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Every patient is unique and special. We direct our efforts to remove brain networks responsible for seizures while preserving those networks responsible for the function and well-being of the individual. —Itzhak Fried, MD, PhD, Director of the Adult Epilepsy Surgery Program
or more than 50 years, UCLA has led the world in the diagnosis, management and surgical treatment of intractable epilepsy for children and adults. Our Seizure Disorder Center performs between 40 and 50 surgeries annually. UCLA’s neurosurgeons pioneered many of the innovations in the evaluation and surgical treatment of seizure disorders since its inception. The UCLA team has performed more than 1,000 surgeries to stop seizures in children and adults suffering from epilepsy. UCLA has a long history of treating epilepsy, having pioneered surgical
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UCLA NEUROSURGERY: INTO THE BRAIN AND BEYOND
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procedures for the treatment of epilepsy since 1961. Itzhak Fried, MD, PhD, Director of the Adult Epilepsy Surgery Program in the Department of Neurosurgery at UCLA and Co-Director of the UCLA Seizure Disorder Center, and his team, are world-class experts, specializing in the advanced diagnosis, treatment and management of epilepsy. We intersect a wide range of specialties including: neurosurgery, neurology, clinical neurophysiology, electrophysiology, neuropsychology, occupational therapy, psychiatry, neuroradiology, specialized nurses in epilepsy, EEG technologists skilled in epilepsy, epileptology and physiology.
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