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About the Epilepsy Alliance
of Orange County

Twelve years ago, Jill and Naldo Cabanillas and Mary and Craig Repp, two families of children with epilepsy, realizing the lack of services in Orange County and seeking to network with other families, decided to start a support group.  From these seeds of hope a parents' group sprouted and grew.  As this little group flourished, more and more people were helped, and the group expanded.  Three years later, the group started a campaign with local hospitals for better medical care for children with epilepsy in Orange County, resulting in two local epilepsy centers staffed by neurologists who specialize in epilepsy.

Today in our own backyard there are services and programs for children and adults with epilepsy, including support groups in two languages, epilepsy information classes, ongoing community and professional presentations, information and referral services, assistance with education planning, a teen social club, referrals to epileptologists, and individual advocacy.

Epilepsy Alliance of Orange County is a community-based organization specifically addressing the needs of children and adults with epilepsy and their families in Orange County. It was created to empower those fighting against this life-altering condition to achieve the ultimate goal of becoming seizure-free.

The Epilepsy Alliance of Orange County is a project of Community Partners, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that serves as our fiscal sponsor. To learn more go to
www.CommunityPartners.org.

Sirichai Chayasirisobhon. M.D.
Epileptologist, Kaiser Permanente

Robert M. Gray, Ph.D.
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Advanced Neurobehavioral Health of Southern California

Howard L. Kim, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology
Program Director, UC Irvine Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
UCI Medical Center

Richard Kim, M.D.
Brain & Spine Surgeons
Medical Director, The Epilepsy Center at Hoag Hospital

Richard M. Peterson, J.D., LLM
Director Pepperdine University Special Education Advocacy Clinic 
Assistant Professor of Law
Pepperdine University School of Law Special Education Advocacy Clinic

Mary Repp, MFT, Secretary
Clinical Director, LaVie Counseling Associates

Diane Stein, M.D., FAAN
Child & Adult Neurologist

Ben Spurgeon, DO
SCPMG Orange County
Director, Adult Epilepsy Program & Neurodiagnostics Lab
Department of Neurology
Anaheim Kraemer Medical Office

Barbara E. Swartz, M.D., Ph.D.
Epileptologist , Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

Anne Tournay, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, UCI Medical Center


 
 

 

 
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