The Cerebral Palsy Research Network (CPRN) announced its third webinar in its MyCP Webinar Series entitled a “Report on Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy” would be open to the public on Tuesday, May 5 at 8 pm via Zoom.  Dr. Adam Ostendorf, a pediatric neurologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, will present his findings about epilepsy in the cerebral palsy (CP) population from the CPRN Registry.  This 20-minute presentation will be followed by an open Q&A with Dr. Ostendorf.

Dr. Ostendorf is the principal investigator for the CPRN epilepsy study group which received funding from the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation to extend the CPRN CP Registry to gather important data about children who also have epilepsy.  Epilepsy is the most common co-morbid condition with cerebral palsy occurring in more than 30% of patients.  But little research has been conducted on this unique population.  Dr. Ostendorf will provide a community focused presentation on the data gathered since his grant was funded in 2018 and the implications for future research.  The CPRN epilepsy study group includes neurologists from Children’s Hospital Colorado, Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan, and University of Virginia.

Interested participants need to register for the webinar to be sent instructions for joining.  Webinars will be recorded and posted for later viewing.  The MyCP Webinar series includes one presentation per month on different aspects of CPRN’s research studies.  Please join us!

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