CHI Health St. Francis Neurologist Hosts Epilepsy/Seizure Education Event

CHI Health Clinic Neurology (St. Francis) is hosting a free educational event for the community at 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10 in Meeting Room B at the Grand Island Public Library, 1124 W 2nd St. “Understanding Epilepsy and Seizures with Neurologist, Dr. Adeolu Morawo,” explores the brain disorder including prevention, management and seizure first-aid.

This presentation is free to the community. Pre-registration is not required. Masking and social-distancing is encouraged. For more information, CHI Health Neurology (St. Francis) at (308) 398-8900.

More about Neurologist Adeolu Oluwaseun Morawo, MBChB, MS:

Dr. Morawo recently joined the medical staff at St. Francis. He completed an internal medicine residency at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, a Masters in Neuroscience at Yale University, New Haven, CT, and a neurology residency at Penn State Health Medical Center, Hershey, PA. Dr. Morawo also completed a stroke fellowship at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD and a neurocritical care post-doctoral fellowship at Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT. 

More about epilepsy and seizures (www.cdc.gov): 

Epilepsy is a broad term used for a brain disorder that causes seizures. There are many different types of epilepsy. There are also many different kinds of seizures.

In 2015, 1.2% of the total US population had active epilepsy. This is about 3.4 million people with epilepsy nationwide: 3 million adults and 470,000 children.According to the latest estimates, about 0.6% of children aged 0-17 years have active epilepsy. Think of a school with 1,000 students—this means about 6 of them could have epilepsy.