Photo courtesy Tilted ChairFor several years a team of neurologists, nurses and other caregivers have been helping care for individuals with epilepsy—a neurological disorder that causes repeated seizures—at the Seton Brain & Spine Institute and at a monitoring unit at University Medical Center Brackenridge. However, recent advancements in treatment options have allowed the team to offer a new variety of treatments in Central Texas.
Dr. Pradeep Modur became the medical director for Seton's Comprehensive Epilepsy Program in February.
Modur oversees the monitoring unit, which includes five beds, that allows his team of health care professionals to watch patients under 24-hour supervision during which time patients are observed and brain activity is recorded, he said.
The team recently performed the first laser ablation—a much less invasive surgical procedure than traditional brain surgeries, Modur said.
