Kevin Farrell

FRCPC, MBChB, FRCPE

Investigator Emeritus, BC Children's Hospital

Epilepsy is the tendency to have recurrent epileptic seizures and affects approximately one in 20 children at some point during childhood. The research program in epilepsy involves several researchers and includes the investigation of new treatments of intractable epilepsy including the ketogenic diet, vagal nerve stimulation and surgery. The major areas of my research have been the clinical and EEG features of epileptic seizures and the side-effects of antiepileptic drugs in children. More recently, the problem of preserving mental development in children with epilepsy has become a focus.