What is a Comprehensive Epilepsy Center?
A comprehensive epilepsy center provides specialized care to epilepsy patients.
The Center has specialized information for patients as well as access to
all
modalities of diagnosis and treatment. In addition to regular patient care,
the center also does research and teaching in Epilepsy. Our office has a
patient education center with books, videotapes, DVDs and brochures and handouts
about epilepsy. We have video information about epilepsy surgery available
for viewing in our office.
Dr. Rodgers-Neame is a Board-Certified Neurologist, associated with the University Community Hospital Neurodiagnostics Department and the Tampa General Hospital Epilepsy Program, which are two of the six hospital-based Epilepsy Centers in Florida recognized by the National Association for Epilepsy Centers.
What is an Epileptologist?
An epileptologist is a neurologist
who has received 1 to 3 years of additional training in epilepsy beyond
that of a regular neurologist. Epileptologists have additional expertise
in EEG interpretation,
surgical evaluation, and video monitoring. Some epileptologists have
training and research experience in the basic science of epilepsy.
Dr. Rodgers-Neame has been trained as a fellow in Neurophysiology at the
University of Southern Illinois, as a Neurologist at the University of South
Florida and in Internal Medicine/Psychiatry at Washington University, St.
Louis..
If you are an uninsured resident of Florida you may be able to get assistance
at either Epilepsy
Services of West Central Florida, or at Suncoast
Epilepsy Association
In our office, we have a state of the art EEG with Nihon Kohden digital
equipment with seizure focus mapping so that we can provide printed
copies of
seizure
foci and copies of seizure discharges so that patients and referring
physicians can make them a part of their permanent medical record.
Further information
on electroencephalography and what it is for is available on WebMD's
site
Driving with Seizures
Different states have different rules about who may or may not drive. The Florida guidelines are here
Recent Articles by Dr. Rodgers-Neame
Vagus
nerve stimulation for pharmacoresistant epilepsy: clinical symptoms with end
of service.
Stiff-Person
Syndrome
Benign
Neonatal Convulsions
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