Neurosurgical Management of Pediatric Epilepsy: Beyond the Scalpel
Led By
Alexander Cheung, MD
At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:
Identify key pathologies and indications for surgical intervention of epilepsy disorders
Demonstrate the breadth of surgical options to treat epilepsy disorder, from minimally invasive approaches to open hemispherectomies
About the presenter:
Alexander Cheung, MD Neurosurgery Resident PGY-3 Barrow Neurological Institute
Alexander “Scanner” Cheung, MD, is a PGY-3 neurosurgery resident at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. He earned his undergraduate degree in Bioengineering from Stanford University and completed his medical degree at the NYU School of Medicine, where his research centered on data science, machine learning, and computational biology.
Dr. Cheung’s clinical interests include movement disorders, epilepsy, pain, and the restoration of neurological function through novel brain–computer interface technologies.
