Ospedale della Donna e del Bambino AOUI di Verona

Verona, Italy

https://www.aovr.veneto.it/dipartimenti-sanitari/-/departments/neuropsichiatria-infantile/informazioni-generali%20

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

PSYCHIATRY (children)

LEONARDO ZOCCANTE

NEUROPSHYCHOLOGIST

FRANCESCA OFFREDI
CLAUDIA ORLANDI

EPILEPSY NEUROSURGEON

FRANCESCO SALA

CLINICAL GENETICIST

GIULIA RODELLA

NEUROMETABOLISM

ANDREA BORDUGO
MARTA CAMILOT

DIETICIAN

ALICE DIANIN

NEONATAL EPILEPSIES

PAOLO BIBAN

NEUROPATHOLOGIST

SERGIO FERRARI
SARA MARIOTTO

CLINICAL EPILEPTOLOGY (Adult)

MONICA FERLISI

EPILEPSY NEURORADIOLOGIST

FRANCO ALESSANDRINI
GIACOMO TALENTI

Affiliated institution

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