Pediatric Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Epilepsy is one of the most common disorders of the nervous system and affects people of all ages, races and ethnic backgrounds. It is a neurological condition affecting nearly 3 million people in the United States alone, including many children. The condition makes people more susceptible to having seizures. When a person has two or more seizures, he or she is considered to have epilepsy.

The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Beaumont Children's offers a range of pediatric epilepsy treatment and monitoring services for infants, children and teens with seizures or epilepsy. The clinic offers comprehensive seizure evaluations and schedules tests, including:

As an accredited Level 4 epilepsy center, one of only forty-two pediatric-specific sites in the country, our pediatric epilepsy team works collaboratively with a highly-trained, multidisciplinary team of specialists, including pediatric neurosurgery, ophthalmology, radiology and physical, occupational and speech therapy. With the unpredictability of epilepsy and the challenge it can present to some families, the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center provides resources and guidance for parents and caregivers in a single location

Our comprehensive clinic will evaluate and treat pediatric patients with new-onset, intractable and/or early life epilepsy and provides the following services:

Diagnostic services

• EEG
• Video EEG
• Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU)
• sEEG (intraoperative)

Surgical services

Meet the Team

The following pediatric epileptologists and neurologists, with additional epilepsy and EEG training and expertise, participate in Beaumont's Pediatric Epilepsy Clinic:

Daniel Arndt, M.D., MA, FACNS, FAES
Section Chief, Pediatric Neurology
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Program, Beaumont Children's

Tarif Bakdash, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Movement Disorders
Director, Behavioral Sleep Disorders

Danielle Nolan, M.D.
Director, Tuberous Sclerosis Program
Director, Pediatric Neurogenetics

Alexandra Shaw, M.D.
Director, Epilepsy Dietary Program
Director, Pediatric Neurology Education

Gary Trock, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Sleep Program