University of Kansas Medical Center
Fellowship Information
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| Program Overview The KUMC Epilepsy Fellowship offers comprehensive training in the diagnosis and management of epilepsy, with a strong emphasis on education, surgical treatment of drug resistant epilepsy, and clinical research. Our program is designed to prepare fellows for independent subspecialty practice and success on the ABPN Epilepsy Board Examination. Key Features - Intensive Education Phase without clinical responsibility: Fellowship begins with a 3-week advanced course focused on core epilepsy concepts that fellows use to build a foundation for fellowship year and their careers as epileptologist. - Clinical Training: Progressive responsibility in inpatient and outpatient care, including epilepsy monitoring, critical care EEG, surgical evaluations, neuromodulation, autoimmune epilepsy, and epilepsy in pregnancy. - EEG Expertise: Twice-daily EEG reviews with expertise in both scalp and invasive EEG interpretation - Specialty Clinics & Rotations: Autoimmune epilepsy, epilepsy during pregnancy, and pediatric epilepsy with elective opportunities in neuropsychology/fMRI, sleep medicine, intraoperative monitoring, research, or focused intracranial EEG. - Teaching Opportunities: Fellows teach residents, medical students, and EEG technicians, with access to formal teaching skills development that is part of the medical school. - Research: Participate in ongoing faculty clinical research or develop independent projects with faculty mentorship. Curriculum Highlights - Rotations (12 blocks): - Education block (1) - Inpatient Epilepsy with divided responsibilities in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and Critical Care EEG (6) - Routine exposure and shared clinical responsibility with faculty for surgical cases including sEEG, resection, laser ablation, responsive neurostimulation, and deep brain stimulation - Outpatient Epilepsy Clinic (2) - Pediatric Epilepsy (1) - Vacation (4 weeks) - Electives (1) : neuropsychology/fMRI, sleep medicine, intraoperative monitoring, research, or focused intracranial EEG Why Choose KUMC? - Structured progression from foundational learning to independent patient care. - Collaborative and collegial faculty and resident work relationships - Exposure to routine and complex epilepsy cases - 100% board pass rate - Fellowship graduates have gone on to faculty positions, epilepsy program directorships, and national leadership positions | |
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Kansas City, KS |
Contact Information
Director:
Patrick Landazurisqandil@kumc.edu
Administrative Contact:
Stacey Qandilsqandil@kumc.edu