Emerging Surgical and Programming Concepts in Epilepsy Neuromodulation

Presenters

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  Dario J. Englot, MD, PhD

  Director of Functional Neurosurgery

  Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, Tennessee

  Dario J. Englot, MD, PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neurology, Radiology, Electrical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He is also Vice Chair of Research and Director of Functional Neurosurgery and Surgical Director of Epilepsy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and director of a CAST-accredited fellowship in Functional Neurosurgery. He received his MD and PhD degrees from Yale University and completed neurosurgical residency at the University of California, San Francisco, and his functional neurosurgery fellowship at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Englot leads an active NIH-funded translational research laboratory integrating human neuroimaging and electrophysiology techniques to study brain networks in neurological diseases and normal brain states, with a focus in developing advanced neuromodulation treatments. He serves on the board of NANS, is Secretary-Treasurer of the American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ASSFN), and he is immediate past chair of the Surgical Therapies Commission in the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). Dr. Engot is Associate Editor and future Editor-in-Chief of the journal Epilepsy Currents, Associate Editor of Epilepsia, and also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Neurosurgery and Epilepsy & Behavior.

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  Ellen L. Air, MD, PhD

  Department Chair

  Henry Ford Health · Detroit, Michigan

  Dr. Ellen Air graduated from Northwestern University (1997) and completed her doctorate (2002) and medical degree (2004) at University of Cincinnati. She then completed her residency in Neurological Surgery at the University of Cincinnati in 2010 and fellowship in the neurosurgical treatment of epilepsy, movement disorders and pain at the University of California, San Francisco, in 2011. She is currently Chair of Neurosurgery and Co-Medical Director for the Neuroscience Service Line at Henry Ford Health in Detroit. In addition, she holds the Mark L. Rosenblum Endowed Chair and is Clinical Associate Professor at both Michigan State University and Wayne State University School of Medicine. She serves on the executive boards of ASSFN and North American Neuromodulation Society.