Epilepsy & Seizure Center and Neurophysiology Lab

The Epilepsy & Seizure Center and Neurophysiology Lab offer diagnosis and treatment for people suffering from a wide range of neurological disorders and conditions, including epilepsy or other seizure-related illnesses. Physicians include:

Sona Shah, MD, who has completed fellowships in neurophysiology and epilepsy at the University of Chicago and is board certified in neurology, clinical neurophysiology, epilepsy monitoring and neuromuscular medicine.

Samrina Hanif, MD, a fellowship-trained neurologist who completed her residency at New York Medical College in Manhattan. and her fellowship training in epilepsy/clinical neurophysiology at Vanderbilt University. Her special interests include refractory epilepsy and treating children with autism and epilepsy.

Mitzi Payne, MD, who is board-certified in pediatric neurology, earned her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine and completed a residency and fellowship at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She has a special clinical interest in seizure disorders, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy and other neurologic conditions unique to children.

The Program

Cabell Huntington Hospital developed the region's first center staffed by epilepsy specialists and dedicated to the diagnosis, care and treatment of adults, adolescents and children with epilepsy. The goal is to help patients gain control of seizures and their quality of life. The program encompasses:

• both outpatient and inpatient components
• the monitoring/testing center
• inpatient epilepsy monitoring

The center is staffed by specially trained medical, nursing and technical personnel and includes four rooms equipped with state-of-the-art monitoring equipment. Results can be monitored at the nurses’ station as well as the designated monitoring room. Services include:

• Long-term ICU Video EEG Monitoring: This is useful for managing certain kinds of epilepsy and identifying non-convulsive seizure activity. It can take place in the Epilepsy & Seizure Center or in the room of a patient who has already been admitted. The results are monitored, and a board-certified physician reviews and interprets the results.
• Ambulatory EEG Monitoring: The patient comes to the Epilepsy & Seizure Center, where electrodes are applied to the scalp and connected to a small device, which the patient usually wears for three days.
• Routine Video EEGs: Video EEGs are available for both inpatients and outpatients. The electrodes are applied, and patients are monitored for a period of 30 minutes to over an hour.

For more information about the specialized epilepsy evaluation, treatment and care available through the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine's Department of Neuroscience and Cabell Huntington Hospital's Epilepsy & Seizure Center and Neurophysiology Lab, please call 304-691-1787.

Epilepsy Support Group

Cabell Huntington Hospital's Epilepsy Support Group meets on campus the last Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in Room G403 near the atrium entrance. For more information, please call 877-804-2241 or visit www.cincinnatiepilepsy.org and look under the Programs tab for support groups.

• Last updated: 05/01/2013
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