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Clinical & Research Interests

Dr. Bateman has clinical interests in neurology, epilepsy and neurophysiology. Her research interests focus on imaging in epilepsy, clinical trials of anticonvulsant medications.  Her research interests focus on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), surgical treatment of epilepsy and cognitive disturbances in patients with epilepsy.

Education

Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
M.D. 1995

McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
B.Sc. 1991

Residency

University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
1995-2000
Neurology

Fellowships

UC San Francisco
San Francisco, California
2001-2002
Neurology: Epilepsy/EEG

UC San Francisco
San Francisco, California
2000-2001
Neurology: Clinical Neurophysiology

Board Certifications

Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists Certification in Electroencephalography, 2001
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Neurology, 2000

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2010

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Neurology
American Epilepsy Society
British Columbia Medical Association
Canadian League Against Epilepsy
Canadian Medical Association
Canadian Neurological Society
Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Western Clinical Neurophysiology Society

Select Recent Publications

Seyal M, Bateman LM, Albertson TE, Lin TC, Li CS. Respiratory changes with seizures in localization-related epilepsy: Analysis of periictal hypercapnia and airflow patterns. Epilepsia 2010 Aug;51(8):1359-64.

Bateman LM, Spitz M, Seyal M. Ictal hypoventilation contributes to cardiac arrhythmia and SUDEP: Report on two deaths in video-EEG-monitored patients. Epilepsia. 2010 May;51(5):916-20

Seyal M, Bateman LM. Ictal apnea linked to contralateral spread of temporal lobe seizures: Intracranial EEG recordings in refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 50:2557-2562, 2009.

Bateman LM, Li CS, Seyal M. Ictal hypoxemia in localization-related epilepsy: analysis of incidence, severity and risk factors. Brain 131(Pt 12):3239-3245, 2008.

Bateman LM, Li CS, Lin TC, Seyal M.Serotonin reuptake inhibitors are associated with reduced severity of ictal hypoxemia in medically refractory partial epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2010 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]

Dias R, Bateman LM, Farias ST, Li CS, Lin TC, Jorgensen J, Seyal M. Depression in epilepsy is associated with lack of seizure control. Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print]

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