University Hospital Leuven
Leuven, Belgium 
Membership type : Full member 
Patient age range : Children and Adults 
Partner within an EpiCARE Consortium : Yes 
HCP Coordinator : Lieven LAGAE On site key treatment and care facilities
GENETIC COUNSELING
DIETARY TREATMENT PROGRAM
IMMUNOMODULATORY TREATMENT
RESECTIVE SURGERY
CORPUS CALLOSOTOMY
HEMISPHEROTOMY
THERMOCOAGULATION
LASER SURGERY
GAMMA KNIFE
EDUCATIONAL THERAPY PROGRAM
On site key diagnostic facilities
FIRST SEIZURE OUTPATIENT CLINIC
CONTINUOUS VIDEO-EEG MONITORING (> 24H)
METABOLIC SCREENING
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION CLINIC
HIGH RESOLUTION MRI (1.5 T)
HIGH RESOLUTION MRI (3 T)
MR SPECTROSCOPY
FUNCTIONAL MRI
PET
ICTAL SPECT
MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY
GENETIC SCREENING
GENETICS: GENE PANEL EPILEPSY
GENETICS: GENE PANEL LEARNING DIFFICULTIES
SPECIALIST NEUROBIOCHEMICAL LABORATORY (mass spectroscopy; other)
SPECIFIC IMMUNE ASSAY DIAGNOSTICS
CSF NEUROTRANSMITTERS
INVASIVE RECORDINGS (STEREO-EEG)
INVASIVE RECORDINGS (SUBDURAL GRIDS)
ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY
NEUROPATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Contact person for adults Referral
Prof Wim VAN PAESSCHEN
Wim.vanpaesschen@uzleuven.be
0032 16 344800
Dutch, French, English
Wim.vanpaesschen@uzleuven.be
0032 16 344800
Dutch, French, English
Contact person for children Referral
Prof Lieven LAGAE
Lieven.lagae@uzleuven.be
0032 16343845
Dutch, French, English
Lieven.lagae@uzleuven.be
0032 16343845
Dutch, French, English
Medical teams and onsite competencies
CLINICAL EPILEPTOLOGY (Adult)
Wim VAN PAESSCHEN
CLINICAL EPILEPTOLOGY (Children)
Lieven LAGAE
NEUROPHYSIOLOGY (Video-EEG)
Evy CLEEREN
EPILEPSY NEURORADIOLOGIST
Katrien JANSEN
EPILEPSY NEUROSURGEON
Tom THEYS
INVASIVE RECORDINGS PLANNING (SEEG)
Tom THEYS
PET REPORTING (EPILEPSY SPECIALIST)
Koen VAN LAERE
DIETICIAN
Kristel VANDEKERCHOVE
EPILEPSY NURSES
Nele AERTS
CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Eva GIELIS
Victoria BROUX
Annemie DEVROYE
Victoria BROUX
Annemie DEVROYE
