Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Treatment Programs

Maryland Epilepsy Center

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The Maryland Epilepsy Center offers comprehensive neurologic services for adults and children with epilepsy. An array of inpatient and outpatient services provides state-of-the-art evaluation and treatment to return patients to optimal functioning and a maximum quality of life.

Patient Conditions

Undiagnosed or poorly characterized seizure disorders
Seizures refractory to anticonvulsive therapy
Post-traumatic seizures

Comprehensive Evaluations

Routine, ambulatory and video EEG
Intensive inpatient video EEG monitoring
Anticonvulsive monitoring
Depth electrode or cortical grid monitoring/mapping to determine potential for surgical intervention
Neuropsychological testing

Specialized Treatments

Antiseizure medications
Epilepsy surgery
Vagal nerve stimulation

Research Activities

Clinical drug trials to control seizures
Localizing the focus of epilepsy
Basic mechanisms of seizures
Post-traumatic epilepsy
Surgery for epilepsy
Status epilepticus
Nonepileptic seizures

Special Programs

Surgery for epilepsy
Status epilepticus
Investigational anti-epileptic drug programs
Epilepsy and pregnancy
Nonepileptic seizure management and diagnosis

Services to Physicians

Consultation on complicated cases
Second opinions
Evaluation of patient conditions
Special treatment procedures, such as surgery and investigational anti-epileptic medications
Short-term and long-term management support

This page was last updated on: August 8, 2007.

For more information about the University of Maryland Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, or to make an appointment, call the University Physicians Consultation and Referral Service at 1-800-492-5538 (patients) or 1-800-373-4111 (physicians).

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