Healthcare: Neurology

Epilepsy Services

Master
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Management and Treatment

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Medical Management

  • New onset seizure evaluations
  • Antiepileptic drug therapy
  • Medically refractory epilepsy management
  • Consultations for inpatients

Epilepsy Surgery

  • Temporal lobectomy, lesionectomy, extratemporal resections
  • Laser Abalation
  • Hemispherectomy and multilobar resection
  • Callosotomy
  • Awake craniotomy for functional localization
  • Stereotactic radiosurgery
  • Image-guided surgical navigation
  • Neurostimulation
    • Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
    • Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS)
    • Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
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Testing and Evaluation

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Subspecialty Medical Evaluations

  • Genetic epilepsy
  • Epilepsy and pregnancy
  • Epilepsy and the elderly
  • Epilepsy co-existing with other medical conditions
  • Epilepsy and sleep disorders
  • Neuropsychological evaluations

Neuroimaging of Epilepsy

  • 3TMRI and 7TMRI
  • PET scan
  • SPECT scan

Neurophysiology of Epilepsy

  • Electroencephalography (EEG)
  • Epilepsy monitoring (EEG-video)
  • Intracranial electrode recordings
    • Stereotactic EEG and Subdural EEG
  • Ambulatory EEG monitoring
  • Intra- and extraoperative brain mapping
  • Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
  • Wada testing
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Support Services

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Pre-certification for medical testing and consultations including:

  • Routine studies ordered by the center physicians
  • Special studies performed at affiliated hospitals
  • Hospitalizations when needed
  • Referral to social and advocacy services
  • Coordination of appointments, medical testing, hospitalizations, and addressing third-party payer concerns