Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (ECoE)

-The Office of Research & Development's VA Research Currents website features an article about a recent VA project highlighting the relationship among traumatic brain injury (TBI), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and seizures. The article from the American Epilepsy Society (AES) can be read Here.*

-Science Daily's article entitled Seizures and Epilepsy: A Significant Burden on Veterans highlights three new studies that expose the high prevalence of epilepsy and other neurological disorders in US Veterans who served in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. The article can be read Here.*

-The Epilepsy Centers of Excellence have been highlighted in a recent edition of "The Federal Practitioner". The article, entitled "Department of Veterans Affairs Epilepsy Centers of Excellence", can be read Here.*

-The Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center has written an excellent article about the Epilepsy Centers of Excellence. The article "Now That VHA Has Established Epilepsy Centers of Excellence, Will the Veterans Come?" can be read Here.*

-The San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center has written an excellent article about the Epilepsy Centers of Excellence. The article "ECoE: Improving the Health and Well-being of Veterans with Epilepsy" can be read at Here.*

-The Epilepsy Centers of Excellence have been highlighted in a recent edition of "Neurology Today". The article, entitled "Overcoming Stigma: VA Epilepsy Centers of Excellence Reach out to Veterans with Seizures", can be read Here.*


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