Autism One Announces Seizures Think Tank In May

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Autism One Announces Seizures Think Tank In May

THE AUTISM ONE 2009 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES THE ELIAS TEMBENIS SEIZURES THINK TANK

Twenty of the world's leading minds come together in Chicago.

As the autism population ages, the incidence of seizures is increasingly

reported.

Unfortunately, there is very little in the way of consensus as to causes or

treatments. We know seizures present a danger. Elias Tembenis, who was

recovering from autism, ultimately passed away while having a seizure. Autism

One brings together leading experts to compare notes and research agendas, grow

ideas, and find common ground that will provide paths and answers for parents on

what treatments are best given each child’s unique biomedical background.

Presentations and Q & A panel discussion for all conference attendees will follow

on Sunday.

Among the participants at the think tank:

Rob Coben, PhD is the director and chief neuropsychologist of a private clinic

in NY, which is also an affiliated research site with NYU's Brain Research Lab.

Dr. Coben is board certified in EEG biofeedback and a diplomat of the QEEG

Certification Board.

S. Hossein Fatemi, MD, PhD is a professor of psychiatry, adjunct professor of

neuroscience, and adjunct professor of pharmacology. Dr. Fatemi authored GABAA

Receptor Downregulation in Brains of Subjects with Autism and Expression of

GABAB Receptors Is Altered in Brains  of Subjects with Autism.

Frye, MD, PhD is an assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics,

Division of Neurology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School. Dr. Frye

completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Miami,

Memorial Hospital, and his residency in neurology at Children's Hospital Boston.

Hardy, MD is a board certified neurologist with subspecialty training in

behavioral neurology/neuropsychiatry. He has held teaching appointments at

Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine. A particular

interest for him has been the recognition, evaluation, and treatment of

developmentally disabled individuals with occult subclinical seizures.

Lewine, PhD is the executive director of the ian Brothers Center for

Brain Research and the Illinois Magnetoencephalography Center. He received his

doctorate in neuroscience from the University of Rochester where he was a member

of the Center for Brain Research and the Center for Visual Science. At Los

Alamos National Laboratory, he worked on the development of

magnetoencephalography [MEG], then a new method for studying brain function.

Derrick MacFabe, MD is an assistant professor and director of the Kilee

Patchell- Autism Research Group, Departments of Psychology (Neuroscience)

and Psychiatry (Division of Developmental Disabilities) at the Schulich School

of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario.

Jon Poling, MD, PhD is the medical director of the Athens Regional Medical

Center Apheresis Unit, clinical assistant professor at the Medical College of

Georgia, and a partner at Athens Neurological Associates. He is certified in

MRI/CT interpretation by the American Society of Neuroimaging, is a diplomate of

the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and is

board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Harry Schneider, MD is an associate research scientist, Functional MRI Research

Center of Columbia University. He is in private practice at the Center for

Medical and Brain Sciences in Plainview, NY.

Allan Sosin, MD is the founder and medical director of the Institute for

Progressive Medicine. Dr. Sosin held the position of assistant medical director

at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, a world-renowned

facility for the treatment of brain injured children.

For extended bios and a complete listing of practitioners, please visit HERE.. 

Autism One thanks Prof. for moderating this event.

SUNDAY PRESENTATION SCHEDULE ON THIS TOPIC:

8:00 - 10:00 Dr. Hardy; Dr. S.H. Fatemi; Dr. Allan Sosin

10:30-12:30 Dr. Frye; Dr. Tappan Audhya; Dr. Derrick MacFabe

1:15 - 2:15 Dr. Rob Coben; Dr. Lewine

2:15 - 3:00 Panel Q & A 

For a complete main conference schedule, please visit

http://www.autismone.org/schedules. 

The Treatment category is sponsored by Lee Silsby, the leader in quality

compounded medications for autism.

 

Love, Gabby. :0)

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" I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical. Even God had

some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin. " ~ Jerry Newport