The functional and epilepsy surgery programs are growing with a faculty of neurologists who specialize in movement disorders and epilepsy. Westchester Medical Center has both an adult and pediatric epilepsy monitoring unit. The department’s interests include deep brain stimulation for parkinsonism, spinal cord stimulation for pain, and vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy and depression.
The Department has had a long interest in the diagnosis and management of facial pain syndromes, especially trigeminal neuralgia. All procedures are offered for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, including peripheral procedures, microvascular decompression, and radiosurgery.