A Letter from our Founder

Welcome. Thank you for being part of faces!

faces is a family, a community working together to make a difference in the lives of those touched by epilepsy. Among the 3 million Americans with epilepsy, nearly 1 million have uncontrolled seizures and 2 million suffer from their medication's side effects. Too many lives are limited and injured by epilepsy and its treatment. We are committed to honor our twofold mission: to help one person at a time, but also to focus our efforts on research that could impact numerous lives.

faces has grown beyond anyone’s dream. To all of you who support faces, thank you for helping us in our efforts to find new therapies and help reduce the burden of epilepsy.

-Orrin Devinsky, MD

A Word from Lisa K. Millman, Executive Director 

Greetings from faces.  We have experienced a number of changes over the past year—we have a new home, a new website and new members of the team.  What remains the same is our commitment and dedication to our community and to funding innovative and cutting edge research that will someday lead to a cure. 

You may already have seen the April 20th issue of Newsweek with its cover story: “The Mystery of Epilepsy: Why We Must Find A Cure.” If not, please know that our own Dr. Devinsky is featured in this very timely issue, which speaks of how epilepsy in America is widely misunderstood and how research has been grossly underfunded for far too long. The article makes note of the incredible team at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center with attention paid to faces for its work in promoting research and supporting new treatments. It is an incredible first step but we all know we must do more to advance our mission.

The faces team plans to use the summer to prepare for the upcoming year. We are already working closely with our Parents Network and have scheduled Game Day and our Annual Conference. We also look forward to trips to minor league baseball games and even kick off the first ever faces Lemonade challenge.

There are many ways to get involved and we welcome your ideas and support.  When you visit the Center, please stop by the faces office and say hello!