Kenneth D. Laxer, M.D.

Medical Director
California Pacific's Epilepsy Program

Medical Training: University of California, Irvine, Pacific Medical Center, McGill University, Neurological Sciences Institute
Board Certification: Adult Neurology, Psychiatry, Neurology, Electroencephalography, Clinical Neurophysiology
Special Interests: Epilepsy Research

Dr. Laxer has been involved in epilepsy research since the early 1970’s, playing an active role in the development of neuroimaging techniques for the evaluation of epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy treatment, and vagus nerve stimulation for seizure control.

Voted one of the best epilepsy doctors in 2011, his primary areas of interest are epilepsy research and development, seeking new diagnostic and treatment options for uncontrollable seizures.

Prior to joining California Pacific he taught and practiced at the University of California, San Francisco where he was Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery and the Director of the Northern California Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, developing and directing their Epilepsy Center. He was also the Director of the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Director of the Oregon Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at Good Samaritan Hospital and Medial Center in Portland.

Sutter Pacific Epilepsy Program

California Pacific Medical Center

California Pacific Neuroscience Institute.
The Sutter Pacific Epilepsy Program in San Francisco features some of the top-rated neurology physicians and neurosurgeons in the San Francisco Bay Area, Marin county and Northern California. Providing personalized patient care using the most successful epilepsy treatment options available is what we do best.
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