Stephan U. Schuele, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Neurology;
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Office Location:
675 N. St. Clair, Galter 20-100
Chicago, Il 60611
(312) 695-7950

Background

Fellowship

Cleveland Clinic Hospital 2003-2005

Residency

Cleveland Clinic Hospital 2000-2003

Internship

Cleveland Clinic Hospital 1999-2000

Medical Degree

Witten/Herdecke University (Germany) 1996
Clinical
Interests		 Diagnostic Video-EEG, Pre-Surgical Evaluation of patients with intractable epilepsy, Medical Treatment of Epilepsy, Surgical treatment of Epilepsy (Resective surgery, Vagal nerve stimulator), Noninvasive mapping of brain function in epilepsy, Prevention of long-term adverse effects of antiepileptic therapy, Treatment of epilepsy in special populations (elderly, women with epilepsy)
Research Interests Functional localization of language and memory, prevention of Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), medication trials, brain stimulation and Epilepsy. Brain plasticity in musician’s dystonia.
Biography

Dr. Schuele graduated from Witten/Herdecke University in Germany and completed his neurological residency and his two-year fellowship training in Clinical Epilepsy/Neurophysiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio. Subsequently, he worked at the Cleveland Clinic as a neurologist and commuted to Grand Rapids, MI, where he helped to set up the first Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in Western Michigan.

Dr. Schuele is Assistant Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Schuele’s practice focuses on the medical and surgical treatment of epilepsy. He has a joint appointment at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago where he sees instrumental musicians with medical problems related to playing their instruments. Dr. Schuele is Board-Certified in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology.
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