AES Breaking News

News from the AES Annual Meeting and 2nd Biennial North American Regional Epilepsy Congress, December 4 – 9, 2008.  For more information and to arrange an interview with scientific presenters or AES Board Officials contact the onsite pressroom, Room 601 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle – (206) 219-4702.  See the complete program book available on this website for a full listing of scientific reports and their presenters.

December 8, 2008 - Researchers Report on Convergence of Technology and Medicine Leading to Revolution in Epilepsy Care

December 8, 2008 - Doctors Raise Questions-Concerns About FDA Suicide Warning
Epilepsy experts urge patients and caregivers to continue drug therapy

December 8, 2008 - Experts from Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America to Address Major Preventable Cause of Epilepsy Worldwide

December 8, 2008 - Epilepsy Drug Development Pioneer Named AES 2008 Lennox Award Recipient

December 8, 2008 - Harvard Neuroscientist Chosen to Receive American Epilepsy Society’s Basic Scientist Award

December 8, 2008 - Northern Illinois University Research Professor Chosen to Receive AES Clinical Science Award

December 8, 2008 - Steven C. Schachter, M.D., Elected President of American Epilepsy Society

December 8, 2008 - Jaideep Kapur, M.D., Ph.D., Named Vice President of American Epilepsy Society

December 8, 2008 - John M. Pellock, M.D., Named Second Vice President of American Epilepsy Society

December 8, 2008 - Michael Privitera, M.D., Named Treasurer of American Epilepsy Society

December 6, 2008 - Physician-Scientist from Goteborg University, Sweden, Chosen to Receive the 2008 AES Service Award

December 5, 2008 - Four Physician-Scientists Named to Receive AES/Milken Early Career Awards

Telebriefing Seattle December 5, 2008 - Featuring three studies highlighted at the AES 62nd Annual Meeting