Orrin Devinsky is a Neurologist and a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Devinsky has been practicing medicine for over 41 years and is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Partial Familial Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 39 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Dravet Syndrome, Seizures, Epilepsy, Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, and Deep Brain Stimulation. He is licensed to treat patients in New Jersey and New York. Devinsky is currently accepting new patients.
Ingrid Scheffer practices in Heidelberg, Australia. Scheffer is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Partial Familial Epilepsy. She is also highly rated in 67 other conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, Dravet Syndrome, and Myoclonic Epilepsy.
Samuel Berkovic practices in Heidelberg, Australia. Berkovic is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Partial Familial Epilepsy. He is also highly rated in 62 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Epilepsy, Partial Familial Epilepsy, Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures.
Background: - Drug resistant epilepsy is the term used to describe epilepsy that cannot be controlled by medication. Many people whose seizures do not respond to medication will respond to surgical treatment, relieving seizures completely or almost completely in one-half to two-thirds of patients who qualify for surgery. The tests and surgery performed as part of this treatment are not experimental, but resea...
Summary: In this study, participants will receive unilateral Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for treatment of epilepsy, with network-based stimulation targets specifically defined using a stereo-electro-encephalographic evaluation and chronic recordings using the Medtronic Percept™ primary cell (PC) Neurostimulator DBS System with BrainSense™ Technology. The hypothesis is that, compared to no stimulation or t...