It’s Not Too Late to Register for the IMPRES Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Conference

There’s still time to register for the third annual Innovative Minds: Pediatric Research in Epilepsy Surgery (IMPRES) Conference, hosted by the Dell Children’s Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Center in collaboration with the Lurie Children’s Epilepsy Center.

The conference will be held from Friday, June 26, to Sunday, June 28, 2026, at Hotel Van Zandt in downtown Austin. The keynote address will be given by Carter Snead III, MD. Featured speakers are listed below.

Register now by scanning or clicking on the QR code. For additional information, visit the event website or email dcmcepilepsy@ascension.org.

This conference gave me a lot to think about and remember. In addition to the medical knowledge that was presented, the physicians I spoke with told stories that inspired the way I think about advocating for patients who are disadvantaged, which I hope to sustain when it comes to making clinical decisions with my team.

AMAZING conference. Inspiring, educational, and enriching in so many different ways.

Great speakers. Great program. Dr. Clarke was an excellent host and organizer. Topics were very well selected. Many speakers had international experience and provided a global flair offering different points of view or vision.

Featured Speakers

Keynote Speaker: Carter Snead III, MD, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto; Scientist Emeritus, SickKids
Dave Clarke, MD, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Jim Riviello, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital
Zachary Grinspan, MD, MS, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Ahmed Abdelmoity, MD, Children’s Mercy
Bernice Martin Lee, CEO, Epilepsy Foundation of America
Ilene Miller, Director, Rare Epilepsy Network
M. Omar Iqbal, MD, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Rosalia Costello, PsyD, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Howard Weiner, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital
Monika Jones, JD, CNP, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance
Rana Said, MD, Children’s Health/UT Southwestern
Daniel Arndt, MD, Specialists in Pediatric Neurology PLLC
Steven Wolf, MD, Boston Children’s Health Physicians
Daniel Freedman, DO, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Jorge A. Vidaurre, MD, Nationwide Children’s
Rosario DeLeon, PhD, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Elysa Widjaja, MD, Lurie Children’s
Liberty Hamilton, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Gabrielle Conecker, MPH, SCN8A Alliance, DEE-P Connections, and The Inchstone Project
Alison Kukla, MPH, CURE Epilepsy
Sandi K. Lam, MD, MBA, Lurie Children’s
Sookyong Koh, MD, Children’s Nebraska
Raheel Ahmed, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dhruve Jeevan, MD, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Chelsey B. Ortman, MD, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Karen Evankovich, PhD, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Janet Wilson, APRN, CPNP-PC, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Allie Melendez-Zaidi, MD, PhD, El Paso Children’s Hospital
Emily Ramirez, DO, Dell Children’s Medical Center