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Looking for best Surgical facilities
Thu, 12/15/2011 - 11:10Topic: Surgery and Devices
Hi All,
About two months ago I finished all necessary pre-operative testing needed to determine if I was a candidate for surgery. My epileptologist sent me to the local Neurosurgeon here in Tampa (Dr. Fernando Vale) and the Nuerosurgeon wasn't very confident that surgery would help with my seizures. I went back to my epileptologist and he indicated all the data shows him that surgery is my best option and that I should go see another Nuerosurgeon. He pointed me to Mass. General Hospital in Boston, NYU, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. or Yale. I am trying to decide where to go for the second opinion and was hoping someone might have insight on any of these facilities (or any others on the East Coast or Midwest) and the Nuerosurgeon(s) at these facilities?
Thanks in advance,
Paul
Comments
Re: Looking for best Surgical facilities
Submitted by bella0809 on Thu, 2011-12-15 - 19:06
I had my surgery 6 years ago this week by Dr. Doyle at NYU Langone CEC. I have been seizure-free ever since. He does hundreds of these a year and the epileptologists at the CEC are fantastic. If you can get in to see Devinsky, I recommend him. You don't just want a neurosurgeon. You want a neurosurgeon who does brain surgery to stop seizures.
Re: Looking for best Surgical facilities
Submitted by pfincher on Fri, 2011-12-16 - 13:53
Hi bella0809,
I appreciate your input. Its nice to have some names to look at. I will definitely look into these.
Paul
Re: Looking for best Surgical facilities
Submitted by vlroy2970 on Thu, 2011-12-15 - 14:16
Dear paul, I had mine at Dartmouth Hitch-Coco Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.They have Android excellent bedside manner.They take the time to explain everything so you can understand it. The 2 doctors I have there are: epileptologist- Dr.Vijay Thadani. And. Neurosergeon- Dr. Peter Roberts. Check it out I don't you will been disappointe. d.