Evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and long-term care for epilepsy and seizure disorders—combining advanced expertise, individualized treatment, EEG review, and timely access to more advanced care when needed.
Focused evaluation after a first suspected seizure
Clarifying the type of epilepsy or seizure disorder
Individualized antiseizure treatment and follow-up
Drug-resistant epilepsy and next-step guidance
These common situations can help you identify the most relevant part of the Center’s epilepsy care.
The goal is accurate diagnosis, individualized treatment, continuity of care, and timely access to more advanced evaluation when needed.
Patients who continue experiencing seizures despite appropriate antiseizure medications may require a more specialized evaluation. An important goal is to identify these patients early and avoid unnecessary delays in advanced epilepsy care.
The evaluation is designed to review what has happened, what has already been tried, and whether additional testing or advanced epilepsy care should be considered.
The Center reviews the seizure history and medications previously used to understand the course of treatment and the questions that remain.
EEG and imaging are reviewed together with symptoms, medications, and the neurological evaluation.
The evaluation may include assessment for additional testing, advanced therapies, and referral or coordination when surgical or neuromodulation treatment may be appropriate.
Advanced treatment guidance: depending on the individual patient, potential options may include surgery, laser ablation, or neuromodulation. The Center helps determine whether additional testing or referral to a comprehensive epilepsy surgery program is appropriate.
The Center provides routine and prolonged EEG studies with specialized neurological interpretation.
Routine neurodiagnostic study
A routine EEG is one of the specialized neurodiagnostic services available through the Center.
Ambulatory monitoring
Ambulatory EEG extends recording beyond a routine study and allows longer monitoring outside a brief office-based recording period.
Extended ambulatory monitoring
The Center provides 48-hour ambulatory EEG as part of its prolonged neurodiagnostic services.
Longer ambulatory recording
A 72-hour ambulatory EEG provides a longer recording window when extended monitoring is clinically appropriate.
Extended monitoring
Prolonged EEG monitoring is available when the clinical question requires a longer study.
Specialized neurological review
EEG findings are interpreted together with symptoms, medical history, imaging, medications, and the neurological evaluation.
The integrated advantage: EEG findings are reviewed alongside the patient’s symptoms, medical history, imaging, medications, and neurological evaluation to provide a more clinically meaningful interpretation.
The Center’s epilepsy care is led by a neurologist, epileptologist, and clinical neurophysiologist with extensive experience in complex epilepsy evaluation.
Founder and Medical Director
Neurologist | Epileptologist | Clinical Neurophysiologist
Dr. Garcia has extensive experience in epilepsy, EEG interpretation, drug-resistant epilepsy, and advanced epilepsy care.
Dr. Garcia completed fellowship training in Clinical Neurophysiology, EEG, and Epilepsy at Cleveland Clinic. He also helped establish and grow a comprehensive Level IV Epilepsy Center and contributed to the development of its epilepsy surgery program.
Epilepsy surgical evaluations in which Dr. Garcia has participated throughout his career.
Epilepsy surgeries in which Dr. Garcia has participated throughout his career.
These answers summarize the epilepsy, EEG, advanced evaluation, and second-opinion services described for the Center.
Services include new-onset seizure evaluation, epilepsy diagnosis and classification, antiseizure medication management, breakthrough seizure evaluation, long-term epilepsy care, EEG and neuroimaging review, second opinions, drug-resistant epilepsy evaluation, women and epilepsy counseling, and evaluation for advanced epilepsy treatment.
Yes. New-onset seizure evaluation is included within the Center’s epilepsy services.
Patients who continue having seizures despite appropriate antiseizure medications may require a specialized drug-resistant epilepsy evaluation. This can include review of seizure history, prior medications, EEG, imaging, and the need for additional testing or advanced care.
Yes. EEG and neuroimaging review are included within epilepsy care, and second-opinion consultations may be useful when EEG or MRI findings conflict or remain uncertain.
The Center provides routine EEG, 24-hour ambulatory EEG, 48-hour ambulatory EEG, 72-hour ambulatory EEG, prolonged EEG monitoring, and specialized EEG interpretation.
Yes. Second opinions may be particularly useful for patients who continue having seizures, have an uncertain diagnosis, have tried multiple medications, have conflicting EEG or MRI results, or want another opinion regarding treatment.
Yes. Dr. Garcia can help determine whether additional testing or referral to a comprehensive epilepsy surgery program is appropriate. Potential options may include surgery, laser ablation, or neuromodulation depending on the individual patient.
Yes. Neurological care is available in both English and Spanish.
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