BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250724T092157EDT-68764T7ALU@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250724T132157Z DESCRIPTION:\nThe Neuro Epilepsy Day is a half-day event. The day will focu s on neurodegeration and tauopathy in epilepsy\, and its implications for cognition and disease progression.\n\n\nRegister Here\n\nWatch online here . No registration required.\n\n\nThe Pierre Gloor Lecture celebrates the l ife and legacy of Pierre Gloor (1923–2003)\, who joined The Neuro (Montrea l Neurological Institute-Hospital) in 1952 as a fellow in electroencephalo graphy and neurophysiology. He trained under Wilder Penfield and Herbert J asper and earned his Ph.D. from Â鶹ɫÇéƬ in 1957. Gloor collabora ted closely with clinical and research teams at The Neuro in advancing the understanding and treatment of epilepsy\, gaining international recogniti on for his contributions to the field\n\n\n\n \n Programme\n Speakers\n Locati on\n Sponsors\n Scientific Committee\n \n\n \n Thursday\, May 29\, 2025\n\n View Programme Booklet\n\n \n \n \n 11:00\n \n Welcome and Introduction\n\n Boris Ber nhardt\, PhD\n Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery\n Epilepsy Group Leader (Research)\, The Neuro\n\n Guy Rouleau\, OC\, OQ\, MD\, PhD\, FRCP(C)\, FRSC\, FAAN\n Director\, The Neuro\n \n \n \n 11:15\n \n Trainee Presen tations\n\n Host: Alex Barnett\, PhD\n Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery\, The Neuro\n \n \n \n 12:15\n \n Lunch and Poster Session\n \n \n \n 1 3:45\n \n Pierre Gloor Lectures\n\n Welcome and Speaker Introduction: Raluca Pana\, MD\n Epilepsy Group Leader (Clinical)\, The Neuro\n\n Evidence for Ne urodegenerative Pathology in Epilepsy \n Maria Thom\n Professor of Neuropath ology\, UCL\n\n Neurodegeneration and Epilepsy: Evidence From In-Vivo Imagi ng\n Matthias Koepp\n Professor of Neurology\, UCL\n \n \n \n 15:45\n \n Closing R emarks\n\n Boris Bernhardt and Raluca Pana\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Speakers\n\n Maria Thom\n\n Maria Thom is an academic neuropathologist based at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology in London. She combines her clinical diagno stic work with a strong research focus on epilepsy. She established an epi lepsy brain and tissue bank at UCL\, supported by the Epilepsy Society\, t o facilitate the archiving and use of human tissue samples for research ac ross multiple centres. Her recent research has explored neurodegenerative cellular mechanisms in epilepsy and their correlation with MRI findings\, with support from the Wellcome Trust. She also investigates neuropathologi cal findings in cases of sudden and unexpected death in epilepsy\, as well as the pathogenesis of focal surgical pathologies such as hippocampal scl erosis and focal cortical dysplasia. Over the past decade\, Dr. Thom has c ontributed regularly to Euro-CNS and ILAE neuropathology teaching courses and has served on diagnostic commission task forces for the ILAE. She is t he author of several book chapters in this field\, including the 2024 10th edition of Greenfield’s Neuropathology\, and serves as executive editor f or Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology in the area of epilepsy.\n\n Abs tract: Cognitive decline in older adults with epilepsy represents a signif icant co-morbidity and people with epilepsy are also more at risk for deve loping dementia. In addition to hippocampal damage\, progressive cortical atrophy is a prominent finding on MRI\, especially in drug-resistant focal epilepsy and the ENIGMA-epilepsy consortium demonstrated common patterns of cortical atrophy in focal epilepsies. However\, the pattern of atrophy in epilepsy differs from that seen in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and the precise neuropathology correlates a re uncertain.\n\n In tissue samples from patients operated for drug refract ory epilepsy as well as post-mortem series we have been exploring the evid ence and prevalence of neurodegenerative pathology including tauopathy\, a s AD and CTE\, small vessel disease and cortical atrophy. This has been co rrelated with neuroimaging parameters and neuropsychology profiles in an a im to predict neuropathology biomarkers that could be relevant to any memo ry decline in epilepsy.\n\n Matthias Koepp\n\n Matthias Koepp is a Professor of Neurology at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and a Consult ant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology in London. After ea rning his MD in Berlin in 1991\, he moved to London to complete a PhD focu sed on neuroimaging in epilepsy under the mentorship of John Duncan. His c linical practice serves over 2\,000 people annually\, alongside a research program investigating mechanisms of comorbidities in epilepsy to predict cognitive\, mood\, and seizure outcomes after treatment. He currently co-l eads the first anti-epileptogenesis trial in post-stroke epilepsy and a We llcome Trust-funded study on dementia in epilepsy. His work has earned mul tiple international awards\, including the Michael Prize\, the ILAE Ambass ador for Epilepsy Award\, and the 2023 AES Clinical Science Recognition Aw ard.\n\n Abstract: The focus of my research is into co-existing cognitive i mpairment and neurodegenerative disease in patients with epilepsy\, in par ticular late onset epilepsy. It is likely that underlying causes are multi factorial and may act synergistically but development of biomarkers to ide ntify epilepsy patients at risk and at earlier stages\, is essential to in terrupt and delay disease progression. This presentation will focus on ima ging biomarker of disease progression.\n\n \n \n\n \n Location\n\n The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital is at 3801 University Street\, north of Pine Avenue West\, on the Â鶹ɫÇéƬ campus opposite the former Royal Victoria Hospital.\n\n Montreal is served by highway Routes 10\, 15\, 20 and 40\, and by Greyhound Bus\, Via Rail and the P-E-Trudeau airport. In the city\, bus and metro service is provided by the Société de transpor t de Montréal (STM).\n\n Wheelchair access\n\n A wheelchair accessible entra nce is on University Street north of the main entrance. Another wheelchair accessible entrance is in the loading area behind the building: to enter the loading area\, turn into the driveway south of the main entrance. Plea se note\, there is no parking in the loading area.\n\n Parking\n\n Parking n ear the MNI is sometimes difficult. There are parking meters on University Street and a parking lot north of the main entrance. To enter the lot\, t urn right into the driveway toward Molson Stadium.\n\n Information about pa rking fees\n\n Taxi Stand\n\n There is a taxi stand on University Street acr oss from the main entrance. You may call a cab from the free taxi phone in the main lobby near the Security Desk.\n\n Access by Public Transportation  (STM website)\n\n Bus\n\n There are four bus stops within walking distance: \n\n \n Bus 144 stops at Pine Avenue and University Street\n Bus 356 stops at Sherbrooke Street and University Street (Nightbus)\n Bus 107 stops at Pine Avenue and Docteur Penfield\n Bus 24 stops at Sherbrooke Street and Univer sity Street\n \n\n Metro\n\n Take the Metro Green Line to the Â鶹ɫÇéƬ station. Walk north on University Street and cross Pine Avenue. The main entrance is on the right\, past the flags.\n\n Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre\n\n \n Ente r the main lobby\, turn left\, and go down the hallway to the end.\n Turn r ight and go down the second hallway until you see another hallway on the l eft.\n This hallway leads to the Jeanne Timmins Foyer.\n On your right are t he Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre entrance doors.\n \n \n\n \n Sponsors \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n Scientific Committee\n\n Boris Bernhardt\n\n Raluca Pana\n\n Alexande r Barnett\n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n\n DTSTART:20250529T150000Z DTEND:20250529T200000Z LOCATION:Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre\, The Neuro SUMMARY:Neuro Epilepsy Day and Pierre Gloor Lecture 2025 URL:/neuro/channels/event/neuro-epilepsy-day-and-pierr e-gloor-lecture-2025-361722 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR