Events & News

Events & News

All year long, the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group promotes epilepsy education for patients, their caregivers, medical treatment staff, and the general public. Team Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group participates in several epilepsy walks and many different fundraising activities that directly benefit the national or local epilepsy foundations and advocacy societies. Check out our upcoming schedule and you may find an activity that interests you.

What You Need to Know if Epilepsy has Touched Your Life - September 21 - Summit, NJ

What You Need to Know if Epilepsy has Touched Your Life - September 21 - Summit, NJ

Overlook Hospital Center
99 Beauvoir Avenue
Summit, NJ 07902
Bouras Auditorium, Overlook Hospital in Summit NJ

8:30am-9:00am: Registration & Breakfast
9:00 am-Noon: Program

Free breakfast at registration

Registration: 8:30-8:55
8:55-9:00 opening remarks - Dr. Jeffrey Politsky
9:00-9:30 Anti-seizure drugs and alternative/natural treatments - Dr. Jeffrey Politsky
9:30-10:00 Epilepsy in Children: diagnosing, treating, and more - Dr. Adenike Opaleke
10:00 - 10:30 Epilepsy in senior citizens - Dr. Brenda Wu
10:30 - 11:00 Post-Traumatic Epilepsy - Dr. Matt Evans
11:00-11:30 Diagnostic tests for Epilepsy Patients - What is important? - Dr. Jeffrey Politsky
11:30-12:00 Epilepsy Foundation on NJ - Resources and services in New Jersey 

 



Events that were highlighted in the past

American Epilepsy Society Annual Convention in Denver Colorado
November: Epilepsy Awareness month
APA 2026 in Washington, DC
Seventh Annual Purple Day Expo at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando, FL
Epilepsy Alliance America Member Organization Meeeting
International Epilepsy Day
Webinar offered by the Family Resource Network/Epilepsy Services of NJ
Epilepsy Book Club
American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting
Primer Congreso Latinoamericano sobre Trastornos Neurológicos Funcionales
November: Epilepsy Awareness month
Walk for the one 2025
Epilepsy Book Club
Managing psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) at school
Webinar: Inside Specialized Epilepsy Centers
Fearcast Podcast
Grand rounds (virtual) British Columbia Neuropsychiatry Program
Purple Day
Epilepsy Book Club
National Epilepsy Walk