The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Texas Neurology cares for patients with seizures and related disorders.
The Center’s services include outpatient and inpatient consultative services, an inpatient epilepsy-monitoring unit, brain mapping, epilepsy surgery, and intraoperative electrocorticography. The center, which serves the North Texas area places great attention upon meeting the comprehensive needs of individuals with seizure disorders. The epilepsy program utilizes the inpatient epilepsy monitoring program at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
The Center's extensive program offers expert help to:
- Adults and teenagers with seizure disorders who have not yet been definitively diagnosed
- Those who have already had a diagnosis of epilepsy but are seeking improved management or control
The Center's goals are to help patients understand epilepsy, learn about the latest therapy options and make informed decisions about their treatment. Through achieving these goals, a person learns about treatment options for the present and future.
The Center's program includes a combination of services for inpatient and outpatient care. Services include:
- Diagnosis of epilepsy and related conditions
- Establishment of a medication plan considering factors such as seizure control, behavioral/cognitive manifestations and toxicity
- A four-bed epilepsy unit with on-line computer analysis for continuous EEG and video monitoring
- Clinical trials of investigational drugs
- Evaluation of intractable seizures for the surgical treatment option
- Preoperative and postoperative care following epilepsy surgery
- Psychosocial assessments and rehabilitation referrals
- Educational and social support groups
- EEG Testing (routine and long-term monitoring)
- 1.5T and 3T MRI utilizing advanced brain imaging technologies
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Dr. N. Bruce Jenevein serves as the Epilepsy Center’s Medical Director and is Medical Director of the Baylor Comprehensive Epileipsy Center. He is a graduate of Duke University in North Carolina and returned to Texas for his medical training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Jenevein completed his neurology fellowship training in epilepsy and neurophysiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Jenevein is board certified in neurology and clinical neurophysiology. He has held positions with Texas Neurology and Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas since 1991. -
Dr. Jenevein has participated with several clinical research studies in epilepsy and currently serves as a Principal Investigator with several ongoing studies.
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Suzanne Racz, PA-C, is a licensed and certified Physician Assistant. In 1990 she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Physician Assistant Studies at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. Suzanne comes to Texas Neurology with previous experience in Emergency Medicine, Primary Care and Cardiology.
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Sheilah Harned, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Masters degree in Social Work. She received a Bachelors degree in Psychology and Rhetoric and Communication Studies at the University of Virginia. She received her Masters degree in Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. Sheilah has had over 20 years of experience in medical social work coordinating care for patients at Baylor University Medical Center and Texas Neurology, P.A.
