Saint Barnabas Medical Center offers compassionate care for adults and children living with epilepsy. Our goal is to eliminate or reduce seizures through a “whole person” approach to care. We help families cope with epilepsy and its complications and provide community and professional education and emotional support for all.
Our unique Pediatric Epilepsy Center is staffed by a team of renowned pediatric neurologists and neurosurgeons backed by the resources of our outstanding Children’s Hospital. Patients and families benefit from a wide range of services specially tailored for children and delivered in a family-centered environment. Whether it is the caring support of a Child Life Specialist or visits from the Big Apple Circus’ “Clown Care” program, inpatient epilepsy care for children combines compassion and expertise.
Our talented staff help patients of all ages developmental delays as well as social, occupational, behavioral, and psychological issues that can affect all aspects of life. Our team coordinates care and encourages patients and family to participation in care decisions.
Seizures vary widely ranging from mild sensations such as tingling in a finger to loss of consciousness. Making a complete and accurate diagnosis is critical to providing the best care.
Saint Barnabas offers innovative therapies for people with epilepsy to maximize the chance of living seizure-free and to minimize the side effects of epilepsy medication. Our dedicated professionals lead the way in promising research to understand the causes of epilepsy and to improve the lives of children and adults living with this complex condition.
Epilepsy is one of the most treatable chronic medical diseases. The goal of “no seizures, no side effects, no disability” may not be possible for every patient, but this our hope for all who turn to Saint Barnabas in times of uncertainty. Comprehensive epilepsy centers such as ours offer children and adults a meaningful opportunity to improve seizure control and quality of life.
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