BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:746@epilepsytoronto.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210305T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210305T170000 DTSTAMP:20260109T203305Z URL:https://epilepsytoronto.org/event/the-power-of-purple-webinar-series-2 / SUMMARY:The Power of Purple Webinar Series - Epilepsy Surgery and Other Tre atment Options DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="7588" img_size="Full " alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_te xt]The Power of Purple Webinar Series for Epilepsy is a series of free edu cational webinars about important topics related to epilepsy. These webina rs will be hosted on Zoom and feature neurologists\, industry experts\, an d people living with epilepsy who will be sharing their lived experiences. \n\nDon't miss our first webinar on March 5th on Epilepsy Surgery and Trea tment Options with special guests\, Dr. Taufik Valiante\, Jordan Shuler &a mp\; Gary Collins. Click HERE to get your free ticket today.[/vc_column_te xt][vc_column_text]\nAbout the Speakers:\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/v c_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7615" img_siz e="Medium" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_colum n_text]\nJordan Shuler had been experiencing infrequent absent seizures si nce university days (1992). In 2011\, his seizures started to increase in number\, duration\, and strength. He was experiencing seizures while teach ing in the classroom\, while driving\, while playing sports.  He was diag nosed in 2012 with a temporal cavernoma (constriction of the arteries in t he brain\, upsetting blood and electrical flow) and began attending Profes sionals Support Group at Epilepsy Toronto to gain knowledge and support. H e went through surgery in 2014 to remove partial temporal lobe and full hi ppocampus\, both on the right side.  He was bed-ridden and in a wheelchai r for two months during recovery. Now\, he is stronger than before...playi ng sports\, driving and fully functioning! He has not had a single seizur e since surgery.\n\nJordan was a professor in Hospitality at George Brown College for nine years. Recently\, he was hired full-time at UHN as their new Digital Education Specialist.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][ vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7616" img_size="Full " alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]\n Dr. Taufik Valiante is currently the Director of the Surgical Epilepsy Pro gram at the Krembil Neuroscience Center\, a Scientist at the Krembil Resea rch Institute\, and has a cross-appointment at the Institute of Biomateria ls and Biomedical Engineering as well as Electrical and Computer Engineeri ng. His neurosurgical staff appointment is at the Toronto Western Hospital \, and he is currently Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Universi ty of Toronto. He is the co-Founder and Co-Director of CFI funded CRANIA ( Center for Advancing Neurotechnological Innovation to Application). In 200 7 he established a state of the art five-bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at t he Toronto Western Hospital\, significantly increasing surgical services t o those with medically refractory epilepsy throughout the Province of Onta rio.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_ text]Gary Collins was suddenly diagnosed with epilepsy in 1985. He was one of the fortunate 70% whose seizures were mostly controlled through medica tion. However\, the cumulative side-effects of his meds had a major impact on his lifestyle and the side-effects were becoming debilitating. In 2018 \, he was most fortunate to work with a Neurologist who recommended a chan ge in his medication. In the space of two months\, I was given his life ba ck\, with ZERO side-effects!\n\nGary is the President of Epilepsy Canada.[ /vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n\nAbout the Moderator\n[/vc_column_text] [/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image ="7621" img_size="Medium" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width= "2/3"][vc_column_text]W. McIntyre Burnham received his B.A. in Experimenta l Psychology from Cornell University and his Ph.D. in Physiological Psycho logy from McGill University. Following post-doctoral studies in electrophy siology with Pierre Gloor at the Montreal Neurological Institute\, he join ed the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Toronto\, where he is currently a Professor Emeritus. His research career has centered on epi lepsy and anticonvulsant drugs. He was the first recipient of the Bahen Ch air of Epilepsy Research\, and is currently the Director of the University of Toronto Epilepsy Research Program. He is also a Co-Director of EpLink\ , and a Past President of Epilepsy Ontario and of Epilepsy Canada.[/vc_col umn_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_te xt]Special Thanks to the Ontario Brain Institute for their support of this Webinar Series[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_sin gle_image image="7520" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="custom_ link" link="https://braininstitute.ca/"][/vc_column][/vc_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://epilepsytoronto.org/wp-content/uploads/2 020/03/Webinar_WebsiteEventBanner.jpg LOCATION:Online\, \, Canada X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10 0;X-TITLE=Online:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR