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Epilepsy Division

The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center offers two ACGME-accredited fellowships: one in Epilepsy and one in Clinical Neurophysiology, each with two fellowship positions per year. Epilepsy fellows also have the option to pursue a two-year fellowship.

Training is provided by a team of seven board-certified adult epileptologists, two pediatric neurologists, one neuropsychologist, and two neurosurgeons. Fellows rotate through the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics, Jackson Memorial Hospital—including EEG study reviews from Holtz Children’s Hospital—and the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Inpatient diagnostic and presurgical evaluations take place at:

  • The six-bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics
  • The four-bed adult Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital
  • The two-bed pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Holtz Children’s Hospital

Outpatient EEG studies are conducted in the outpatient laboratories of all three institutions.

Fellowship Training Includes:

  • Interpretation of routine and prolonged video-EEG studies across all age groups, from premature neonates to geriatric patients
  • Interpretation of prolonged video-EEG monitoring studies for both diagnostic and presurgical evaluations
  • Utilization of scalp and intracranial electrodes (subdural strips, grids, and stereo-EEG with depth electrodes) in presurgical assessments
  • Interpretation of neuroimaging studies (PET, SPECT, MRI, functional MRI) and neuropsychological evaluations for presurgical planning
  • Mapping of eloquent cortex through intracranial electrode stimulation and intraoperative electrocorticography
  • Training in epilepsy surgery selection, including resective surgery, laser ablation, and neuromodulation therapies such as:
    • Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS)
    • Responsive neurostimulation (RNS)
    • Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of anterior thalamic or centro-medial nuclei
    • Training in intraoperative monitoring for spinal surgery (elective)

Additionally, two neurology residents (PGY2 and PGY4) rotate through the Epilepsy Center for four-week periods, where they receive training in the evaluation and management of epilepsy, seizure mimics, and introductory EEG interpretation.

Contact

Andrea (Andy) Ruiz
GME Program Administrator
Phone: 305-243-2742
Email: aruiz2@med.miami.edu