Comments on: 2012 Best Neurology & Neurosurgery Hospitals in the U.S. http://epilepsytalk.com/2010/02/23/best-neurology-neurosurgery-hospitals-in-the-u-s/ news and views Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:16:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ravi http://epilepsytalk.com/2010/02/23/best-neurology-neurosurgery-hospitals-in-the-u-s/#comment-6113 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:04:09 +0000 http://epilepsytalk.com/?p=857#comment-6113 Hi Debbie, can you please tell where was the surgery ( site of the surgery ). Thanks.

]]> By: Phylis Feiner Johnson http://epilepsytalk.com/2010/02/23/best-neurology-neurosurgery-hospitals-in-the-u-s/#comment-5972 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:44:37 +0000 http://epilepsytalk.com/?p=857#comment-5972 OMG!

I don’t know where you live but the Newly Updated Comprehensive List of GOOD Neurologists…Epileptologists…Neurosurgeons…and Pediatric Doctors might help you. http://epilepsytalk.com/2011/05/03/newly-updated-comprehensive-list-of-good-neurologists%e2%80%a6epileptologists%e2%80%a6neurosurgeons%e2%80%a6and-pediatric-doctors-2/

(Pediatric docs are on the bottom.)

These names are based on the recommendations of eforum members own positive personal experiences.

Plan B would be to go to a neurological hospital in your area (if there are any) and ask for a recommendation and of course, diagnostic testing…

Plan C would be to ask your pediatrician.

Hopefully one of them is brighter than your present doctor.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to write again!

]]> By: Diane Stanley http://epilepsytalk.com/2010/02/23/best-neurology-neurosurgery-hospitals-in-the-u-s/#comment-5971 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:25:40 +0000 http://epilepsytalk.com/?p=857#comment-5971 My name is Diane Stanley, my 13 year old daughter was just released from Niswongers Children Hospital with a large cluster of blood vessels on the left frontal lobe and possible seziure …the neuroligst their said it was because her blood pressure droped from being on her period that caused her to pass out, no explanition was givvin to why she urinated on herself….trying to find another pedatric neurologist in the southwest, please email me at dianestanley0000@yahoo.com

]]> By: Phylis Feiner Johnson http://epilepsytalk.com/2010/02/23/best-neurology-neurosurgery-hospitals-in-the-u-s/#comment-5881 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:45:15 +0000 http://epilepsytalk.com/?p=857#comment-5881 Thanks a zillion Debbie. I just added him under Neurosurgeons in

Newly Updated Comprehensive List of GOOD Neurologists…Epileptologists…Neurosurgeons…and Pediatric Doctors

http://epilepsytalk.com/2011/05/03/newly-updated-comprehensive-list-of-good-neurologists…epileptologists…neurosurgeons…and-pediatric-doctors-2/

All contributions are welcome! ;-)

]]> By: Debbie Reynolds http://epilepsytalk.com/2010/02/23/best-neurology-neurosurgery-hospitals-in-the-u-s/#comment-5879 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:43:45 +0000 http://epilepsytalk.com/?p=857#comment-5879 Universty of San Franciso is the Northan Epeliptic center that is where I was sent for all my test and .surgery. I had brain surgery in 2001 and have been seziure free since Dr Barbuo was my surgen I know of others who have had this done and all is well with them also.

]]> By: Phylis Feiner Johnson http://epilepsytalk.com/2010/02/23/best-neurology-neurosurgery-hospitals-in-the-u-s/#comment-3544 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:42:35 +0000 http://epilepsytalk.com/?p=857#comment-3544 When will you be coming to the states?

You might want to look at the article “Newly Updated Comprehensive List of GOOD Neurologists…Epileptologists…Neurosurgeons…and Pediatric Doctors”

http://epilepsytalk.com/2011/03/08/newly-updated-comprehensive-list-of-good-neurologists%e2%80%a6epileptologists%e2%80%a6neurosurgeons%e2%80%a6and-pediatric-doctors/

This list has been compiled based upon eforum members and their own positive personal experiences with docs.

PEDIATRIC RECOMMENDATIONS

ARIZONA

Dr. Kevin Chapman (Pediatric Epileptologist/Neurologist), Barrows Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ

CALIFORNIA

Dr. Nutik, Kaiser-Redwood City, CA

Dr. Joyce Wu, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital Division of Pediatric Neurology, CA

CHICAGO

Dr. Douglas Nordli – Pediatric Epileptologist, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

CONNETICUT

Francine Testa, Yale-New Haven Hospital

FLORIDA

Dr. Ronald Davis, Orlando, FL

GEORGIA

Dr. Robert Flamini, Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Dr. Sandra Helmers, Emory University in Atlanta, GA — Pediatric Epileptologist

ILLINOIS

Dr. Marianne Larsen, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

INDIANA

Dr. Vicenta Salanova, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN

MARYLAND

Dr. William R Leahy, Greenbelt, MD

Dr. Naidu, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD.

MASSACHUSETTS

Dr. Adjani, UMassachusetts Medical Center, MA

Dr. Blaise Bourgeois, Children’s Hospital of Boston, MA

Dr. Laurie Douglass, Boston, MA

Frances E. Jensen, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Dr. Ronald Thibert, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Dr. Elizabeth Thiele, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA — Pediatric Neurologist and Epileptologist

Dr. Kenneth Sassower, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA – Children & Adults — Neurologist/Epileptologist

MICHIGAN

Dr. Harry Chugani, Detroit Children’s Hospital, Detroit, MI

Dr. Eileen McCormick, Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders (MIND), Farmington Hills, MI

MINNESOTA

Dr. Mary Dunn, St. Paul Children’s, St. Paul, MN

Dr. Frost, Minnesota Epilepsy Center, St. Paul, MN — Pediatric Epileptologist

MISSOURI

Dr. David Callahan, St. Luke’s Hospital, West Chesterfield, MO

Dr. James Rohrbaugh, St Luke’s Hospital, Chesterfield, MO

Dr. William Rosenfeld, Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Dr. Richard Torkelson, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, MO

NEW JERSEY

Dr. Steven Kugler, Robert Wood Johnson, NJ

Dr. Wollack, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ

NEW YORK

Dr. Claudia Chiriboga, Columbia Presbyterian, NY

Dr. Gail Solomon, NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NY

NORTH CAROLINA

Dr. Darrell V. Lewis, Duke Children’s, NC

OHIO

Dr. Kerry Crone, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Dr. David Franz, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati and Mason, OH

Dr. Gupta, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Dr. Roger Hudgins, Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, OH — Pediatric Neurosurgeon

PENNSYLVANIA

Dr. Khurana, St. Christopher’s Hospital Philadelphia, PA

TENNESSEE

Dr. Paul Knowles at T.C. Thompson’s Children’s Hospital, Chattanooga, TN

Dr. Barbara Olsen, Pediatric Neurology Associates, Nashville, TN

Dr. James Wheless, Le Bonheur Hospital, Memphis, TN

TEXAS

Dr. Imad T. Jarjour, Houston, TX

Dr. Anthony Riela, Texas Child Neurology, Plano, TX

Dr. Angus Wilfong, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX

VIRGINIA

Dr. Pearl, Fairfax, Virginia

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Dr. Pearl, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

WISCONSIN

Dr. Kurt Hecox, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Dr. S. Anne Joseph, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Dr. Mary Zupanc, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

You might also want to consider (if you haven’t already done so)

Video EEG Monitoring – which allows prolonged simultaneous recording of the patient’s behavior and the EEG. Seeing EEG and video data at the same time, permits precise correlation between seizure activity in the brain and the patient’s behavior during seizures. Video-EEG can be vital in the diagnosis of epilepsy and epileptic seizures. It allows the doctor to determine: Whether events with unusual features are epileptic seizures…The type of epileptic seizure, and…The region of the brain from which the seizures arise.

Continuous Video EEG Monitoring – studies the brain waves over time. This can be accomplished through continuous Video EEG Monitoring, where a patient stays in a special unit for at least 24 hours. Antiepileptic medication is stopped for the duration of this test, since the objective is for seizures to occur so the abnormal brain waves they produce can be recorded.

A video camera connected to the EEG provides constant monitoring, enabling the medical team to pinpoint the area where a seizure occurs and track the patient’s physiological response to the seizure. Continuous monitoring can also help distinguish between epilepsy and other conditions. It can characterize the seizure type for more precise medication adjustments and locate the originating area of seizures within the brain.

I hope this helps. Let me know how you do and the results. Best of luck!

]]> By: puspendu mullick http://epilepsytalk.com/2010/02/23/best-neurology-neurosurgery-hospitals-in-the-u-s/#comment-3542 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:28:08 +0000 http://epilepsytalk.com/?p=857#comment-3542 We are from India. My daughter was born on April, 2002 & presently her age is 11 years. She had birth asphyxia. It all started at the age of 7 months when she had her first episode of febrile seizure. Physician started medication of sodium valproate 200 mg (10 ml per day). For a few months up to the age of 2 years she had several episodes of seizures. But afterwards the number of episodes came down and occasionally it happened with the duration around 2 to 3 years in between. The last episode was on December 2010 when she was hospitalized due to sudden episodes of generalized tonic, clonic convulsion with uprolling of eye balls and stool, EEG done on 28.12.10 shows no epileptiform activity but before this EEG on 08.12.07 shows right occipital epileptiform activity during awake as well as sleep records. My query is whether the problem can be rectified with sodium valproate. Her MRI report shows both frontal lobes show subcortical areas of T2 hyperintensity with mild volume loss, whether this can improve with the coming of age, and whether any medicine is available for this problem. Mild volume loss or atropy of frontal lobe have lead to global developmental delay . Presently she is studying in class IV ( which is two years below standard compared to her age group)have some problem with the subject of mathematics coupled with her problem of concentration, I earnestly want an appointment for a neuro speciality in your hospital middle of may, 2011.

]]> By: Spacey Chaitman http://epilepsytalk.com/2010/02/23/best-neurology-neurosurgery-hospitals-in-the-u-s/#comment-406 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:47:10 +0000 http://epilepsytalk.com/?p=857#comment-406 How nice of you to have a site like this.

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