Attendance an online digital event on Feb. 10, 2025 entitled “Pharmacists’ contributions to epilepsy care in emergency situations”. The event was offered by International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).

Description: Emergency situations increased the risk of seizures and presented challenges for the treatment of epilepsy. Medications were the mainstay of treating seizures and epilepsy, so pharmacists were key to ensuring access and appropriate use of medications in emergencies. This webinar helped pharmacists engaged in emergency response understand the management of seizures and epilepsy.

Moderator:

- Nadia Al Mazrouei, Associate Professor and head of Experiential training, University of Sharjah, pharmacy practice and pharmacotherapeutics department, clinical pharmacist and chairman of experiential training committee University of Sharjah, UAE.

Panellists:

-Maralena Taube Kuroski, Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner, William S. Middleton VA Hospital, USA.

-Timothy Welty, Neurology Medication Management Pharmacist and Professor Emeritus, UnityPoint Health and College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Drake University, USA.

-Janet Mifsud, Head of Department, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Malta, Malta.

-Sven Normann, Clinical Pharmacist, Orlando Health - Orlando Regional Medical Center, USA.

-Robert Kotloski, Assistant Professor, William S Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Dept of Neurology, USA.

-Cecilie Johannessen Landmark, Professor and Medical advisor, Oslo Metropolitan University and The National Center for Epilepsy and Dept of Pharmacology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway.