilepsy: Challenges and Opportunities Steven C. Schachter, MD

	Translational Research: Orphan Indications and Pediatric Rule: Best Formulation Strategies Stephen D. Collins, MD, PhD

	Translational Research - AEDs: Thinking outside the box: Antiepileptogenesis Frances J. Jensen, MD

The Ketogenic Diet - Issues of Efficacy Coordinator: Thomas N. Seyfried, Ph.D.
	Participatory Roundtable: "The Ketogenic Diet: Problems with Efficacy" Thomas N. Seyfried, PhD

	Use of a Modified Atkins Diet for Epilepsy: Insights into KD mechanism(s) of action??? Eric H. Kossoff, MD