Although the University of Florida has a long history of clinical and investigative excellence in the field of epilepsy, the UF Comprehensive Epilepsy Program was established in 1992. Since that time, we have evaluated and treated over 2000 patients with intractable epilepsy.

We have performed over 1000 surgeries for epilepsy including implantation of intracranial electrodes, removal of brain areas where seizures originate (such as anterior temporal lobectomy), interruption of neural pathways by which seizures originate and spread (multiple subpial transection and corpus callosotomy), and implantation of vagus nerve stimulators. In addition, the University of Florida is one of only a few institutions that has used LINAC radiosurgery specifically for the treatment of focal seizures.

In addition to surgical patients, over 550 people with intractable epilepsy have participated in experimental drug studies since 1992. There is also an active program for treating patients with the ketogenic diet. Although results vary depending upon the needed procedure and the underlying cause of the epilepsy, we have maintained an excellent success rate and low complication rate for the services that we provide.