Epilepsy

We integrate leading-edge technology and equipment into every phase of care while you are experiencing epilepsy. Some of our advanced diagnostic and monitoring resources include:

• Ambulatory electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring — This service allows you to be monitored in the comfort of your own home. By being monitored in your routine environment, it can increase the likelihood of capturing an active event. Recorded data is analyzed by our on-staff epileptologists to establish a baseline of epilepsy activity, which can then be used to justify inpatient intensive screening to third-party insurance companies.
• Long-term epilepsy monitoring unit — Rooms in these units are fully furnished private hospital suites equipped with the latest EEG video capabilities to provide round-the-clock screening of epilepsy activity. This helps us chart your condition and treatment progress.
• Presurgical diagnostic testing — This allows us to understand more about your condition so our treatments can be more effective. It includes medical imaging, such as electroencephalograms (EEGs) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). It also includes exams, such as neuropsychological evaluations, Wada testing, intracranial electrode evaluation and electrical brain mapping.

Seizures as symptoms of epilepsy

An estimated 3.4 million adults and children in the U.S. have epilepsy, also known as "seizure disorder." It is a common chronic neurological disorder, or movement disorder. During an epilepsy "attack," nerve cell activity in the brain becomes interrupted, causing unpredictable, recurring seizures, periods of odd behavior or, at times, loss of consciousness. Some seizures may not seem very concerning, but even mild seizures need to be treated immediately because they may occur during activities such as driving, swimming or holding a child.

It is important to understand that seizures are symptoms of epilepsy, but may also be caused by other medical issues. An accurate diagnosis is critical to getting safe, effective treatment for any and all seizure-related conditions.

Epilepsy affects people of all ages. Although children may outgrow the disorder, it is ultimately an incurable condition. But proper treatment can help.

We provide many options for symptom management, including advanced neurosurgeries, such as:

• Awake craniotomy
• Corpus callosotomies
• Hemispherectomies
• Frameless stereotaxy
• Functional mapping
• Lobectomies
• Responsive neurostimulation (RNS)
• Vagal nerve stimulator (VNS) implantation

We also offer more advanced nonsurgical treatments, including a technique known as neuromodulation, a nerve-stimulation process.

We maintain an experienced team of multidisciplinary medical professionals who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of seizure disorders, including:

• Anesthesiologists
• Epileptologists
• Neurodiagnostic specialists
• Neurosurgeons
• Nurse care coordinator
• Rehabilitation specialists

Working together, this team is able to deliver precise and comprehensive care from diagnosis through treatment.