Read our patient stories and learn about the epilepsy treatments we offer.
Note: These patients' treatment and results may not be depictive of all similar cases.
Remy Lalisse, PhD, was diagnosed with focal epilepsy when he was 16. He dealt with the condition and several medication changes until he moved to Pittsburgh. Unique testing and surgery at the UPMC Comprehensive Epilepsy Center gave Remy what he did not think he could have: seizure freedom.
Michael's goal was to live a seizure-free life. Learn how he achieved his goal with treatment at UPMC.
In 2013, Merissa had her first grand mal epileptic seizure. After moving to Pittsburgh a few years later, she turned to UPMC for care.
Jessica struggled with seizures for over 20 years and turned to UPMC for care.
Sara has struggled with seizures since she was a child and turned to UPMC for care.
After decades of untreatable seizures, Darlene had hope she would finally reach seizure freedom and underwent a temporal lobectomy.
For people who are pregnant and have epilepsy, it’s extremely important to achieve and maintain control of seizures. That’s why Amanda contacted Page Pennell, MD, chief of UPMC’s Division of Neurology and founder of the Epilepsy and Pregnancy Medical Consortium, as soon as she had a positive pregnancy test
