The Epilepsy Fellowship Program at Toronto Western Hospital is a well-established program that offers extensive training in all aspects of epilepsy. Fellows will attend clinics with a variety of epilepsy cases, including some of the most pharmacoresistant. Fellows will also receive EEG training, with completion of the Canadian EEG exam expected. Our comprehensive epilepsy program includes neurologists, clinical neurophysiologists, neuropsychiatrists, neuropsychologists, neurosurgeons, social worker, nurses and dietitians.
The Program’s strengths include a 10-bed epilepsy monitoring unit, epilepsy genetics clinic, neuromodulation (VNS and DBS), transition from paediatric to adult services, women with epilepsy and epilepsy in pregnancy clinics, specialized ketogenic diet clinic, first seizure clinic and clinical neurophysiology. Fellows will participate in weekly multidisciplinary rounds to discuss patients’ surgical candidacy, weekly EEG teaching rounds, monthly journal club and research rounds. There is a large research program and fellows are encouraged to participate in clinical or pre-clinical research. Research fields include animal models, EEG and MEG, clinical genetics, and pregnancy in epilepsy. Our current faculty members include Dr. Don Weaver, Dr. Richard Wennberg, Dr. Peter Tai, Dr. Aylin Reid, Dr. Martin Del Campo, Dr. Peter Carlen, Dr. Esther Bui, Dr. Eduard Bercovici, and Dr. Danielle Andrade.
Term: 1 year with a focus on epilepsy clinics and EEG interpretation. Renewal for a second year of fellowship is an option, depending on availability of funding. Second year will be focused on epilepsy surgery cases and EEG interpretation in the epilepsy monitoring unit, including both scalp and intracranial monitoring.
