Hallway Conversation on New Professional Guideline about SUDEP

In this episode of Hallway Conversations, Epilepsy.com Editor-In-Chief Dr. Joseph Sirven interviews Dr. Cynthia Harden, director of the Mount Sinai Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Mount Sinai Medical Center, regarding the new professional guideline on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, known as SUDEP. The guideline was created by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and American Epilepsy Society (AES) and published in the journal Neurology.

Resources

• Find an overview of the new professional guideline by epilepsy.com's SUDEP Editor Dr. Dan Friedman
• Read a Community Corner article that will help community members understand how the guideline will help them written by epilepsy.com's Associate Editor and Community Manager Patty Osborne Shafer
• In a published statement, several epilepsy advocacy organizations, including the Epilepsy Foundation, have come together to share their hope that these recommendations lead to increased disclosure rates and better standards of care.
• Learn more about SUDEP
• Learn about Comprehensive Epilepsy Centers
• Find SUDEP webinars and presentations (some offer CME and CNE credits)