Led by a team of world-respected experts on epilepsy, the University of Chicago's Adult Epilepsy Center has helped hundreds of people take control of their epilepsy. Many of our patients are viewed as "untreatable" until they come here. They arrive after trying many different medications and therapies with little success. In most cases, our expert team is able to greatly reduce or even eliminate their seizures.

This level of success is possible, in part, because of the advanced diagnostic tools available. Sophisticated computer-based functional imaging techniques--pioneered at the University of Chicago--provide a detailed 3-D model of epileptic electrical activity inside the brain. This helps our experts identify the source of a patient's seizures and determine the best possible treatment. We are the only medical center in the United States that routinely obtains these diagnostic details non-invasively without having to implant electrodes in the brain.

Because our doctors are also researchers, they are also aware of any new or experimental drug therapy that becomes available. The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center is also involved in clinical trials of new medications, which ensures that our patients have early access to these medicines. When epilepsy cannot be controlled with medications, surgery may be a safe and effective option. At the University of Chicago Hospitals, our neurosurgeons have been performing epilepsy surgery for nearly 20 years--with excellent results.

Our neurosurgeons provide a complete range of safe and effective surgical interventions. These include Lobectomy, Multiple Subpial Transection, and Vagal Nerve Stimulation.

Our Adult Epilepsy Center has highly skilled staff and advanced technology for treating even the most challenging cases. Our multidisciplinary team of doctors--board certified in neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, neurogenetics, radiology, and rehabilitation--collaborate effectively in the best interest of the epilepsy patient.