The center is a primary care provider for Alzheimer's Disease for the state of Illinois and accepts referrals from physicians and national and local Alzheimer's Disease Associations. New drug therapies in clinical research trials may be available for appropriate patients. Gastone G. Celesia, M.D . The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center was developed to care for patients suffering from all types of seizures. Adults and pediatric patients are accepted.
Evaluation typically begins with an outpatient visit.
Ambulatory EEG can also be performed if inpatient monitoring is not required. The Center is available to help the most severely affected seizure patients and can offer vagal nerve stimulation as well as epilepsy surgery if indicated. The Brain Alert Team is a multiservice team consisting of Neuroradiologists, Neurologists and Neurosurgeons that responds to patients presenting with a stroke. B.A.T. is staffed 24 hours a day with the goal of emergency response much the same way heart attack victims are approached. The B.A.T. operates within the confines of Loyola University Health System in cooperation with the Emergency Department.