The Portland VAMC ECoE provides comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services for veterans with seizure disorders. Treatment options include antiepileptic drugs, epilepsy surgery, and neuro- stimulation.
The NW ECoE services extends to veterans in Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.

Our facility includes a three-bed monitoring unit located on the Inpatient Neurology Service. State of the art long-term video EEG equipment is used for continuous EEG recording.

Our facility services includes:

• Routine Inpatient/Outpatient EEG
• Ambulatory EEG
• Prolonged EEG and Video Monitoring
• Foramen Ovale Electrodes Placed Under Fluoroscopy
• Cortical Strips and Grids
• Depth Electrodes
• MRI
• PET scan
• Ictal SPECT
• Neuropsychological Testing
• Speech and Language Evaluation
• Assessment for (Re)Placement of Vagal Nerve Stimulator
• Surgical Resection (Epilepsy Surgery)
• Extraoperative/Intraoperative Electrocorticography