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To make an appointment call us locally at 216.636.5860 or toll-free at 866.588.2264.
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Cleveland Clinic Florida’s adult epilepsy program is offered at the Weston campus, located just south of Fort Lauderdale.
Experienced, Comprehensive, Compassionate Care
Each year, our internationally renowned team of physicians and medical professionals sees more than 3,500 patients, ages 18 years and older, in our epilepsy outpatient clinics and evaluates more than 350 patients in our dedicated state-of-the-art Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.
Highly Skilled Doctors & Care Providers
Our coordinated, multidisciplinary team offers a comprehensive range of skills and knowledge.
The staff of the Section of Adult Epilepsy includes eight board-certified epileptologists, two epilepsy neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, clinical neurophysiologists, neuropsychologists, and a dedicated team of nurses, nursing assistants and EEG technologists.
Technologically Advanced Diagnosis & Treatment
We monitor more than 600 adults in the Epilepsy Monitoring Units, dedicated units that pinpoint the focus of seizures. Our newly expanded monitoring units feature state-of-the art, all digital video-EEG monitoring equipment and are fully staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Facilities include a self-contained, ten-bed Adult Epilepsy Monitoring Unit located at Cleveland Clinic main campus. Staffed by experienced nurses and EEG technologists specializing in adult epilepsy, the unit is overseen by our dedicated team of epileptologists.
Our clinicians use a variety of medical and surgical treatment options for the control and prevention of seizures. Treatments are based on an individualized assessment of the nature, type and severity of the patient’s disorder. In March 2009, Cleveland Clinic launched the first SEEG (stereoelectroencephalography) program in North America for patients with uncontrollable epileptic seizures.
Since 2008, Cleveland Clinic's Epilepsy Center has been among a select number of institutions in the world with MEG (magnetoencephalography), a technique used to better identify epileptic sources in patients in whom the area of the brain causing the seizure would otherwise be difficult to identify.
Special services for patients with epilepsy include:
In addition novel treatments with the use of investigational antiepileptic drugs and devices are available.
High Surgical Patient Volumes & High Success Rates
We perform more than 200 adult epilepsy surgeries each year. In April 2010, Dr. William Bingaman, epilepsy neurosurgeon, performed his 1,000th pediatric epilepsy surgery. One year after temporal lobe resection, 80 percent of Cleveland Clinic patients continue to be seizure-free; at the 10-year mark, 68 percent continue to be seizure free.
More than 100 adult patients with medication-resistant epilepsy undergo surgical procedures annually, making Cleveland Clinic’s Surgical Epilepsy program one of the foremost programs of its kind in the world.
Cleveland Clinic was one of the first medical centers in the country to perform intracranial brain mapping in patients with epilepsy using electrical stimulation. Advancements of this technique using three-dimensional computer images of the brain now help our physicians to determine the precise location of the seizure focus and its relation to the functional areas of the patient’s brain.
Care for the Special Needs of Children
One percent of children in the United States have some form of pediatric epilepsy. If your child is affected by this condition, you want the best medical and/or surgical care available.
The Pediatric Section of our Epilepsy Center was established at Cleveland Clinic to meet the unique needs of children with epilepsy and has been expanded recently to accommodate an ever-increasing patient population.
Compassionate, Highly Trained Pediatric Doctors & Care Providers
Our pediatric epilepsy team includes five board-certified pediatric epileptologists, two epilepsy neurosurgeons, pediatric neuroradiologists, clinical neurophysiologists, pediatric neuropsychologists, and a dedicated team of pediatric nurses, nursing assistants and EEG technologists.
Each year, our team sees more than 2,000 children with pediatric epilepsy in our outpatient clinics, and evaluates more than 300 children in our dedicated state-of-the-art Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. More than 100 children with severe conditions undergo epilepsy surgery annually, making Cleveland Clinic's Surgical Epilepsy program one of the foremost programs of its kind in the world.
Technologically Advanced Diagnosis & Treatment
A self-contained, eight-bed Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit is located at Cleveland Clinic Children’s, featuring state-of-the-art, all-digital, video-EEG equipment.
We monitor more than 500 children in these dedicated units that pinpoint the focus of seizures. Our newly expanded monitoring units feature state-of-the art, all digital video-EEG monitoring equipment and are fully staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Staffed by experienced nurses and EEG technologists specializing in pediatric epilepsy, the unit is overseen by our dedicated team of pediatric epileptologists.
Our clinicians use a variety of medical and surgical treatment options for the control and prevention of seizures. Treatments are based on an individualized assessment of the nature, type and severity of the patient’s disorder.
In March 2009, Cleveland Clinic launched the first SEEG (stereoelectroencephalography) program in North America, for patients with uncontrollable epileptic seizures. Since 2008, Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center has been among a select number of institutions in the world with MEG (magnetoencephalography), a technique used to better identify epileptic sources in patients in whom the area of the brain causing the seizure would otherwise be difficult to identify.
Special services for children with epilepsy include:
In addition, novel seizure treatment with the use of investigational antiepileptic drugs and devices are available through numerous ongoing clinical trials.
Cleveland Clinic was one of the first medical centers in the country to perform intracranial brain mapping for pediatric epilepsy.
Advancements of this technique, using three-dimensional computer images of the brain, help physicians determine the precise location of seizure activity. This technology, along with such procedures as vagus nerve stimulation, offers hope for our young patients struggling with pediatric epilepsy.
Experience in Pediatric Surgery & High Success Rates
We perform more than 100 pediatric epilepsy surgeries each year. In April 2010, Dr. William Bingaman, epilepsy neurosurgeon, performed his 1,000th pediatric epilepsy surgery. One year after temporal lobe resection, 80 percent of Cleveland Clinic patients continue to be seizure-free; at the 10-year mark, 68 percent continue to be seizure free.
Only a few medical centers in the country provide the range of care for pediatric epilepsy that is available at Cleveland Clinic. We believe that providing the best medical and surgical care for children goes beyond state-of-the-art equipment and latest techniques. It also means providing care with compassion. We understand your concerns, and we are here to help.