Emory Healthcare When you or a loved one has epilepsy, life can be unpredictable. You never know when a seizure might hit. And when it does, you never know what impact it might have.
The Emory Epilepsy Center offers the expertise you need to manage your condition. Each year, more than 8,500 people from across the country come to us for treatment. We can help you take control of your epilepsy and get your life back.
The Emory Epilepsy Center provides the highest level of epilepsy care in Georgia and the Southeast. The Emory Epilepsy Center is a leader in pioneering research, advanced technologies, and surgical treatments for epilepsy. Offering innovations such as responsive neurostimulation (RNS), laser ablation, and deep brain stimulation (DBS), the center combines high-end diagnostic tools with groundbreaking therapies to improve patient outcomes.
Our expert team has the knowledge and experience to meet your health care needs and help you live your best life. Here, you have access to time-tested and groundbreaking diagnostic tools. We also offer the most innovative treatments and services. And because we take an active role in research, we’re at the forefront of advances in care.
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that can affect people of all ages. It occurs when there’s a problem with electrical signals in the brain. The problem can lead to repeated seizures.
Seizures can be different for everyone. They may cause:
Different types of epilepsy result from problems in different areas of the brain. Most issues occur in the temporal lobe region.
We put the various types into three basic categories. They’re based on the disorder’s cause:
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