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- Like many rare conditions, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome can be a complete mystery when you first hear about it. Explore this section to get a thorough understanding of LGS—including its causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
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Home / Team / Elaine Wirrell, MD

Elaine Wirrell, MD

Chair, Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Dr. Wirrell is the Director of Pediatric Epilepsy at Mayo Clinic. She focuses on early-onset epilepsies and epileptic encephalopathies, such as LGS.

Her clinical focus also includes ketogenic diet therapy and surgical therapy for epilepsy.

Dr. Wirrell’s research activities include early diagnosis and treatment, prediction of medical intractability, and understanding common comorbidities of epilepsy.

She is co-founder of the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium, a multicenter U.S. group of clinicians that focuses on epilepsy in children.

Dr. Wirrell is passionate about mentoring young residents and fellows. She is the director of the Child and Adolescent Neurology Residency Training Program at Mayo Clinic.

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