As a level 4 epilepsy center, Rush University Medical Center meets the highest standards for seizure diagnosis and care. Rush clinicians treat patients with seizures and those who have drug-resistant epilepsy through optimized medical management, surgical evaluation, neuromodulation devices and innovative dietary treatments. Rush also offers specialized programs for women with epilepsy and operates Illinois' only Spanish-speaking epilepsy clinic to address health care disparities in the community. 

Antoaneta Balabanov, MD, is a neurologist and chief of the Division of Epilepsy at Rush. In addition to providing medical, surgical and brain stimulation treatments for patients with epilepsy, Dr. Balabanov is involved in research clinical trials in these areas. She has special interest in alternative treatments of epilepsy, especially dietary treatments.