Epilepsy Fellowship

Our Epilepsy Center

Faculty and Fellows

Fellowship overview

The Epilepsy Fellowship at Children's Mercy Kansas City aims to provide the fellow with the educational, clinical and research experience he/she needs to deliver the highest quality of care to epilepsy patients.

Children's Mercy features a Level 4 comprehensive epilepsy center serving the Midwest area. It is a tertiary referral center for management of intractable epilepsy and surgical evaluation.

Ahmed Abdelmoity, MD is the Director of the Neurology and Epilepsy Divisions. Mohammed Ilyas, MD and Kailash Pawar, MD are the Epilepsy Fellowship Program Directors. Some of the highlights of the Epilepsy Program are:

8 Board-certified pediatric epileptologists, 5 partnered adult epileptologists at KUMC, 3 pediatric neurosurgery faculty and two epilepsy neuropsychologists
8-room Epilepsy Monitoring Unit in Kansas with over 1,000 studies yearly
4-room Epilepsy Monitoring Unit in Missouri with over 500 studies yearly (starting in 2022)
Over 3,000 routine EEGs yearly
One of the largest ketogenic diet programs with more than 250 children actively taking the diet
One of the largest neuromodulation programs with over 70-80 implantations yearly
Large epilepsy surgery program with a wide variety of surgery types, from lesional, non-lesional, one stage, two stages, stereotactic EEG, hemispherotomy, etc., with over 30 cases yearly.
LASER ablation program
Epilepsy clinic with over 5000 patients yearly
Intraoperative monitoring program with over 25 monitored cases per month

Your clinical experience

The Epilepsy Fellowship at Children's Mercy is an ACGME-accredited one-year exclusive epilepsy program that focuses on developing the skills of interpreting electroencephalogram (EEG), and evaluation/treatment of epilepsy across the pediatric spectrum including children requiring epilepsy surgery, VNS implantation, and ketogenic diet therapy.

More about your clinical experience and rotations

Salaries and benefits

2024-25 salaries

PGY 4: $78,540.80
PGY 5: $79,539.20
PGY 6: $81,203.20
PGY 7: $84,468.80
PGY 8: $86,590.40

Benefits for fellows

$1,500 Educational stipend per academic year for books, travel and other educational materials
$2,250 Professional stipend for academic year to present scholarly activity
Health and dental insurance for trainee and dependents with no premiums
$800 a year Lifestyle Spending Account
Hospital-issued Laptop/iPad
Free parking
Moving allowance
20 days of vacation
Paid sick time
Paid board exam
Access to clinical and research librarians, statisticians, scientific writers and learning specialists
Tuition allowance of $5,250 per year
On-site fitness center and wellness center

Academic curriculum

Fellows in the Epilepsy Fellowship program have the opportunity to learn about a wide variety of patients and conditions through lectures, presentations and rounds.

View a sample of the academic schedule

Apply for the program

The Epilepsy Fellowship program currently accepts two fellows every year. Applicants preferably will have completed a child neurology residency program prior to starting the fellowship.

The Epilepsy Fellowship participates in the National Resident Matching Program. Prospective candidates should apply through the Electronic Residency Application Services. Specific application requirements and materials are available through the ERAS system.

How to apply