The 2012 International Symposium was a huge success. Registration was beyond capacity for both the Professionals conference and the Family Day. The Gala honoring Meryl Streep was an extraordinary celebration of her impact on epilepsy (video) through her role in the film "First Do No Harm". Thank you! Abstracts and Family Day Q&A are now available on the event page.

OFFERING HOPE
THROUGH THE KETOGENIC DIET

The Charlie Foundation to Help Cure Pediatric Epilepsy was founded in 1994 after twenty month old Charlie Abrahams, having endured multiple daily seizures, and failed every available anti-convulsant drug and one brain surgery, was cured of his epilepsy by the ketogenic diet at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The diet was undertaken despite resistance from the five pediatric neurologists he had seen.

When Charlie's parents realized that Charlie was but one of hundreds of thousands of children whose families were either not being informed, or being misinformed about dietary therapy, they started The Charlie Foundation... READ MORE..