On October 17, 2026, from 9:30am – 1pm, the Epilepsy Foundation Utah will host the annual Patient Education Day. The free conference will be held at The Helix Building at University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City. The intention of this program is to educate patients, caregivers, and the general public, etc. on epilepsy-related topics through presentations given by Medical and Community Professionals.

The event will be held in the HELIX BUILDING at the University of Utah Health.

30 Mario Capecchi Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

• Parking is free! Or take the Trax Red Line to the Medical Center Station.
• Conference will be held in the Chokecherry and Alder rooms on the Garden level of the Helix Building.

Bring the children! They will be supervised while painting pumpkins purple!

Patient Education Day AGENDA

Saturday, October 17, 2026

9:30am – 10:00am Registration / Check-In

10:00am – 10:45am Epilepsy 101 & How to Have a Successful Visit with your

Doctor.

Dr. Angela Peters, MD: University of Utah Health

10:50am – 11:30am Workplace Accommodations

Bianca Gonzalez: Disability Law Center; Client

Assistance Program

11:35am – 12:15pm Memory, Mood & Cognition in Epilepsy

Parks Douglass, MD; University of Utah Health

12:15pm – 12:45pm Lunch & “Ask the Expert” Panel

12:45pm – 1:30pm What to Expect in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit; Alise Payne, R. EEG T., CLTM

Jessica Veach; Executive Director; Epilepsy Foundation Utah

1:30pm Closing Remarks/ Adjourn