A multidisciplinary approach
We have assembled a multidisciplinary team of experts who provide specialized care for epilepsy patients. Patients will be seen in the Epilepsy Center clinic, and may also be seen in the inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit as an inpatient, which is staffed by a team of specialty-trained nurses and EEG technologists.
Overlook and Morristown medical centers have been designated by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) as Level IV comprehensive epilepsy centers, which means that our patients have access to the highest level of epilepsy care. Patients are able to receive a complete evaluation for their seizures, with treatment options that can include epilepsy surgery or implantable device therapies.
Our multidisciplinary team includes:
- Neurologists specializing in epilepsy
- Neurosurgeons
- Neuropsychologists
- Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
- Nurses with epilepsy training
- EEG technologists
- Neuroradiologists
- Physical therapists
- Social worker
- Experienced patient advocacy group
Atlantic Health System's Comprehensive Epilepsy Center offers specialized health care services for those patients who have been seen by a primary care physician and need additional diagnostic services for epilepsy and seizures.
As a Level IV epilepsy center that provides advanced care for patients with refractory seizures, some patients may reach the stage at which they need to consider epilepsy surgery. This will then lead to additional outpatient testing, such as a brain PET, functional MRI, and MEG (magnetoencephalography), as well as Wada testing or neuropsychological evaluation.
