Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital offers both ACGME Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Training Programs.

Jefferson University Hospital is a 951-bed hospital and is the main teaching hospital of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. The Epilepsy Center is a Level 4 NAEC multidisciplinary quaternary care center for the diagnosis and treatment of people with epilepsy. The center has a national referral base. Center faculty includes nine neurologists, three neuropsychologists, four neurosurgeons, and a dedicated neuroradiology team. The center offers basic and advanced diagnostic testing and a full array of conventional and investigational medical and surgical treatments. The surgical program is among the largest in the U.S., performing up to 70-90 operations yearly.

In addition to its outpatient facilities, the epilepsy center maintains an inpatient video-EEG monitoring unit, consisting of eight beds, each in a specially outfitted private room with full telemetry monitoring. Approximately 350 patients are admitted yearly. Patients are evaluated for diagnostic reasons, pre-surgical assessments, intracranial EEG recording, and management of uncontrolled seizures.

There is extensive EEG training, with an average of 600 long-term (ICU/non-EMU) video-EEG and routine EEG studies performed each month (average of 7,000 studies/year). All neurology epilepsy fellows will also have 4-6 weeks of pediatric epilepsy training. We have a strong combined educational program with Nemours Hospital, which serves as the primary training base for pediatric epilepsy fellows.

Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship Track at Nemours/Jefferson

Applicants must be BC/BE Neurologists and qualify for a Pennsylvania license.