Comprehensive Epilepsy Program UCI Medical Center Launches Comprehensive Epilepsy Program Facility is only one of its kind in Orange County. UCI Medical Center has announced the opening of the UCI Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, the first of its kind in Orange County and one of only four in California. The program combines a team of specialists in epilepsy with the latest in sophisticated procedures and therapies to diagnose and treat both children and adults with epilepsy, particularly those whose seizures have continued despite standard treatments. Researchers at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program also are studying the underlying causes of epilepsy and new treatments for the disease.
Epilepsy is the nation's second leading neurological disease.
It disturbs the normal electrical functions of the brain often resulting in seizures. Heading the team of specialists at the UCI 's Comprehensive Epilepsy Program are Dr. Richard Kim, a neurosurgeon, who is serving as surgical director, and Dr. Arthur C. Grant, a neurologist, who is the medical director. Two key features of the program include assisting referring physicians with the medical management of their patients with epilepsy and determining if brain surgery is an option after medical management or use of drugs has failed. Both require a battery of tests and evaluation by a team of epilepsy specialists, which the UCI program offers. We can help figure out whether spells or seizures really are epileptic or not.