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Title: Epilepsy: What’s New?
Date: Saturday 14 March 2020
Time: 08:30
Venue: Dolmen Hotel, Malta
The Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics is collaborating with the Caritas Malta Epilepsy Association in the organisation of 2020 National Epilepsy Conference. The conference will be held on Saturday 14 March 2020, with the theme 'Epilepsy: What’s New?' and it will highlight recent advances in the treatment and management of epilepsy.
Title: Epilepsy: What’s New?
Date: Saturday 14 March 2020
Time: 08:30
Venue: Dolmen Hotel, Malta
The Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics is collaborating with the Caritas Malta Epilepsy Association in the organisation of 2020 National Epilepsy Conference. The conference will be held on Saturday 14 March 2020, with the theme 'Epilepsy: What’s New?' and it will highlight recent advances in the treatment and management of epilepsy.
There are over 4,000 persons who have been diagnosed with epilepsy in Malta and Gozo. Epilepsy is often a hidden medical condition which requires several varying medical and support services and it can greatly affect a person’s social and personal life. Among the speakers will be Prof Helen Cross, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London and Ms Galia Wilson, Dravet Syndrome UK. There will also be several local medical experts and speakers, together with interactive workshops.
This conference will be of specific interest to persons with epilepsy and their families (both adults and children), educators, teachers and LSEs and various health care professionals and students (doctors, pharmacists, nurses etc) who work with persons with epilepsy.