Grand Rounds: Drug Resistant Epilepsy, moving beyond medications

Objectives (Educational Content) :

1. Review the definition and prevalence of drug-resistant epilepsy.

2. Learn non-medication treatment options, including dietary and surgical options.

3. Analyze neuromodulation as a newer treatment option for intractable epilepsy.

Target Audience:

General pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, psychologists, and nurses.

Identified Gap:

Increase awareness of epilepsy surgery for treatment of refractory epilepsy and promote visibility of the outstanding epilepsy care we provide to our patients.

Estimated Time to Complete the Educational Activity:

1 hour(s)

Expiration Date for CE/CME Credit:

10-30-2026

Method of Participation in the Learning Process:

The learner will view the presentation, successfully complete a post-test and complete an activity evaluation.

Evaluation Methods:

All learners must successfully complete a post-test, as well as an activity evaluation, to claim CE/CME credit.

Disclosure:

The speaker(s) has returned the disclosure form, indicating that the following financial relationships with ineligible companies: Livanova - Chinasa Nwankwo, MD All financial relationships have been mitigated. The speaker(s) has returned the disclosure form, indicating that there are no financial relationships with ineligible companies: Gwyneth Hughes, MD Lucyna Zawadzki, MD The following CME Committee/Planning Committee member(s) has the following financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose: Merck - Maria Cristina Victorio, MD Moderna, Pfizer and Merck - Shefali Mahesh, MD All financial relationships have been mitigated.

Accreditation Statement:

Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron is accredited by the Ohio State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CHMCA designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Bibliography:

1. https://www.akronchildrens.org/inside/2025/10/21/responsive-neurostimulator-rns-technology-changes-conners-life/

2. Heck et al., Epilepsia 2014 and Nair et al., Neurology 2020

3. Razavi and Rao, et al., 2020