Dr. Jon T. Willie discusses the new landscape of epilepsy surgery on the ANA podcast. Episode Description It used to be that surgery for medically refractory epilepsy was big, open and invasive, a treatment of last resort. The landscape has changed in recent decades, with more and more minimally invasive surgical approaches being developed. So […]
Marie Zeligman has always loved music. She started singing at a young age in school plays like Annie and The Sound of Music. In high school, she began writing her own songs and even recorded her first CD in Nashville, TN. “I have a classic country sound,” she explained. “I was told that I always […]
Jon T. Willie, MD, PhD, discusses how surgery has the potential of being a curative option for people with epilepsy in the latest edition of Curiosus Magazine. We’ve all been there. You’re working on your mobile device, laptop or PC, when suddenly, something unusual happens. It might be just a screen flicker that quickly resolves itself. Or […]
As more families choose surgery to treat their child with epilepsy, the Epilepsy-Monitoring Unit (EMU) at the Pediatric Epilepsy Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital continues to grow. Today, there are now 10 inpatient beds and several fully equipped rooms for continuous video-EEG monitoring, with most of the rooms providing a view of downtown St. Louis […]
Emma Beutow can’t remember life without epilepsy, but her mom Misty recalls the first time Emma had a seizure at age 3. Actually, she didn’t know it was a seizure until later. Like many people, Misty associated seizures with dramatic convulsions. Emma’s seizures were more subtle. “She would do these weird things where she would […]
The highly acclaimed BrainWorks, a theatrical production created by and starring Washington University School of Medicine neurosurgeons Eric C. Leuthardt, MD, and Albert H. Kim, MD, PhD, is now airing on PBS stations throughout the U.S. The St. Louis premiere is scheduled to air on the Nine Network Oct. 7 and Oct. 14 from 7 […]