{"id":30835,"date":"2007-08-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-31T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/08\/31\/epilepsy-conference-aimed-at-meeting-a-need\/"},"modified":"2007-08-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-31T05:00:00","slug":"epilepsy-conference-aimed-at-meeting-a-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2007\/08\/31\/epilepsy-conference-aimed-at-meeting-a-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Epilepsy conference aimed at meeting a need"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n<\/TABLE>In the Midwest, about 40 percent of patients with epilepsy are treated by primary care physicians whereas 90 percent of such patients on the coasts are treated by neurologists. <\/p>\n

Helping Midwestern primary care health professionals and neurologists access the most current information on the disease will be one of the main goals of an upcoming conference in Omaha.<\/p>\n

“The reality is that a significant portion of epilepsy care in this region is handled at a primary care level,” said Sanjay Singh, M.D., director of The Nebraska Epilepsy Center at UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, and associate professor in the department of neurological sciences. “That being the case, it’s important that we help these health professionals and our neurologists have access to the best and most recent information about epilepsy.” <\/p>\n

The conference, titled “Recent Advances in the Management of Epilepsy: Adult and Pediatric,” will be held Friday, Sept. 14 at the Qwest Center. <\/p>\n

The conference — the first of its kind in the region — is being organized by the Heartland Epilepsy Alliance, a coalition of six university epilepsy centers that have come together to further research, education and clinical care of epilepsy in the region.<\/p>\n

In addition to UNMC, the other universities involved in the alliance are:
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