The Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium (PERC) is a national collaboration of more than 90 pediatric epilepsy programs and over 400 pediatric epileptologists, pediatric neurosurgeons, pediatric neuropsychologists and psychologists, and other pediatric epilepsy researchers committed to improving pediatric epilepsy outcomes. 

Founded in 2010 and incorporated in 2023 as an independent 501(c) 3 non-profit, PERC has grown to become the leader in pediatric epilepsy research by providing a network and infrastructure to facilitate collegial, collaborative, practice-changing research.

Our vision is a world in which all children with epilepsy benefit from the most recent advances in scientific knowledge and technology, regardless of geographic or economic resources. Currently our research is distributed across four key areas:

1. Surveys

2. Literature and Scoping Reviews

3. Database building and extraction

4. Creating treatment guidelines through Delphi Consensus and other processes

We hope to identify preferred diagnostic evaluations and treatments for specific epilepsy syndromes, etiologies, and comorbidities. Within five years, we aim to be known as the “gold standard” for pediatric epilepsy care and research.