The range of services at the University Hospital Comprehensive Epilepsy Center is broad and includes the latest developments in seizure monitoring, diagnosis and treatment. The Center has dedicated resources to improve epilepsy patient care.

EMU40™ EEG

The Epilepsy Center has introduced a new piece of equipment, the EMU40™ EEG amplifier. The wireless technology built into this new equipment allows patients to move around the Epilepsy Center while still being monitored by epilepsy specialists, ensuring safe patient care. The EMU40™ EEG is able to accurately measure a patient’s physiology even when they are in motion.

Electrodiagnostic services

• 24-hour video EEG monitoring with surface electrodes with continuous monitoring
• 24-hour video EEG with intracranial electrodes under continuous monitoring by a nurse technologist
• Intracarotid amobarbital (WADA) testing
• Functional cortical mapping
• Electrocorticography

Epilepsy surgery

• Emergency or elective neurosurgery
  • Biopsy and removal of incidental lesions
  • Treatment of cerebral complications of epileptic seizures
  • Management of surgical complication
• Open and stereotactic biopsy
• Surgical resection of epileptogenic structural lesions
• Placement of intracranial electrodes
• Implantation and management of the Vagus Nerve Stimulator

Imaging

• State-of-the-art Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Computerized axial tomography
• Cerebral angiography
• Interictal Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

The University Hospital Comprehensive Epilepsy Center also offers a full range of services in epilepsy pharmacology, neuropsychology, and rehabilitation.