Epilepsy & Seizures Support Group

Epilepsy (often referred to as a seizure disorder) is a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. It is commonly controlled with medication, although surgical methods are used as well. Seizures (or convulsions) are temporary abnormal electrophysiologic phenomena of the brain, resulting in abnormal synchronization of electrical neuronal...

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know a good Dr. in Toronto?

Maika
Maika
Anyone know a good Dr. in Toronto. I have had seizures since I hurt my back. I know they are related but they keep dismissing that notion. Any one know a doctor who will listen to me?
heather1
heather1
i dont know of any in Toronto... but i am in London, ontario which is only about one hour and 45 minutes away from there to the south... it has a world renowned epilepsy unit at london university hospital...that is where i go... if you can get your family dr. to give you a referal to it.... they have quite a few epilepsy neuro's...also a vidio monitoring unit...etc...

if you need anymore infomation let me know

hugs
heather
Maika
Maika
great, what is the name of the clinic, is there a speicific doctor he needs to refer me too? I am tired of part answers from doctors, I want the whole story.
Thank you sooo much
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi Maika,
I'm adding my bit to Heather's comment.
I have also dealt with the London Health Sciences Centre, (in fact I was down there yesterday for a Functional MRI)..and overall, I've been very pleased with the care I've gotten there. They (and the Montreal Neurological Institute) are considered one of the top places in North America for neurological research and diagnostic care.
I have also dealt with some excellent doctors--- both at St. Michael's and Mount Sinai hospitals in Toronto.
It was a neurologist from there who referred me to London, but it was my own Neuro. here in Oakville who sent me to Toronto when she could'nt figure out what to do for me anymore.
Good luck
Linda
heather1
heather1
here is the web site for london university hospital and if you scroll down click on the epilepsy link...the site is under construction but there is a phone number that you can call ....
personally my neuro is Dr. Diosy... but there are other dr.s there as well....

http://www.lhsc.on.ca/About_Us/LHSC/Programs_Services/index.htm

let me know if you have a issue with the link....

hugs
heather
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