Epilepsy

The Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Epilepsy Center is internationally recognized for having one of the nation’s best interdisciplinary epilepsy teams and is a national and international referral site for the most complex epilepsy cases. For 40 years, our center has led the world in innovative and interdisciplinary epilepsy care and research through the departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and our world-renowned specialists are thought leaders at the forefront of leading all major national and international epilepsy societies, consortiums, and clinical trials.

We are one of the first Comprehensive Level 4 Epilepsy Centers, the highest level designation from the National Association of Epilepsy Centers. This designation recognizes our expertise across a broad continuum of diverse child and adult epilepsy subtypes and provides the latest and emerging precision medicine-guided treatments for the most complex cases. As a Level 4 Center, our world-renowned specialists utilize complex forms of intensive neurodiagnostic monitoring, as well as more extensive medical, neuropsychological, and psychosocial treatment and offers a complete evaluation for epilepsy surgery, including intracranial electrodes and a broad range of surgical procedures for epilepsy. Our intraoperative monitoring neurological specialists have unique expertise in intraoperative corticography (ECOG) and brain mapping as part of a multidisciplinary treatment plan for medically resistant cases.

We diagnose and treat adults and children with a multidisciplinary team approach that includes the most advanced diagnostic technologies, with state-of-the-art facilities for long-term epilepsy monitoring. Through neuropsychological testing and treatment, our team of psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers provide patients of all ages with comprehensive emotional and psychological support as well as education for healing and maintaining mental and overall health.

In cases where surgery is indicated, our neurosurgeons are world-renowned specialists with decades of experience and leadership in the field. They are experts in minimally invasive robotic surgery for SEEG (stereotactic electroencephalography used to identify the site of seizure onset) and in all cutting-edge therapies, including vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), responsive neurostimulation (RNS), deep brain stimulation (DBS), and laser interstitial therapy (LITT), along with minimally invasive approaches for the resection of seizure foci.

We also offer comprehensive epilepsy rehabilitation services, including speech, physical and occupational therapy, as well as vocational and neuropsychological rehabilitation. Our individualized treatment plans are designed to maximize mobility and independence using the latest innovative treatments for even the most complex cases.

To make an appointment call: 914-457-4130