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|Articles|August 7, 2009

CCE Seizure Disorders: Massachusetts General Hospital - Selection criteria

Author(s)Heide Aungst

Awards and distinctions that make Massachusetts General Hospital a Center of Excellence.

Massachusetts General Hospital Epilepsy Service
Boston, Massachusetts

1992: Year established

16: Staff, including 10 physicians

3,000: Annual visits, including 2,500 adults and 500 children

100: Annual international referrals

1,390: Annual number of procedures, including 1,000 monitoring days; 300 EEGs;50 epilepsy surgeries; 15 implanted electrode cases; 15 Wada tests.

4: Current research protocols

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