Pediatric Epilepsy Program

The mission of the Pediatric Epilepsy Program is to provide comprehensive expert care for children who suffer from seizures. Our patients range from children who have just experienced a first-time seizure, to children and teens suffering from chronic and debilitating epilepsy.

Why choose Children’s?

Children's Hospital Colorado is located on a major medical campus that provides comprehensive, high quality care for pediatric patients, as well as education and research efforts in epilepsy. 

Our Pediatric Epilepsy Program offers state-of-the-art treatment and evaluation by a multidisciplinary team, consisting of neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, social workers, dieticians and epileptologists who are all trained in pediatric epilepsy.

Services offered

Our high tech evaluations include long term video electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring, intraoperative EEG monitoring, functional neuroimaging, functional brain mapping and in-depth neuropsychological testing.

We provide different modalities of treatment including an epilepsy dietary program, access to on-going drug studies, vagal nerve stimulation and surgery.

What is epilepsy?

Epilepsy is a chronic medical disorder of recurrent seizures. There are more than three million people in the United States with epilepsy; most of them are children and elderly. In addition, there are many types of epilepsy ranging from the benign to the catastrophic. Seizures can range from full body shaking to staring or lip smacking.

Your appointment

It is important that we review all medical records including any diagnostic tests prior to the visit. If you have records from outside Children's Hospital Colorado, please mail them to us prior to your child’s appointment. Please provide x-rays (MRI, etc) on disk or film as well as EEG waveforms on DVD with a browser program and mail to:

Children's Hospital Colorado
Pediatric Epilepsy Program
13123 E. 16th Ave., Box B155
Aurora, CO 80045
Fax: 720-777-7285