This course will provide an overview of the rapidly developing and changing field of neurostimulation for the treatment of epilepsy. It is expected that many in the audience will not be doing the hands-on programming of these devices, so the course will focus on patient selection (which patients are candidates for neurostimulation therapy, and which device should be selected for which patient). We will cover the scientific data that led to the approval of VNS, RNS and DBS therapy for the treatment of epilepsy and the long-term data for their safety and efficacy. Practical consideration will be addressed (e.g. "can I get an MRI with one of these devices?") and we will consider future developments in the field.
