5. Otto Löwenstein Symposium
Saturday, November 16, 2024
09:00 - 15:45
Dear colleagues,
Dear scientists,
With great pleasure, we would like to invite you to the fifth Otto Löwenstein Symposium at the Bonn University Club. In addition to this small anniversary celebration, we would also like to pay tribute to Prof. Heinz Penin, the Founder and first Director of the Department of Epileptlogy, who was born 100 years ago in November.
In his honor, the Heinz Penin Prize for Epilepsy Research will be awarded for the first time this year. This prize will be awarded now and in the future to the best young scientific work from Bonn in the two fields of experimental and clinical epilepsy research. The prize winners will be presented with 1000 € for personal use. The award winners will be announced at the Otto Löwenstein Symposium and they will then briefly present their work during the Penin Lecture.
Following the award ceremony, Professor Dr. Surges will report on new possibilities for diagnosis and treatment at the Bonn Epilepsy Center. Dr. Borger from the Department of Neurosurgery will then present a lecture reviewing 40 years of epilepsy surgery in Bonn. Professor Dr. Rémi from Munich will then report on the guideline-based treatment of status epilepticus. The first part will end with a lecture presented by Professor Dr. Tomson from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on risks and injuries in epilepsy.
After the lunch break, Professor Dr. Knake from the Epilepsy Center Marburg will report on the new guidelines for the first epileptic seizure. Professor Dr. Pressler from Great Ormond Street Hospital London will then explain the importance of EEG and semiology in early childhood epilepsy. Tips on emergency medication and monitoring devices will then be presented by Dr. Baumgartner from our Department of Epileptology and Dr. Fazeli from the Bonn Department of Neuropaediatrics.
After the coffee break, we will discuss instructive everyday cases with you in an entertaining manner. We hope to have put together a practical and exciting program for you again this year and look forward to your participation and a lively exchange!
Kind regards from the University Hospital Bonn,
Prof. Dr. Rainer Surges
Prof. Dr. Alexandra Klotz
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Vatter
09:00 – 09:45 Uhr
Welcome
What's new at the Bonn Epilepsy Centre
Presentation of the Heinz Penin Prize Award for Epilepsy Research with Penin Lecture
Prof. Dr. A. Klotz, Department of Neuropaediatry, University Hospital Bonn
Prof. Dr. R. Surges, Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn
Prof. Dr. H. Vatter, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bonn
09:45 – 10:20 Uhr
40 years of epilepsy surgery in Bonn – What have we learned since then?
PD Dr. V. Borger, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bonn
10:20 – 10:40 Uhr
Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:15 Uhr
Status epilepticus treatment guidelines - an update
Prof. Dr. J. Remi, Neurological Clinic LMU Clinic Großhadern
11:15 – 11:50 Uhr
Risks and injuries in epilepsy – how to counsel and prevent
Prof. T. Tomson MD PhD, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
11:50 – 12:40 Uhr
Lunch break, set-up located in the foyer
12:40 – 13:15 Uhr
First epilepsy seizures – what do the new guidelines say?
Prof. Dr. S. Knake, Epilepsy Center Hessen, University Hospital Marburg
13:15 – 13:50 Uhr
Significance of EEG and semiology in early childhood epilepsy
Prof. Dr. R. Pressler, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UCL Institute of Child Health, London
13:50 – 14:10 Uhr
Coffee Break
14:10 – 14:45 Uhr
Tips on emergency medication and monitoring devices – what is useful and how is it prescribed?
Dr. T. Baumgartner, Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn
PD Dr. W. Fazeli, Department of Neuropaediatry, University Hospital Bonn
14:45 – 15:30 Uhr
Seminar - instructive cases from everyday clinical practice
Patients from all age groups will be presented
Prof. Dr. A. Klotz, Department of Neuropaediatry, University Hospital Bonn
Prof. Dr. R. Surges, Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn
15:30 – 15:45 Uhr
Discussion and Closing Comments
Prof. Dr. A. Klotz, Department of Neuropaediatry, University Hospital Bonn
Prof. Dr. R. Surges, Department of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn
Prof. Dr. H. Vatter, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bonn
Please register per email at:
Participation is free of charge.
We ask participants to evaluate the event in accordance with the guidelines of the North Rhine Medical Association on the evaluation forms provided.
For this event, we have applied for continuing education points from the North Rhine Medical Association and the DGfE.
Universitätsclub Bonn e.V.
Konviktstr. 9
53113 Bonn
Our sincere thanks go out to these sponsors and exhibitors, without whom this symposium could not be presented at this scale.
Verein zur Förderung der Epilepsieforschung e.V.
