Children's Hospital Boston's pediatric epilepsy specialists provide expert care to children and young adults with epilepsy.
We are nationally recognized as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers for delivering the highest level of care, including comprehensive evaluation, testing, treatment and counseling for children with epilepsy and seizures. We are the oldest and most experienced pediatric epilepsy program in the nation, evaluating more than 1,000 new patients and conducting more than 3,500 follow up visits each year.
Our specialty services include:
- Advanced, 24/7 neurodiagnostic (VideoEEG) monitoring.
- Extensive medical, neuropsychological, and psychosocial treatment.
- Expertise in implementing a Ketogenic Diet to manage seizures.
- Surgical placement and medical management of Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy.
- Intracranial electrodes and resective epilepsy surgery, including two-stage invasive monitoring, single surgery resection, corpus callosotomy and hemispherectomy, if necessary.
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