EPISURG 2026, the Second Edition of the International Conference on Epilepsy Surgery, will bring together leading experts and professionals in epilepsy surgery and management. The conference will feature the latest advances in epilepsy surgery, diagnostics, technology, surgical techniques, and multidisciplinary approaches to patient care.

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Program

Session 01

WHEN THE BRAIN DOESN’T READ THE TEXTBOOK | THE DIFFICULT SEMIOLOGY

9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
  • 9:00 - 9:15 AM
    When the Seizure Speaks: The First Clue to Localization
    Dr Chaturbhuj Rathore
  • 9:15 - 9:30 AM
    Hyperkinetic Trap: Violent Movements, Hidden Focus
    Dr Sita Jayalakshmi
  • 9:30 - 9:45 AM
    Gyratory seizures: Where is the focus?
    Dr Tushar VP
  • 9:45 - 10:00 AM
    Hypomotor seizures: localisation challenges
    Dr Afshan Jabeen
  • 10:00 - 10:15 AM
    Head and eye deviation: how much can we trust them?
    Dr Sangeet TA
  • 10:15 - 10:30 AM
    Visual seizures: Occipital, temporal or frontal network?
    Dr Ambati Mounika
  • 10:30 - 10:45 AM
    Video quiz: Where is the focus?
    Interactive Video Quiz

TEA BREAK

Morning Refreshments

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Session 02

MRI NEGATIVE ≠ LESION NEGATIVE

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • 11:00 - 11:15 AM
    The Epileptologist’s Dilemma : MRI Is Normal, but the Brain Refuses to Follow!
    Dr Pramod Krishnan
  • 11:15 - 11:30 AM
    PET, SPECT and MRI Post-processing — Putting the Puzzle Together
    Dr Avinash T
  • 11:30 - 11:45 AM
    The Magnetic Clue: Finding the hidden epileptic focus
    Dr Sanjib Sinha
  • 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
    From Pixels to Potentials: When is imaging enough? When is sEEG mandatory?
    Dr Ajay Asranna
  • 12:00 - 12:15 PM
    FCD: What the Radiologist Sees vs What the Surgeon Needs
    Dr George Vilanilam
  • 12:15 - 12:30 PM
    Seeing What the Naked Eye Cannot: Innovative, Cost-Effective Intraoperative Visualisation of Focal Cortical Dysplasia
    Dr Satish Rudrappa
  • 12:30 - 12:45 PM
    Image challenge: Find the lesion in 60 seconds
    60-Sec Challenge
  • 12:45 - 1:00 PM
    Inaugural function
    Special Event

LUNCH BREAK

Networking & Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Session 03

EPILEPSY SURGERY JUGAAD

2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
  • 2:00 - 2:15 PM
    ATL: ONE SIZE FITS NONE? Rethinking the Standard Temporal Lobectomy
    Dr Ravi Gopal Varma
  • 2:15 - 2:30 PM
    The Perfect Surgical Candidate Who Says No
    Dr Malla Bhaskar Rao
  • 2:30 - 2:45 PM
    Too soon to cut? Too late to wait? The Timing Trap in Epilepsy Surgery
    Dr Manas Kumar Panigrahi
  • 2:45 - 3:00 PM
    The Great PET-CEPTION: When the hotspot misleads
    Dr Nilesh Kurwale
  • 3:00 - 3:15 PM
    The Valley you can't ignore, The depths you must explore: Hypothalamic Hamartoma
    Dr Mathew Abraham
  • 3:15 - 3:30 PM
    Surgery First or Pregnancy First? The Fertility Clock
    Dr Anuradha HK
  • 3:30 - 3:45 PM
    REPAIR, RESECT, OR RESIST? The Art of Tailoring Surgery for Temporal Encephalocele
    Dr Girish Menon
SESSION 04: TEA-BREAK SESSION

BREWING BEYOND SEIZURES

Beyond seizure freedom, is the brain truly well?

Dr Lokesh B 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Session 05

PLAN MY SEEG

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
  • 4:00 - 4:15 PM
    “Hypothesis or Exploration? The Art of sEEG Implantation”
    Dr Siby Gopinath
  • 4:15 - 4:30 PM
    Engineering safe sEEG: Target Locked, Trajectory Cleared?
    Dr Natesan Damodaran
  • 4:30 - 4:45 PM
    Sampling the insula, cingulate & deep structures
    Dr Sharath chandra
  • 4:45 - 5:00 PM
    Sampling Around Eloquent Cortex
    Dr. Saurav Samantray
  • 5:00 - 5:15 PM
    Live Audience Challenge: Draw your sEEG implantation
    Audience Participation
Session 06

SEEG: FROM ELECTRODE TO SURGERY

5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
  • 5:15 - 5:30 PM
    Interictal vs Ictal patterns
    Dr. Sujit Kumar
  • 5:30 - 5:45 PM
    Onset or Propagation? The Interpretation Trap
    Dr. Divya Nagabhushan
  • 5:45 - 6:00 PM
    Cortical Stimulation & Mapping
    Dr. Poornima Narayanan
  • 6:00 - 6:15 PM
    sEEG to Surgical hypothesis: Which electrodes matter?
    Dr. Pradnya Gadgil
  • 6:30 - 6:45 PM
    sEEG to Operating Room- when to decide on resection vs disconnection vs ablation?
    Dr Ravindranath Chowdhary
  • 6:45 - 7:00 PM
    Live Audience Challenge : Find the focus.
    Live Audience Challenge

NEUROANTAKSHARI: THE BRAIN SINGS. THE BATTLE BEGINS!

Entertainment Programme & Gala Dinner

8:00 PM onwards