Epilepsy Center

We offer specialized and comprehensive care for epilepsy and seizure disorders to help improve your quality of life. Our hospital is accredited as a Level 3 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers. Level 3 epilepsy centers have the professional expertise and facilities to provide the highest level of medical evaluation and treatment for patients with complex epilepsy.

Pediatric Partnership

For patients younger than 14 years, we work in partnership with pediatric neurologists from Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

Inpatient Monitoring

Our Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring Unit provides 24-hour, continuous video electroencephalogram monitoring, enabling us to evaluate, diagnose and treat seizures. The unit is designed for patients who continue to experience seizures despite initial medication therapy.

Detection and Diagnosis

Computed tomography (CT) scan
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Positron emission tomography (PET) scan
Electronencephalogram (EEG)
Epilepsy Monitoring Unit admissions
Intracranial EEG
Pre-surgical evaluations
Sleep studies

Treatment Options

Medications
Epilepsy surgery
Surgical resection
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)

Patient Story

Pat’s Story

A seizure doesn’t always present with symptoms of uncontrollable jerking movements. For Pat Bradford, 59, of Wheeling, it was a series of quiet, “spacing out” spells that she didn’t seem to notice.

Read Pat’s story