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Published on: 8/1/2008
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After various tests and unsuccessful treatment David's mother, Nikki, left, took him to see Dr. Bassam Assaf, right, at Trinity Medical Center.
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Dr. Assaf is the Medical Director of the Trinity Comprehensive Epilepsy Center where David finally received effective treatment.
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Dr. Assaf is director of a new epilepsy monitoring unit that opened in January at the Trinity West Campus in Rock Island, Ill.
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"Dr. Assaf was able to tell us, 'These are where the seizures are coming from in your brain, and this is what we're going to do to make them better,'" Villa says.
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Epilepsy affects more than 2 million people in the United States, and its unpredictable nature "compromises patients' ability to work or to pursue activities of daily living," Dr. Assaf says.
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