Pediatric Neurology

In the Pediatric Neurology department at Brenner Children’s Hospital, pediatric neurologists coordinate a multidisciplinary approach to treat epilepsy via medications and neurosurgical interventions. Neurologists also conduct national, multi-center clinical trials to search for new medications to treat epilepsy and to study the effectiveness of currently prescribed medications.

Our pediatric neurology specialists work with pediatric pulmonologists to diagnose and treat sleep disorders in children in the region’s only accredited sleep clinic and laboratory.

Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Wake Forest Baptist’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center is recognized nationally for the management of epilepsy in both adults and children.  With our comprehensive approach to pediatric neurology, we are among the top-rated epilepsy programs in the country and the only program in western North Carolina that meets the Level IV guidelines of the National Association of Epilepsy Centers -- the highest level of accreditation a medical center can achieve.

Wake Forest Baptist offers a full range of services from routine screenings to treatment options for the most complicated pediatric neurology cases. Our epileptologists -- including specialists in pediatric epilepsy – are experts in selecting the drug combinations most suitable for each patient. When medication alone can’t control seizures, we evaluate patients for other treatment options including surgical procedures. We offer patients the most sophisticated tests available.

At the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, alongside our full-time epileptologists, a neurosurgeon experienced in epilepsy surgery, nurse clinicians, social workers, pharmacists and neuropsychologists work with pediatric neurology patients to diagnose and treat epilepsy, which affects about one percent of the population. Researchers at the medical center work to find a cure for the disorder and their patients benefit from the newest therapies available. Our leadership in the field of epilepsy treatment allows patients early access to the newest medications through clinical trials.

Learn more about the surgical options for pediatric neurology patients that are now available at our Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, including temporal lobectomy surgery.