Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
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| Dr. Ritaccio, Director of the Epilepsy and Human Brain Mapping Program, inside the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. |
Each year, Albany Med performs over 2,000 electroencephalograms and evaluates over 300 patients in its inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit for improved medical care or surgical care. The epicenter of Albany Med’s Human Brain and Mapping Program is the inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU). The EMU provides six fixed beds and one portable unit for continuous digital video and EEG monitoring to record, characterize and map patients’ seizures. A recent renovation has ensured the most advanced monitoring experience available today, including wireless brainwave recording. The EMU operates 24 hours a day and is staffed by dedicated epilepsy nurses and technologists. 
Albany Med’s adult comprehensive Epilepsy Program has been granted membership into the prestigious National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC), becoming one of just six such programs in the state to be recognized. The program also received a Level 4 designation by the NAEC, the highest it offers, and shared by the best academic centers in the country. A Level 4 rating from the NAEC indicates a center offers the most advanced medical and surgical diagnostic and treatment options for epilepsy.
