Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 28, 2013
The Epilepsy Foundation of Higher Los Angeles has partnered with Loma Linda University Medical Center to host the Epilepsy Community Forum at the Wong Kerlee Conference Center on the Loma Linda University campus on Sunday, June 30, 2013 in Loma Linda, CA.

From 10:30 am to three:00 pm, the Forum will cover a wide-array of subjects pertinent to the epilepsy neighborhood. Parents of children may benefit from the presentation Growing with Epilepsy: Cognitive and Behavioral Disturbances as they function to respond to their childs demands. People of any age living with epilepsy will be interested in the subject on New Horizons in Therapy of Epilepsy: Update on Medicines and Surgical Possibilities. To delve further into treatment options, the Forum will also highlight Dietary Therapies in Epilepsy. The inherent theme of the Forum empowering the community via education is most apparent with the closing session, when Ann Kinkor, the State Advocacy Coordinator for Epilepsy California, and Susan Pietsch-Escueta, the Executive Director of the Epilepsy Foundation of Higher Los Angeles, join collectively to present on Advocating in the School and Healthcare Arenas. With the exception of the closing session, all sessions are facilitated by physicians from Loma Linda University Medical Center.

Dr. Travis Losey, the Health-related Director of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, expressed his gratitude in being able to companion in events like the Epilepsy Neighborhood Forum exactly where we can spend a lot more to time give critical updates about epilepsy to the regional community. It is also an added bonus that people and loved ones members have the chance to meet and find out from each other by attending events, like the Forum.

Affirming the partnership, Susan Pietsch-Escueta shared that the Epilepsy Foundation of Higher Los Angeles welcomes possibilities to partner with key health-related centers in our area exactly where specialists are involved in the care of families impacted by epilepsy. So, we had been thrilled when Dr. Losey and the Loma Linda University Medical Center suggested we partner to organize an Epilepsy Neighborhood Forum for families in the Inland Empire.

The days activities contain the UCB-sponsored Epilepsy Advocate seminar, Take Charge Tour, which is becoming held from eight:30 to 10:00 am as a satellite seminar before the Forum starts. A childrens plan for youngsters with epilepsy and their siblings will take place all through the duration of the days activities, thanks in portion to Studio E: Epilepsy Art Therapy System sponsored in element by Lundbeck. We also acknowledge help from UCB The Epilepsy Company, funding from the Epilepsy Foundation and the Overall health Resources and Solutions Administration / Maternal and Youngster Well being Bureau below award quantity U23MC19824 and, partial support from Raising Hope for Epilepsy Polo Advantage 2013.

For a lot more information and to register for this totally free program, visit ENDEPILEPSY.org or stayclassy.org/EpilepsyForum or contact 1.800.564.0445.

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ABOUT EPILEPSY
Without having warning, seizures can occur to anybody at any age. When a individual has two or far more unprovoked seizures, they have epilepsy. Seizures do not all look the identical and, according to the International League Against Epilepsy, there are currently much more than 25 various recognized epilepsy syndromes affecting nearly three million individuals in the U.S. and about 65 million folks worldwide. Someone is diagnosed with epilepsy each and every four minutes and, this year alone, practically 200,000 men and women in our nation will be diagnosed. To date, there are no known cures.

ABOUT THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF Higher LOS ANGELES
Established in 1957 as a 501(c)3 charitable organization, the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles is leading the fight to Finish EPILEPSY