Epilepsy

Comprehensive Epilepsy Program

The Comprehensive Epilepsy Program treats patients with difficult to control seizures through a team approach using the latest diagnostic and therapeutic modalities available.

Appropriate patients for this program are patients of any age, children as well as adults, who have been tried on at least 3-4 different antiepileptic drugs, "new" and "old", but whose seizures still occur frequently enough to seriously compromise their quality of life.

Available therapies include:

• new antiepileptic drugs

• ketogenic diet

• vagus nerve stimulator

• various forms of surgical treatment of epilepsy

The program team works closely with the Epilepsy Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island (EFMARI), the regional chapter of the Epilepsy Foundation of America.

For more information about the foundation, call 1-888-576-9996.