Clinical Benefits & Cost-Savings of In Home Video EEG
Discussion on:
- “Outcome of ambulatory video-EEG monitoring in a ˜10,000 patient nationwide cohort” (Seizure, March 2019)
- “The real-world economic impact of home-based video electroencephalography: the payer perspective” (Journal of Medical Economics, June 2019)
About the Presenters
Jeremy Slater, M.D., has worked in the field of epilepsy for more than 27 years and currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Stratus. He served as the director of the Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program from 2004 through 2017, growing the center from a single neurologist and neurosurgeon to one of the largest epilepsy surgery programs in the country. Dr. Slater earned his medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, in Pittsburgh, PA. He completed his residency in neurology followed by a fellowship in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, FL.
Dr. R. Eugene Ramsay is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and a member of the American Electroencephalographic Society, the American Epilepsy Society, and the American Neurological Association. He has trained 28 fellows, several of whom are now leading epileptologists at other epilepsy centers. Dr. Ramsay is chief editor of the book Neurobiology of Epilepsy and Aging and, with A. James Rowan, editor of the textbook Seizures and Epilepsy in the Elderly. He is author or coauthor of more than 120 articles published in peer-reviewed journals, 28 book chapters, and a book. He is the recipient of more than 80 grants for research in the treatment of epilepsy. One of his leading accomplishments has been the completion of a large multicenter study on the treatment of epilepsy in a geriatric population.
