Comprehensive care to reduce or eliminate seizures
We understand how difficult it is to live with epilepsy. Seizures can affect your health, social life, work and school. You may feel isolated—but you are not alone. At our Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Henry Ford Health epileptologists and neurosurgeons offer the latest epilepsy treatment options for adults and children.
Epilepsy care, from diagnosis through treatment and beyond
Your expert team is led by a board-certified neurologist with years of advanced fellowship training in epilepsy and seizures. We have helped thousands of people in diagnosing and treating:
- New onset seizures
- Seizures/epilepsy that are not controlled with medication
- Other therapies to control epilepsy
- Pre-surgical testing for surgical procedures or devices used to control epilepsy
The Henry Ford difference
Our program includes:
- One of the most experienced epilepsy teams in the nation, with 4,000 patient visits and 5,500 EEG studies annually.
- Two epilepsy monitoring units, located in Detroit and West Bloomfield, that carry high-level certifications from the National Association of Epilepsy Centers.
- Advanced diagnostic technology, including video EEG and real-time, 24/7 monitoring in our two epilepsy monitoring units.
- The latest safe and effective epilepsy treatment options, including medications, responsive neurostimulation (RNS), deep brain stimulation (DBS), minimally invasive and robotic-assisted brain surgery, laser ablation and vagal nerve stimulation (VNS).
- Pediatric epilepsy treatment, including specialized expertise in the learning, attention, behavioral and social issues that may accompany seizure disorders.
- Active in research that yields new epilepsy therapy options.