Epilepsy Center
The Epilepsy Center offers a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to epilepsy and seizure disorders for adults and children as young as two years old. Pediatric and adult epileptologist consultation and state-of-the-art neuroimaging and electrodiagnostic technology are utilized to identify and assess complex seizure disorders by short- and long-term monitoring.
The team includes neuropsychologists and social work staff to compliment non-invasive therapeutic plans as well as neurosurgeons to perform the latest surgical techniques. The Center is staffed by epileptologists who have completed an epilepsy fellowship or are board certified neurologists with secondary board certification in clinical neuropysiology. The Center participates in ongoing multi-center clinical trials of drugs.
Diagnostic technologies – such as MRI, PET, SPECT and neuropsychological testing – are available to identify and assess complex seizure disorders. Loyola’s neurosciences intensive care unit is equipped with continuous EEG and video monitoring for adults and children and is staffed by trained neurology nurses and certified technologists. Ambulatory EEG can be performed if inpatient monitoring is not required. Inpatient intra-operative epilepsy monitoring is offered in collaboration with neurosurgery.
Treatment options include the latest medical and surgical techniques. For example, patients with severe and difficult to treat epilepsy may benefit from vagal nerve stimulation, a pacemaker-like device implanted near the vagus nerve in the neck that intermittently stimulates the nerve to decrease seizure severity and frequency. Neurosurgical treatments for epilepsy include inpatient intra-operative epilepsy monitoring in which an electrode grid is placed on the patient’s on the cerebral cortex to determine the extent and the source of epileptic seizures. Patients also may have the opportunity to participate in clinical drug trials.
The center provides specialized education, support groups and personal attention to support patients throughout their treatment.
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For an appointment or for more information about Epilepsy Center, call (888) LUHS-888.