Last year, Curtis J. Rozzelle, M.D., a pediatric neurosurgeon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), performed the first deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedure for epilepsy at Children’s of Alabama, offering a new treatment option for pediatric patients who experience drug-resistant seizures. During the procedure, he also implanted the first NeuroPace responsive neurostimulation (RNS) epilepsy treatment device at Children’s. In this episode, Rozzelle describes the procedure and the device, and he explains how they help patients with epilepsy.
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Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Option for Patients With Epilepsy
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Curtis Rozzelle, M.D.
Curtis J. Rozzelle, M.D., is a pediatric neurosurgeon focusing on all aspects of patient care relating to neurological surgery, including neurosurgical oncology (cancer), trauma, critical care and vascular neurosurgery. He is board certified by both the American Board of Neurological Surgery and the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery. He also is a member of the American Epilepsy Society and the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons. Rozzelle's special interests include complex spinal disorders, epilepsy surgery, craniofacial surgery, hydrocephalus and surgical site infection prevention. Rozzelle received his M.D. degree from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in 1995. He then completed an internship in general surgery in 1996 and residency in neurosurgery in 2001, both at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine. Rozzelle went on to complete fellowships in pediatric neurosurgery at the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Branch, in Dallas (2002) and epilepsy surgery at the University of South Florida College Of Medicine in Tampa (2004).