Can someone with epilepsy become a doctor?

I can only speak to the US system, but as long as you can complete the requirements of medical school and residency, there's no reason epilepsy should bar you from being a doctor. That being said, if your seizures are not well-controlled, it may inform your choice of specialty. read more

The difference is that if you become a doctor or a bus driver there are certain authorities that must licence you for you to work legally and their main job is to decide whether you are safe to work. With epilepsy you must notify the driving authorities or your licence and insurance becomes invalid, the same principle applies to medicine. read more

Epilepsy was, and remains, a frightening and mysterious malady. For the last 20 years, Dr. Brien J. Smith has tried to change how doctors and patients view epilepsy. Earlier this year, Dr. Smith, chief of neurology at Spectrum Health in Michigan, became chairman of the Epilepsy Foundation. read more

Epilepsy does not bar you from applying or being accepted to medical school and eventually becoming a doctor. The cases where students with epilepsy have been denied licence have derived from students' unprofessional behavior: failure to notify the school, employer and the licencing authority of the epilepsy and thus putting patient's at risk. read more