Description:
When is it time to think about neurostimulation devices (also known as neuromodulation) to treat your child’s epilepsy? Are these devices successful when seizures return after failed resection or disconnection? Are they successful after failed surgeries like hemispherotomy or hemispherectomy? Here we do a deep dive to discuss what’s new in the world of neuromodulation devices (vagus nerve stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and responsive neurostimulation.)
About Vagus Nerve Stimulation: https://epilepsysurgeryalliance.org/a…
About Responsive Neurostimulation:
https://epilepsysurgeryalliance.org/a…
About Deep Brain Stimulation
https://epilepsysurgeryalliance.org/a…
About the presenter (from the University of Pittsburgh website):
Taylor Abel, MD, is a pediatric neurosurgeon specializing in epilepsy surgery. He is surgical director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Abel is from Seattle, Wash. and completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Washington. After his medical education in Seattle, Dr. Abel completed neurosurgery residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, where he received specialized training in epilepsy surgery and brain mapping techniques. During his time at Iowa, Dr. Abel completed an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship focusing on human brain electrophysiology, specifically the identification of higher cognitive functions (i.e. language, visual recognition) patients with epilepsy. After finishing residency, Dr. Abel joined the University of Iowa as an attanding neurosurgeon.
Dr. Abel’s clinical interest is in pediatric neurosurgery and epilepsy surgery. He completed an epilepsy surgery fellowship with Philippe Kahane, Dominique Hoffmann, and Stephan Chabardes at University Hospital of Grenoble in Grenoble, France. In Grenoble, Dr. Abel received special training in identification of epileptic foci using stereoelectroencephalography and use of the ROSA robot for epilepsy surgery. Dr. Abel then completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship with Jim Drake and Jim Rutka at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada focusing on epilepsy surgery, neuro-oncologic surgery, craniofacial surgery, and endoscopic techniques.