The Epilepsy Exchange Meeting at the Texas Medical Center (EpiEx)
Join us for the bimonthly Epilepsy Exchange Meeting at the Texas Medical Center (EpiEx), proudly hosted by the McGovern Medical School of UTHealth Houston.
Set within the heart of medical innovation, the Texas Medical Center (TMC) is renowned for its vibrant community of medical experts. With a dedicated cohort of over 200 specialists committed to epilepsy care and research, Houston stands as a global hub of medical excellence, encompassing prestigious hospitals, universities, research institutions, and healthcare facilities.
Our EpiEx research initiative unites luminaries from esteemed institutions across the TMC and beyond including UTHealth Houston, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, Houston Methodist, St. Luke's Medical Center, and Texas Children's Hospital, and UTMB Health. Collaboratively, we confront research and development barriers head-on. Each EpiEx meeting revolves around a crucial challenge within the realm of epilepsy.
Research subjects span optimized care, neurostimulation techniques, genetic susceptibility, brain imaging innovations, biomarker discovery, novel anti-epileptic drugs, epilepsy surgery advancements, comorbidities, neurobiology insights, clinical trial progress, and global epidemiological studies.
Our doors are open wide to the expansive TMC epilepsy community and the wider Houston-Galveston metropolitan area, embracing neurologists, neurosurgeons, radiologists, pathologists, neuropsychologists, scientists, clinical staff, technicians, and all levels of trainees.
Each gathering will begin with 30 minutes of networking with refreshments from 5:00-5:30pm, followed by a program of two presenters who will unveil their groundbreaking epilepsy research and/or illuminating case studies. With a 30-minute presentation slot per speaker, followed by 15 minutes of engaging Q&A, our platform encourages vibrant discussions. We draw our speaker lineup from a wide range of professional backgrounds and career stages, interweaving clinical presenters with basic scientists and pairing emerging researchers with seasoned investigators, fostering a fertile exchange of perspectives.