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Looking for best Surgical facilities

Thu, 12/15/2011 - 11:10

Topic: 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 LadyTramp on Sat, 2011-12-24 - 08:26

Anybody know anything about Penn Epilepsy Center in Philadelphia PA? I've been there a few times and like it so far.

Re: Looking for best Surgical facilities

Submitted by js00004444 on Sat, 2011-12-24 - 11:43

I had surgery on the frontial lobe 18 months ago and had it at the Cleveland Clinic and have no patrial seizures

at all and use to have as many as 12 a week. I only had 1 seizure in 18 months I beleive there is a center in

your state.

I had surgery on the frontial lobe 18 months ago and had it at the Cleveland Clinic and have no patrial seizures

at all and use to have as many as 12 a week. I only had 1 seizure in 18 months I beleive there is a center in

your state.

Re: Looking for best Surgical facilities

Submitted by pfincher on Tue, 2011-12-27 - 16:55

Hi All, Thanks for all the information given below. I have decided to see Dr. William Tatum at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. I chose this location over the Mayo Clinic in Rochester due to proximity to home. I well let everyone know how my experience was either in this thread or a new one. Paul

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