The PAME Conference invites abstract submissions that further understanding of important and emerging topics related to all epilepsy-related mortality.  Below is a recent collection of abstracts:

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Basic Mechanisms

Translational Research

Neurophysiology

Clinical Epilepsy

Neuroimaging

Comorbidity

Anti-seizure medication

Dietary therapy

Health services

Epidemiology

Public health

Accepted and not able to attend PAME

Basic Research

Clinical Research

  • Derivation of Prediction Models for Early and Late Mortality in Epilepsy that Include Modifiable Risk Factors Using Electronic Health Records
    • Authors: Marianne Hrabok, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Jordan Engbers – Desid Labs Inc; Samuel Wiebe – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Tolulope Sajobi – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Ann Subota – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Amal Almohawes – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Paolo Federico – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Alexandra Hanson – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Karl Martin Klein – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Joseph Peedicail – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Neelan Pillay – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Shaily Singh – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Colin Josephson – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
  • Identifying cardiac genetic biomarkers to predict the risk of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy
    • Authors: Ming Soh, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne; Richard Bagnall – Molecular Cardiology Program, Centenary Institute; Lauren Bleakley – The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne; A. Marie Phillips – The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne; Chaseley Mckenzie – The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne; Erlina Mohamed Syazwan – The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne; Christopher Semsarian – Molecular Cardiology Program, Centenary Institute; Ingrid Scheffer – Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia; Samuel Berkovic – Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia; Christopher Reid – The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne
  • Seizure Detection using Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning: Setting a Benchmark
    • Authors: Jianbin Tang, IBM Research Australia; Rima El Atrache – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Umar Asif – IBM Research Australia; Michele Jackson – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Subhrajit Roy – IBM Research Australia; Theodore Sheehan – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Mahtab Mirmomeni – IBM Research Australia; Claire Ufongene – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Sarah Schubach – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Solveig Vieluf – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Christian Meisel – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Stefan Harrer – IBM Research Australia; Tobias Loddenkemper – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • Population-Based Surveillance of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy using the Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry
    • Authors: Vicky Whittemore, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health; Kristin M Burns – NIH; Michelle Udine – Children’s National Hospital; Esther Shaw – MPHI; Meghan Faulkner – MPHI; Niu Tian – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Predictor Risk Factors of In-patient Mortality in Status Epilepticus
    • Authors: Nassim Naderi, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston; Aditya Kumar – University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston; Louise McCullough – University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston
  • Predictor Risk Factors of Acute Respiratory Failure in Status Epilepticus: Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS)
    • Authors: Yvo Rodriguez, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston; Niyousha Naderi – University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston; Shivika Chandra – University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston; Nassim Naderi – University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston
  • Cardiac Mechanisms in Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) with DEPDC5 Loss-of-Function
    • Yanting Zhao, University of Michigan; Helen Zhang – University of Michigan; Jack Parent – Michigan Medicine; Lori Isom – University of Michigan Medical School;
  • Association Between Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure and Cardiopulmonary Risk
    • Authors: Yanting Zhao, University of Michigan; Helen Zhang – University of Michigan; Jack Parent – Michigan Medicine; Lori Isom – University of Michigan Medical School
  • Apneas Persisting Beyond Amygdala Stimulation or Seizure Activity
    • Authors: Gail Harmata, University of Iowa; Ariane Rhone – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics; Christopher Kovach – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics; Matthew Howard – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics; George Richerson – University of Iowa; John Wemmie – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics; Brian Dlouhy – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
  • Ictal central apnea in patient with medically intractable epilepsy
    • Authors: Katherine Schwartz, Rush University Medical Center; Antoaneta Balabanov – Rush University Medical Center; Alejandra Lastra – Rush University Medical Center
  • Natural History of Mortality in Individuals with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
    • Authors: Shridhar Parthasarathy, The College of New Jersey; Rajeshwari Mahalingam – Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery; Orrin Devinsky – New York University Langone Medical Center
  • The prevalence of REM sleep onset seizures in a cohort of patients who died of SUDEP
    • Authors: Lilach Goldstein, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Roozbeh Tarighati Rasekhi – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Michael Sperling – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Maromi Nei – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Time of day is an inaccurate surrogate for sleep-wake state in the epilepsy monitoring unit
    • Authors: Kevin Ha, University of Virginia; Andrew Schomer – University of Virginia; Juliana Leonardo – University of Virginia; Mark Quigg – University of Virginia
  • Status Epilepticus: Inpatient Burden of Illness and Association with Disease Severity
    • Authors: Elan Guterman, University of California, San Francisco; John Betjemann – University of California, San Francisco; Alex Aimetti – Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Justin Li – Trinity Life Sciences; Zheng Wang – Trinity Life Sciences,; David Yin – Trinity Life Sciences; Joseph Hulihan – Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Thomas Lyons – Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Radnor, PA; Gavin Miyasato – Trinity Life Sciences, Waltham, MA; Adam Strzelczyk -Goethe University
  • Evaluating the risks for SUDEP at night: depth of sleep predicts postictal heart rate
    • Authors: Andrew Schomer, University of Virginia; Morgan Lynch – University of Virginia; Juliana Leonardo – University of Virginia; Valentina Baljak – University of Virginia; Matthew Clark – Advanced Medical Predictive Devices; J Randall Moorman – University of Virginia; Jaideep Kapur – University of Virginia; Mark Quigg – University of Virginia
  • Central Apnea and Seizures in a COVID-19 Pediatric Patient
    • Authors: Stephanie Enner, Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Sanaya Hormozdyaran – Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Robin Varughese – Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Jennifer Milillo – Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Ivan Pavkovic – Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Emma Laureta – Cohen Children’s Medical Center; James Schneider – Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Sanjeev Kothare – Cohen Children’s Medical Center
  • Machine learning from wristband sensor data for wearable, non-invasive seizure forecasting
    • Authors: Christian Meisel, Boston Children’s Hospital; Rima El Atrache – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Michele Jackson – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Sarah Schubach – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Claire Ufongene – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Tobias Loddenkemper – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • Network localisation of cardiorespiratory dysfunction in focal epilepsy
    • Authors: Eugenio Abela, King’s College London; Nira Futter – King’s College London; Andrea Biondi – King’s College London; Pedro Viana – King’s College London; Mark Richardson – King’s College London
  • A Novel and Unexpected Marker of Risk for Seizures on EMU admission: Elevated EKG Heterogeneity
    • Authors: Trudy Pang, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Bruce Nearing – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Steven Schachter – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Richard Verrier – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Autonomic Dysfunction Is More Prominent in Patients with Focal Rather Than with Generalized Epilepsy
    • Authors: Alla Guekht, Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry; Anna Lebedeva – Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; Marina Lebedeva – Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology; Flora Rider – Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry; Yury Solomatin – Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry; Anna Teplyshova – Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry; Alexander Yakovlev – Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of Russian Academy of Sciences; Dmitry Zhuravlev – Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry; Max Hilz – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Other Research

2024

Award Winners

All Abstracts

Not able to attend, but accepted for PAME:

2023

Award Winners

Basic Mechanisms

Translational Research

Neurophysiology

Clinical Epilepsy

Neuroimaging

Comorbidity

Anti-seizure medication

Dietary therapy

Health services

Epidemiology

Public health

Accepted and not able to attend PAME

2022

2021

Basic Research

Clinical Research

  • Derivation of Prediction Models for Early and Late Mortality in Epilepsy that Include Modifiable Risk Factors Using Electronic Health Records
    • Authors: Marianne Hrabok, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Jordan Engbers – Desid Labs Inc; Samuel Wiebe – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Tolulope Sajobi – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Ann Subota – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Amal Almohawes – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Paolo Federico – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Alexandra Hanson – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Karl Martin Klein – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Joseph Peedicail – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Neelan Pillay – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Shaily Singh – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Colin Josephson – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
  • Identifying cardiac genetic biomarkers to predict the risk of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy
    • Authors: Ming Soh, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne; Richard Bagnall – Molecular Cardiology Program, Centenary Institute; Lauren Bleakley – The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne; A. Marie Phillips – The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne; Chaseley Mckenzie – The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne; Erlina Mohamed Syazwan – The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne; Christopher Semsarian – Molecular Cardiology Program, Centenary Institute; Ingrid Scheffer – Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia; Samuel Berkovic – Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia; Christopher Reid – The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne
  • Seizure Detection using Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning: Setting a Benchmark
    • Authors: Jianbin Tang, IBM Research Australia; Rima El Atrache – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Umar Asif – IBM Research Australia; Michele Jackson – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Subhrajit Roy – IBM Research Australia; Theodore Sheehan – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Mahtab Mirmomeni – IBM Research Australia; Claire Ufongene – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Sarah Schubach – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Solveig Vieluf – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Christian Meisel – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Stefan Harrer – IBM Research Australia; Tobias Loddenkemper – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • Population-Based Surveillance of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy using the Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry
    • Authors: Vicky Whittemore, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health; Kristin M Burns – NIH; Michelle Udine – Children’s National Hospital; Esther Shaw – MPHI; Meghan Faulkner – MPHI; Niu Tian – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Predictor Risk Factors of In-patient Mortality in Status Epilepticus
    • Authors: Nassim Naderi, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston; Aditya Kumar – University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston; Louise McCullough – University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston
  • Predictor Risk Factors of Acute Respiratory Failure in Status Epilepticus: Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS)
    • Authors: Yvo Rodriguez, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston; Niyousha Naderi – University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston; Shivika Chandra – University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston; Nassim Naderi – University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston
  • Cardiac Mechanisms in Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) with DEPDC5 Loss-of-Function
    • Yanting Zhao, University of Michigan; Helen Zhang – University of Michigan; Jack Parent – Michigan Medicine; Lori Isom – University of Michigan Medical School;
  • Association Between Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure and Cardiopulmonary Risk
    • Authors: Yanting Zhao, University of Michigan; Helen Zhang – University of Michigan; Jack Parent – Michigan Medicine; Lori Isom – University of Michigan Medical School
  • Apneas Persisting Beyond Amygdala Stimulation or Seizure Activity
    • Authors: Gail Harmata, University of Iowa; Ariane Rhone – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics; Christopher Kovach – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics; Matthew Howard – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics; George Richerson – University of Iowa; John Wemmie – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics; Brian Dlouhy – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
  • Ictal central apnea in patient with medically intractable epilepsy
    • Authors: Katherine Schwartz, Rush University Medical Center; Antoaneta Balabanov – Rush University Medical Center; Alejandra Lastra – Rush University Medical Center
  • Natural History of Mortality in Individuals with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
    • Authors: Shridhar Parthasarathy, The College of New Jersey; Rajeshwari Mahalingam – Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery; Orrin Devinsky – New York University Langone Medical Center
  • The prevalence of REM sleep onset seizures in a cohort of patients who died of SUDEP
    • Authors: Lilach Goldstein, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Roozbeh Tarighati Rasekhi – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Michael Sperling – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Maromi Nei – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Time of day is an inaccurate surrogate for sleep-wake state in the epilepsy monitoring unit
    • Authors: Kevin Ha, University of Virginia; Andrew Schomer – University of Virginia; Juliana Leonardo – University of Virginia; Mark Quigg – University of Virginia
  • Status Epilepticus: Inpatient Burden of Illness and Association with Disease Severity
    • Authors: Elan Guterman, University of California, San Francisco; John Betjemann – University of California, San Francisco; Alex Aimetti – Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Justin Li – Trinity Life Sciences; Zheng Wang – Trinity Life Sciences,; David Yin – Trinity Life Sciences; Joseph Hulihan – Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Thomas Lyons – Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Radnor, PA; Gavin Miyasato – Trinity Life Sciences, Waltham, MA; Adam Strzelczyk -Goethe University
  • Evaluating the risks for SUDEP at night: depth of sleep predicts postictal heart rate
    • Authors: Andrew Schomer, University of Virginia; Morgan Lynch – University of Virginia; Juliana Leonardo – University of Virginia; Valentina Baljak – University of Virginia; Matthew Clark – Advanced Medical Predictive Devices; J Randall Moorman – University of Virginia; Jaideep Kapur – University of Virginia; Mark Quigg – University of Virginia
  • Central Apnea and Seizures in a COVID-19 Pediatric Patient
    • Authors: Stephanie Enner, Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Sanaya Hormozdyaran – Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Robin Varughese – Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Jennifer Milillo – Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Ivan Pavkovic – Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Emma Laureta – Cohen Children’s Medical Center; James Schneider – Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Sanjeev Kothare – Cohen Children’s Medical Center
  • Machine learning from wristband sensor data for wearable, non-invasive seizure forecasting
    • Authors: Christian Meisel, Boston Children’s Hospital; Rima El Atrache – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Michele Jackson – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Sarah Schubach – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Claire Ufongene – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Tobias Loddenkemper – Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  • Network localisation of cardiorespiratory dysfunction in focal epilepsy
    • Authors: Eugenio Abela, King’s College London; Nira Futter – King’s College London; Andrea Biondi – King’s College London; Pedro Viana – King’s College London; Mark Richardson – King’s College London
  • A Novel and Unexpected Marker of Risk for Seizures on EMU admission: Elevated EKG Heterogeneity
    • Authors: Trudy Pang, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Bruce Nearing – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Steven Schachter – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Richard Verrier – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Autonomic Dysfunction Is More Prominent in Patients with Focal Rather Than with Generalized Epilepsy
    • Authors: Alla Guekht, Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry; Anna Lebedeva – Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; Marina Lebedeva – Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology; Flora Rider – Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry; Yury Solomatin – Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry; Anna Teplyshova – Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry; Alexander Yakovlev – Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of Russian Academy of Sciences; Dmitry Zhuravlev – Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry; Max Hilz – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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