We use complex navigational tools to precisely place small electrodes deep in your brain. These connect to a battery in your chest. DBS modulates electrical patterns to prevent seizures, like a pacemaker for your brain.

A responsive neurostimulation (RNS) device placed inside a small opening in your skull detects and stops seizures before they begin.

We place two small vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) electrodes around the vagus nerve in your neck. These connect to a battery under the skin of your chest near your collarbone. The electrodes stimulate the vagus nerve, causing it to send electrical signals to your brain that interrupt seizures.

This minimally invasive treatment uses a tiny laser to treat the area of your brain that’s causing seizures. Treatment occurs in an MRI so that your surgeon can adjust the laser in real time to attain the highest accuracy. This approach protects the surrounding tissue, which makes it a great choice for treating seizure sources deep within the brain.

When seizures impact one whole hemisphere of the brain, our surgeon will surgically disconnect your two brain hemispheres. By leaving the hemisphere in place while isolating it from the rest of the brain, we can prevent seizures.

Sometimes people have what is called generalized epilepsy, which can cause atonic seizures, also known as "drop attacks." To prevent this kind of seizure, we use tools or a laser to make a cut down the center of the corpus callosum.

During this procedure, your surgeon removes sections of brain tissue where seizures begin. To ensure the highest accuracy, we may use a tool called electrocorticography (ECOG) to map the seizure focus and functional areas during surgery. This option is very effective for patients whose seizures originate in parts of the brain that can be removed without impacting function.