Stories with tag: "Epilepsy"

Antoaneta Balabanov, MD, is a neurologist and medical director of the Rush Epilepsy Clinic, director of the Clinic of Dietary Treatments of Epilepsy, and director of the epilepsy fellowship program at Rush. In addition to providing medical, surgical and brain stimulation treatments for patients with epilepsy, Dr. Balabanov is involved in research clinical trials in these areas. She has special interest in alternative treatments of epilepsy, especially dietary treatments

Arka Mallela, MD, is an epilepsy neurosurgeon at Rush. He leads the epilepsy surgery and brain mapping practices where he evaluates and treats patients with drug-resistant epilepsy and brain tumors. In addition, Dr. Mallela specializes in removing difficult brain tumors located near areas that control speech, movement and cognition. He uses brain mapping techniques to safely remove as much of the tumor as possible while protecting these important functions.

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