About Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship Program
At Children’s, we currently offer two positions of ACGME accredited Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship in conjunction with the Emory Adult Epilepsy Program at Emory School of Medicine.
Our 1 year, ACGME accredited Epilepsy fellowship provides advanced neurophysiological and clinical epilepsy training in scalp and intracranial electroencephalography (EEG) with inpatient long term Video Monitoring (LTVM) as well outpatient routine and ambulatory EEG studies.
Our Pediatric Epilepsy Center is one of the largest center in the country with 8 board certified neurophysiologists/epileptologists, 2 APPs, 30 EEG technologists including 4 EEG tech readers, 1 surgical EEG technologist and still expanding. The center sees more than 6000 epilepsy patients. The center is a Level IV National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC), which provides state of the art neuro-diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for management of epilepsy including evaluation with video EEG with a 8 bed epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU), medical therapies, dietary therapies, neuromodulation with VNS, RNS, DBS, epilepsy surgeries from single stage surgeries like lesionectomy, carpus callosotomy, hemispherectomy to two stage surgeries with SEEG and non-resective epilepsy surgery with access to minimally invasive epilepsy surgical modalities including laser ablation and radiofrequency thermocoagulation. On average the center completes 80-100 pre surgical evaluations and more than 30 epilepsy surgeries and around 50 VNS surgeries a year.
National Rankings
Emory ranks among the nation’s top pediatrics programs on the U.S. News & World Report list of “Best Medical School Specialty Rankings,” while Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta ranks among the nation’s top pediatric hospitals on the U.S. News & World Report list of “Best Children’s Hospitals.” As one of the largest pediatric care providers in the country, Children’s serves as the primary pediatric teaching site for Emory University School of Medicine. Together, with more than 500 physicians holding titles at both institutions, Children’s and Emory combine their clinical and academic strengths to train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists while also facilitating leading-edge pediatric research.
Why Atlanta?
In addition to our unique neighboring pediatric partners, Atlanta is full of diverse communities, walkable neighborhoods, a thriving arts and culture scene, and plenty of green spaces and sunny weather—it’s pretty easy to fall in love with our charming city.
Arthur M. Blank Hospital
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has opened a new 19-story hospital with two patient towers and 446 beds for specialized, empathetic care and training the next generation of pediatric physicians.