BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:750@epilepsytoronto.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210319T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210319T170000 DTSTAMP:20260109T203305Z URL:https://epilepsytoronto.org/event/the-power-of-purple-webinar-series-3 / SUMMARY:The Power of Purple Webinar Series - Meet the Experts DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="7690" 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 final webinar on March 19th "Meet the Experts" with spe cial guests:\n\nDanielle Andrade - Genetics of Epilepsy\nEsther Bui - Wome n and Epilepsy\n\nPeter Carlen - SUDEP\nDavid Gold - Mental Health and Epi lepsy\n\n Click HERE to get your free ticket today.\n[/vc_column_text][vc _column_text]\nAbout the Speakers:\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] [vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7682" img_size="Med ium" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text ]\nDr. Danielle Andrade is the Medical Director of the Epilepsy Program at that University Health Network\, University of Toronto. She is the founde r and Director of Krembil Neuroscience Epilepsy Genetics Program. Dr. Andr ade is also the Director of the Epilepsy Transition Program\, a program in collaboration with The Hospital for Sick Children that helps promote coor dinated\, smooth and efficient transition from the pediatric to the adult health systems for patients with intractable epilepsy. She was the chair o f the epilepsy implementation task force sub-group for the development of Guidelines for Transition in Epilepsy for the Province of Ontario.\n\nDr. Andrade graduated in Medicine from Universidade Federal do Parana (Brazil) and completed her Neurology Residency at Hospital N.S. Gracas (Brazil). S he then completed a Master of Sciences at The Hospital for Sick Children\, University of Toronto\, which was focused on “Protein Therapy for Unver richt-Lundborg Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy”. Between 2004 and 2006 Dr . Andrade completed an Epilepsy and Clinical Electrophysiology Fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital\, University of Toronto.\n[/vc_column_text][/v c_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Dr. Esthe r Bui is a Neurologist – Clinician Educator \, Assistant Professor at th e University of Toronto. She is cross appointed to the Division of Obstetr ical Medicine. She is the director of the University of Toronto’s Epilep sy Fellowship and co-director of the Women’s Neurology Fellowship\, as w ell as co-director of Education\, Krembil Brain Institute. Dr. Bui complet ed her M.D. in 2002 and Neurology residency in 2007\, and Epilepsy and EEG fellowship in 2010 at the University of Toronto. She is a member of the C anadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (CSCN) and served on the execu tive board of the CSCN 2012-2017 and is currently serving as on the execut ive of the Canadian League Against Epilepsy (CLAE). Her clinical and resea rch interests lies in advancing the care of epilepsy\, particularly focuse d on gender issues and pregnancy. In education\, her interest is on teache r assessment tools and EEG learning.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_colum n width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7681" img_size="medium" alignment="c enter"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_imag e image="7680" img_size="Full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][vc_column w idth="2/3"][vc_column_text]Dr. Peter Carlen obtained his MD from the Unive rsity of Toronto and his internship and Internal Medicine training at McGi ll University\, completing his Neurology training at the University of Tor onto. He also did postgraduate training in cellular electrophysiology for 3 years at the Neurobiology Unit of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, I srael. He is a Professor in Medicine (Neurology)\, Physiology\, and the In stitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of To ronto. He was formerly the Head of Neurology at the Addiction Research Fou ndation. In 1989\, he was appointed Director of the Playfair Neuroscience Unit and Neuroscience Research at the University Health Network for a 10 y ear term\, where he is now a Senior Scientist and Head of the Division of Fundamental Neurobiology. He has over 300 peer-reviewed biomedical publica tions and 6 patents. His main research interests are mechanisms and contro l of neural synchrony and entrainment in epilepsy\, SUDEP\, hypoglycemic s eizures\, gap junctional communication\, brain state classification\, and the cerebral pathophysiology of the fetal alcohol syndrome. He is also an active neurological clinician at the University Health Network (Toronto We stern Hospital) with a practice focused mainly on patients with epilepsy.[ /vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_co lumn_text]Dr. Gold is a staff neuropsychologist at Toronto Western Hospita l\, and holds an Assistant Professor academic appointment in the Departmen t of Psychiatry at University of Toronto. He primarily conducts neuropsych ological assessments for the epilepsy program\, but also consults to other UHN services such as Neurology. Dr. Gold also maintains a small private p ractice. His PhD investigated memory changes in daily life for those with early evidence of Alzheimer’s disease. During his residency at Duke Univ ersity Medical Center\, he gained specialized experience assessing and pro viding CBT treatment for ADHD before completing his clinical neuropsycholo gy fellowship at Saint Louis University and his postdoctoral research fell owship at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a registered Psycholog ist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario with declared competency with adults and seniors in clinical psychology and neuropsychology.[/vc_co lumn_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7679" img_size="Medium" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_col umn][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_co lumn_text]W. McIntyre Burnham received his B.A. in Experimental Psychology from Cornell University and his Ph.D. in Physiological Psychology from Mc Gill University. Following post-doctoral studies in electrophysiology with Pierre Gloor at the Montreal Neurological Institute\, he joined the Depar tment of Pharmacology at the University of Toronto\, where he is currently a Professor Emeritus. His research career has centered on epilepsy and an ticonvulsant drugs. He was the first recipient of the Bahen Chair of Epile psy 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_column_text][/v c_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This webinar series i s being presented in collaboration with EpLink\, Krembil Research Institut e and Epilepsy Toronto.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_c olumn width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Special Thanks to the Ontario Brain Inst itute for their support of this Webinar Series[/vc_column_text][/vc_column ][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="7520" img_size="full" alig nment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://braininstitute.ca/"][/v c_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:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR