2023 Wilder Visiting Professor TBA 2021 Wilder Visiting Professor Patrick Chauvel, MD Patrick Chauvel trained at the University of Rennes and the University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. On qualifying he was appointed as an INSERM (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche…
The inaugural Wilder Center Epilepsy research Update evening was held on Thursday March 21, 2019. From 6-8 pm, UF epilepsy researchers gathered at the De Weese Room in the McKnight Brain Institute to share and talk briefly about their ongoing work. The program included the talks below Dynamic methods for…
A dynamical system is one that changes over time – most systems around us in everyday life change – over seconds, days, weeks or longer; few things in the world remain truly static. So it is with brains. However, the time-dependent changes in the brain are not random but follow…
Congratulations Drs. Okun, Hess and Vaillancourt on the publication of “Beta-band oscillations in the supplementary motor cortex are modulated by levodopa and associated with functional activity in the basal ganglia” in the May 18, 2018 issue of NeuroImage: Clinical. Abstract We investigated the effect…
Our Long Term and Critical Care EEG Monitoring service (LT/CCEM) comprises 16 modern XLTEK portable EEG machines equipped with state-of-the-art Persyst® software permitting quantitative interpretation of trends for precise analysis of seizure burden and ischemia monitoring. LT/CCEM is carried out in patients with paroxysmal disorders admitted acutely…
Treatments for epilepsy are under constant evolution, as doctors and researchers investigate new tools and therapies to improve epilepsy care. Clinical trials create a controlled and supervised environment to conduct experiments for testing new ideas or hypotheses. Some clinical trials are designed…
The majority of epilepsy patients achieve adequate seizure control with the use of anticonvulsant medications (or antiepileptic drugs; AEDs). However, a substantial minority (about 30%) of patients continue to experience disabling seizures despite adequate trials of AEDs. As the 3rd most populated state of the country,…
The Adult Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) is a specialized 8-bedded inpatient unit located on the 5th floor of the new UFHealth Neuromedicine Hospital. The EMU is where the single most important investigation is performed for patients with seizures that are difficult to treat, or in whom an accurate…
With the move of adult neurology and neurosurgery services to UFHealth’s Neuromedicine hospital in December 2017, EEG services are now fully integrated into our new, bright and airy workspace. Our aim for EEG at UFHealth Neuromedicine is to deliver a modern, high-throughput and efficient outpatient service. UFHealth’s Epilepsy Service…
Our outpatient clinic is located at our new UF Health Neuromedicine Hospital that opened its doors in December 2017 (address and contact information below). Our outpatient program services over 3000 patients from north and central Florida, and we see referrals from all over the state of Florida and…
