I became interested in epilepsy very soon after I started my Neurology residency. The intricacies of the disease, the ability to make a meaningful difference in terms of treatment and quality of life, and the wonderful patients that I get to see that have been diagnosed with this chronic condition have made me want to work […]
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Jan
Jan
Today on our EMPOWERING Women and Girls Living with Epilepsy video series we hear from Dr. Gholam Motamedi, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. on: “Breastfeeding and Epilepsy“ Dr. Gholam Motamedi is a Professor of Neurology at Georgetown University Hospital. He is […]
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Dec
Dec
Thank you all for your support this past year! Thank your for supporting our mission to advocate, educate, and research for women and girls living with epilepsy! Your contributions this past year have really made a difference. This year we awarded our annual Kimford J. Meador Research in Women with Epilepsy Award at American Epilepsy Society. […]
EMPOWERING Girls Video Series, For Physicians, From The Experts, Girls With Epilepsy, Helpful Epilepsy Information, Parents of Girls Diagnosed with Epilepsy
Transitioning from a Pediatric Neurologist to an Adult Neurologist
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Dec
Dec
Today on our EMPOWERING Women and Girls Living with Epilepsy video series we hear from Dr. Anup Patel, Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio on: “Transitioning from a Pediatric Neurologist to an Adult Neurologist“ Anup Patel, M.D. is board certified […]
EMPOWERING Women Video Series, For Physicians, From The Experts, Helpful Epilepsy Information
Fertility and Epilepsy
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Dec
Dec
Today on our EMPOWERING Women and Girls Living with Epilepsy video series we hear from Dr. Page B. Pennell, Professor of Neurology, at Harvard Medical School and Director of Research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston on: “Fertility and Epilepsy“ Page B. Pennell, MD is a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical […]
EMPOWERING Women Video Series, For Physicians, From The Experts
Managing your Medication during Pregnancy
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Nov
Nov
Today on our EMPOWERING Women and Girls Living with Epilepsy video series we hear from Dr. Torbjörn Tomson, Department of Neurology, at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden on: “Managing Your Medication During Pregnancy“ Torbjörn Tomson is Professor of Neurology and Epileptology at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and head of the Epilepsy Section […]
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Nov
Nov
Taking care of others has always been strong personality traits instilled in me by watching my mother do the same for her family. Transferring that quality to becoming a doctor and providing care for others is due to the nurturing of my father. My journey into medicine started young and I cannot imagine any other […]
EMPOWERING Girls Video Series, EMPOWERING Women Video Series, From The Experts, Helpful Epilepsy Information
Managing Your Epilepsy & Tracking Your Seizures
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Nov
Nov
On our series to EMPOWER Women and Girls Living with Epilepsy, today we hear from Robert Moss, Co-Founder of SeizureTracker.com on: Managing your Epilepsy & Tracking your Seizures Robert Moss knows first hand how it feels to have a child with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Epilepsy. It was the helplessness he felt in his own situation […]
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Nov
Nov
My name is Tiffany. I’ve lived with epilepsy for over 10 years, having survived a seizure-car crash. I’d been married for only four months at this time. After diagnosis, I had to stop working, my husband and I lost our home, and had to begin our lives all over again. Inspired by this tragedy, we […]
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Nov
Nov
With November being “National Epilepsy Awareness Month” I thought now would be an appropriate time to put something out there about the invisible disability that I have lived with for about 10 years. Until earlier this year when Disney’s young adult actor, Cameron Boyce, passed away in his sleep from a seizure, epilepsy hasn’t gotten […]