Ospedale della Donna e del Bambino AOUI di Verona
Verona, Italy 
Membership type : Full member 
Patient age range : Children 
Partner within an EpiCARE Consortium : No 
HCP Coordinator : Francesca Darra On site key treatment and care facilities
RESECTIVE SURGERY
GAMMA KNIFE
VNS IMPLANTATION and FOLLOW-UP
EDUCATIONAL THERAPY PROGRAM
On site key diagnostic facilities
FIRST SEIZURE OUTPATIENT CLINIC
CONTINUOUS VIDEO-EEG MONITORING (24H)
CONTINUOUS VIDEO-EEG MONITORING (> 24H)
METABOLIC SCREENING
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION CLINIC
HIGH RESOLUTION MRI (1.5 T)
HIGH RESOLUTION MRI (3 T)
MRI EPILEPSY PROTOCOL AVAILABLE
MR SPECTROSCOPY
PET
SPECT
GENETICS CLINICAL EXPERTISE
MICROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
SPECIALIST NEUROBIOCHEMICAL LABORATORY (mass spectroscopy; other)
SPECIFIC IMMUNE ASSAY DIAGNOSTICS
POST-SURGICAL FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM
NEUROPATHOLOGY
GENETIC COUNSELING
DIETARY TREATMENT PROGRAM
IMMUNOMODULATORY TREATMENT
Medical teams and onsite competencies
CLINICAL EPILEPTOLOGY (Children)
GAETANO CANTALUPO
ELENA FONTANA
ELENA FIORINI
TOMMASO LO BARCO
ELENA FONTANA
ELENA FIORINI
TOMMASO LO BARCO
PSYCHIATRY (children)
LEONARDO ZOCCANTE
NEUROPSHYCHOLOGIST
FRANCESCA OFFREDI
CLAUDIA ORLANDI
CLAUDIA ORLANDI
EPILEPSY NEUROSURGEON
FRANCESCO SALA
CLINICAL GENETICIST
GIULIA RODELLA
NEUROMETABOLISM
ANDREA BORDUGO
MARTA CAMILOT
MARTA CAMILOT
DIETICIAN
ALICE DIANIN
NEONATAL EPILEPSIES
PAOLO BIBAN
NEUROPATHOLOGIST
SERGIO FERRARI
SARA MARIOTTO
SARA MARIOTTO
CLINICAL EPILEPTOLOGY (Adult)
MONICA FERLISI
EPILEPSY NEURORADIOLOGIST
FRANCO ALESSANDRINI
GIACOMO TALENTI
GIACOMO TALENTI
Additional informations
Other keys diagnosic facilities:
| Simultaneous recording of EEG and Event-Related Potentials, including Somatosensory-Evoked Potentials |
| EEG and polygraphic computerized post-processing analysis (e.g. jerk-locked averaging) |
| Simultaneous videoEEG and amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) longterm monitoring in neonatal and pediatric Intensive Care Units |
| On call 24/24 hours 7/7 days child epileptologist providing clinical and EEG evaluation for any Pediatric Unit of the hospital |
| Telemedicine solution for remote review of ongoing videoEEG recordings (tele-vEEG) |
Other key treatment and care facilities:
| “Epilepsy transition clinic” : periodic joint outpatient evaluations by children and adult epileptologists |
| Continuity of care (to each patient is guaranteed to be evaluated at each inpatient/outpatient visit by the same clinical epileptologist, supported by an expert resident, through the follow-up) |
| Clinical support to the team provided by Bernardo Dalla Bernardina, scientific director of CREP (Center for Research on Epilepsies in Pediatric age) |
| Access to compassionate use of off-label and orphan drugs through rare diseases therapeutic plan |
