Department of Pediatric Epileptology (313989)

Dr. med.

Ingo Borggräfe

Specialized in: pediatric epileptology

Specialization

The Department of Pediatric Epileptology at the University Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University offers medical care for children suffering from all forms of epilepsy. The department has the possibility of conducting a continuous EEG monitoring. The department is headed by Dr. med. Ingo Borggräfe.

In close cooperation with the experts specializing in neurology, neuropediatrics, neurosurgery and pediatric intensive care medicine, the department provides children and adolescents with differential diagnostics to classify epileptic attacks, as well as with presurgical epilepsy diagnostics.  

The key responsibility of the medical team is to help patients and their families during various phases of the disease. A thorough explanation of the causes of epilepsy and the resulting consequences is performed at the time of diagnostics. Should there arise a necessity for drug treatment, the patient can regularly visit the doctor for epilepsy control, which includes determination of medication levels and EEG-control.

Doctors interact with the child's family, which ensures the selection of an optimal treatment strategy, the primary task of which is to eliminate epileptic seizures in the child. In case of acute clinical setting, e.g., the recurrence of seizures or an increase of seizures, the department can offer emergency medical care.