Epilepsy Awareness Month - Be Involved! - Meriem Bensalem-Owen, University of Kentucky
Raising awareness of epilepsy amongst everyone for Epilepsy Month - through events and just chatting! With epileptologist Meriem Bensalem-Owen.
Reported by Torie Robinson | Edited and produced by Pete Allen
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Meet Meriem
Why focus on the epilepsies?
Promoting epilepsy awareness through bourbon!
Activities for Epilepsy Awareness Month - inc the Mayor of Lexington!
Help raise awareness during Epilepsy Awareness Month - through the gym…
Educating researchers and scientists about epilepsy!
Reassuring people with a new diagnosis of epilepsy
Telling PWE that heaps of people behind the scene are working for them
Thank you
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Professor of Neurology| Division Chief| Epilepsy Fellowship Program Director| President BoD
@efkentuckiana
Meriem Bensalem-Owen, is an epileptologist and professor of Neurology and director of the Epilepsy Program at the University of Kentucky which is a Level 4 NAEC center. She is also the director of the only ACGME-accredited Epilepsy Fellowship training program in the state of Kentucky. She is the current President of the Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana (EFKY). She serves on the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) Council. She was recently elected as ACNS’ Second Vice President. She is the chair of the Accreditation Committee of the NAEC.
Dr. Bensalem-Owen specialises in the care of adults with complex epilepsy. She is passionate about improving the quality of life of people living with epilepsy. She has a special interest in teaching and mentoring trainees, in quality improvement projects, planning for epilepsy surgery in potential candidates as well as caring for women with epilepsy during their reproductive years.
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