September 4, 2024 / Matthew Summerfield
This month we welcome Matthew Summerfield to the podcast. Matthew has lived with epilepsy since his first seizure at the age of eleven. Though he was advised early on not to tell anyone about his epilepsy, Matthew has refused to be held back by seizures, studying neurosceience as a college undergraduate, and now pursuing a PhD while working in an epilepsy research lab at the University of Iowa.
August 7, 2024 / Dr. Elisa Zanier
This month on Seizing Life® we speak with Dr. Elisa Zanier of the Mario Negri Institute in Milan, Italy about the current state of research into Post-Traumatic Epilepsy (PTE) in the wake of a recent International Conference on PTE co-hosted by CURE Epilepsy.
July 3, 2024 / Nora Wong
After losing her son to a rare form of epilepsy called NORSE, or New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus, Nora Wong set out to get answers from doctors and researchers. When she found little information and more questions, she founded the NORSE Institute to raise awareness and fund research into this sudden and devastating form of epilepsy.
June 5, 2024 / Jon Tuteur
This month on Seizing Life® Jon Tuteur shares his journey with adult-onset epilepsy. From his first seizure at age thirty, through his epilepsy diagnosis, treatment, and eventual brain surgery, Jon discuses the physical and emotional impacts of seizures, medications, diagnostic tests, and medical procedures in pursuit of controlling his epilepsy. He also tells us about his forthcoming book Seizing Today: Discovering Purpose and Authenticity in a Life Changing Diagnosis
May 1, 2024 / Dr. Rebecca O'Dwyer
This week on Seizing Life® Dr. Laura O’Dwyer joins us to talk about the fastest growing segment of people living with epilepsy in the United States – older adults. Dr. O’Dwyer explains why adults are more likely to develop epilepsy later in life, outlines the challenges of recognizing, diagnosing, and treating epilepsy in older adults, and provides valuable information for older adults living with epilepsy and their caregivers.
April 3, 2024 / Laura Beretsky
This month on Seizing Life® author Laura Beretsky shares her decades-long journey with epilepsy, from diagnosis at age 6, through college, parenting, fighting discrimination in the workplace, and ultimately seizing control of her epilepsy via life-changing surgery.
March 6, 2024 / Jamilah Doyle
This month on Seizing Life® a nurse and mother shares her young son’s journey from the onset of focal seizures to a devastating diagnosis of Rasmussen’s Encephalitis to a life-changing brain surgery.
February 7, 2024 / Dr. Daniel Goldenholz
This month on Seizing Life® we explore artificial intelligence as it relates to epilepsy care, how it’s impacting epilepsy diagnosis and treatment today, and what it promises for the future.
February 3, 2021 / Christin Godale, Patty and Patrick Horan, Dr. Andres Kanner, Dr. Gemma Carvill
This week on Seizing Life we revisit just a few of the incredible guests and conversations from 2020. In a challenging year, we, like so many across the country, had to adjust to working remotely. And although we had to sit in the kitchen alone, we were fortunate to be joined by many inspiring and insightful guests from across the country.
