University of Washington Regional Epilepsy Center

Address: 325 9th Avenue, Harborview Medical Center MS 359745
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 774-3576 Fax: (206) 7444409 Website: http://pcs.hmc.washington.edu/Epilepsy/

 

"The Regional Epilepsy Center at Harborview Medical Center comprises a team of specialists in adult and pediatric neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neuropsychology, as well as nurses, social workers, vocational rehabilitation specialists and electrodiagnostic technicians function to diagnose and treat difficult seizure problems. The center works in partnership with referring physicians across the Northwest and the rest of the United States to diagnose and treat all types of seizure disorders among children and adults.Our Regional Epilepsy Program is a system-wide, integrated, multidisciplinary program for the comprehensive clinical care of epilepsy, including conventional, as well as new, innovative electrodiagnostic and brain imaging methods to correctly diagnose seizures and determine their underlying cause; all conventional medical and dietary treatments; new (investigational) antiepileptic drug treatments; neurosurgical treatment; vagus nerve stimulator implantation and management; neuropsychological effects of epilepsy on neurocognitive and emotional functioning; education, counseling, and job placement; Wada assessments to determine lateralization of speech and memory. 
Specialists in adult and pediatric neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neuropsychology, as well as nurses, social workers, vocational rehabilitation specialists and electrodiagnostic technicians, function as a team to diagnose and treat difficult seizure problems. The centers work in partnership with referring physicians across the Northwest and the rest of the United States to diagnose and treat all types of seizure disorders among children and adults."

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