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
