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Part of Personalized Neuromodulation in Epilepsy: Closing the Loop
Details
- Date
- Friday, January 22, 2027
- Time
- 4:00 PM – 4:04 PM
- Session type
- Concurrent Session
- Schedule
- See this day
About
Personalized neuromodulation holds promise for improving epilepsy treatment, yet several fundamental questions remain unresolved: (1) how to detect and define brain states that trigger intervention, (2) what stimulation parameters should be used, and (3) where stimulation should be delivered. These challenges have sparked significant interest across the field, with multiple groups pursuing diverse AI driven, network driven, and biomarker driven approaches to optimize neuromodulation. This session seeks to "close the loop" on closed-loop neuromodulation in epilepsy by bringing together leaders in the field to discuss emerging strategies for state detection, stimulation optimization, and network targeting.
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.