Improving Care & Treatments For People With Epilepsy - Ángel Aledo-Serrano, Vithas Madrid Las Milagraosa Uni Hospital & Neurology Institute, Spain
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Epileptologist & neurologist Ángel Aledo-Serrano speaks of the need to improve prescribing and avoid polypharmacy for people with an epilepsy, the need for further qualitative research into treatment and care, and convincing clinicians that epilepsy is far more than seizures alone. This is part 2 of 2.
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Intro
Benefits of Whole Exome Sequencing
Safety profile improvements
The need for longer, improved patient appointments
Negative impacts of poor ASM prescribing
Further required qualitative research into patient treatment & care
Changing clinician perceptions and behaviours: epilepsy is more than seizures
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Ángel is both an adult and peadiatric epileptologist and neurologist from Vithas Madrid La Milagrosa University Hospital and is the director of Vithas Madrid Neurology Institute, Spain. Dedicated to the care of people with complex epilepsies, Ángel delves into the characteristics and causes of a person’s epileptic seizures, movement disorders, mental health conditions, sleep disorders, intellectual disability, and cognitive dysfunction, to select for them the best treatments.
A firm believer in precision medicine, Ángel specialises in the interpretation of prolonged video-EEG, advanced neuroimaging (magnetic resonance), and neurogenetics, to guide treatments and reverse the the trend of "trial and error" when it comes to treatments.
Ángel is an expert in minimally invasive surgeries such as laser thermocoagulation as well as the development of new therapies and clinical trials.
Ángel is a pioneer when it comes to genetic epilepsies and other neurological diseases, participating in numerous international consortia. He is a collaborating professor at various national and international universities and is an active collaborator with foundations and patient groups; and is on the board of the scientific committee of multiple associations.
A firm defender of the dissemination and empowerment of patients and families, Ángel is a creator on multiple online platforms and social networks (see links below).
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Twitter: AledoNeuro
LinkedIn: angelaledo
Facebook: angel.aledo.serrano
Instagram: aledoneuro
Publications: ResearchGate
Vithas: aledo-serrano-angel
Synaptia: Synaptia
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