Surgical co-Director and Central California Neurosurgical Liaison, Kern Medical Epilepsy Center
Chief of Neurosurgery, Kern Medical
Chief of Neurosurgery, Kaweah Delta Healthcare District
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“Epilepsy centers exist as an integrated partnership between neurosurgery and neurology. In many instances, neurosurgical resources greatly limit the development of epilepsy centers. It is clear that subspecialty programs such as epilepsy surgery cannot exist without a robust foundation of general neurosurgical services. In Central California, we have created a unique partnership to allow subspecialty neurosurgeons from the USC Neurorestoration Center to augment the efforts of local neurosurgeons in Bakersfield and Visalia. Unlike typical outreach efforts of academic medical centers, the unique approach of the USC Epilepsy Care Consortium and USC Neurorestoration Center is designed to maximize local resources and expertise. It is only in this way that patients in Central California have this singular resource”