Supervising Attending:
- Dr. Rachael Benson and rotating attendings
Description:
During the epilepsy elective, residents will be assigned to a variety of specialty clinics in the Epilepsy division. This may also include sessions in continuous and/or routine EEG.
Objectives:
- Recognize when a patient has a seizure or epilepsy syndrome
- Identify epilepsy phenomenology and classification of seizures
- Diagnose and manage common epilepsy syndromes
- Identify uncommon and rare epilepsy syndromes
- Understand the properties and indication of different anti-Epileptic medications
- Identify criteria for surgical evaluation and treatment of epilepsy
Requirements:
- Attend assigned clinics and see at least one new and one follow-up patient per session
- While not required, this rotation provides the opportunity to complete your ambulatory NEX evaluation
Schedule:
- You are expected to attend the following conferences during your rotation
- Surgical conference (Monday 12pm)
- Research conference (Friday 12pm)
- You are welcome to attend all fellows noon conference series or join resident noon conference
- The clinical schedule will be provided by Dr. Rachael Benson
Location:
NI7
Updated 7/21/25