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Becoming a patient in our practice

How do I make an appointment? To make an appointment with our outpatient clinic, please call (352) 294-5400, Monday-Friday, 8 am–5 pm. What to bring to your appointment Your insurance card Physician referral forms (if required by insurance) A list of current prescriptions and/or over-the-counter medications you are taking, including…

Residency Training

Training of neurology residents in epilepsy and EEG comprises an essential component of the overall training scheme of the UF neurology residency program.  Dr. Maria Bruzzone  heads the resident training effort on behalf of the Division’s faculty. Epilepsy rotations are divided into two blocks of four weeks each,…

Inpatient Services

  Inpatient services essentially revolve around hospitalized patients undergoing continuous EEG monitoring of some type. The service is staffed by two faculty members and a variable number of residents and fellows. The Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) is a dedicated 8-bed unit on the 5th floor of the Neuromedicine Hospital…

Neurodiagnostic Services

  Neurodiagnostic services are fully integrated into our bright and airy workspace at the UFHealth Neuromedicine Hospital. The outpatient EEG lab performs routine EEG, multi-day ambulatory EEG, short (6-hour) video-EEG, evoked potentials and PET-EEG. The inpatient EEG service performs Long Term and Critical Care EEG Monitoring (LT/CCEM) across the…

Neuromodulation

While the traditional methods of treating epilepsy – with antiseizure drugs and with brain surgery – continue to advance, a further method of controlling seizures – neuromodulation – is rapidly evolving. ‘Neuromodulation’ is the process by which certain brain areas are activated electrically so that they may influence other brain…

Follow-up (Phase IV)

Phase IV is the final step of the seizure surgery process. This Phase is marked by the post-operative recovery period and follow up clinic appointments. Following hospital discharge, patients are seen by our neurosurgeon after about a week for immediate post-operative follow-up to ensure healing and recovery and removal of…

Surgery (Phase III)

  Epilepsy surgery is an extensive field of specialization within neurosurgery as a whole. Since its beginnings in the 1930s, epilepsy surgery is now well-recognized as a highly effective treatment for certain types of patients with difficult, medication-resistant epilepsy. At the University of Florida, we have performed over 1500…

Invasive Studies (Phase II)

  Once patients have completed their Phase I monitoring in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU), our patient management conference decides whether invasive EEG studies (Phase II) are required to better characterize the patient’s epilepsy. In general, invasive Phase I studies are carried out when the noninvasive data (the MRI scan,…

Seizure Monitoring (Phase I)

Seizure monitoring is a crucial investigation for certain patients with epilepsy or suspected epilepsy. In essence, seizure monitoring is the direct observation of the patient’s symptoms by the treating team – observation by video and EEG. Data gathered from EMU testing informs the team – the epileptologist (attending/ faculty…

Members and Affiliates

​ ​ Members   Giridhar Kalamangalam Giri Kalamangalam received the MBBS medical degree from the Jawaharlal Institute in Puducheri, India and the DPhil in applied mathematics from Oxford University. He trained in general neurology at the Institute of Neurological Sciences in Glasgow, UK, and in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at…