 Our women's epilepsy program at University of Maryland provides specialized treatment for women and particularly at certain times during their lifespan. Women with epilepsy have special needs. We know that hormonal changes during the lifespan or during pregnancy or during menopause require specialized treatment that men with epilepsy may not encounter. So for example, if a woman is planning pregnancy, she may want to talk with us about what her concerns or goals are during her pregnancy, but also we provide this comprehensive assessment. We start actually with finding out whether she has epilepsy and what kinds of seizures she has and then our center focuses on determining what medications are safest for her and for the fetus during the the period of pregnancy. Ideally we like to start as early as possible in really discussing everything from options of contraception to pregnancy planning. That always gives us more opportunity to speak and answer questions that a person with epilepsy may have, but if a woman comes to us during the pregnancy, having found out that she is pregnant, we expedite her care. We coordinate care with other physicians, the OBGYN, the obstetrician gynecologist, potentially with a primary care provider like family medicine, and while the care may not be unique to those provided in other epilepsy centers, the coordination of care, the expedited evaluation and the focus I think are unique at Maryland.