Neurologist & Epileptologist • Cape Neurology Specialists
Dr. Mark Farrenburg is the area’s only board-certified epileptologist
Complex neurology and epilepsy care, close to home in Southeast Missouri
Subspecialty Trained
Epilepsy (Epileptology)
Board Certified
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
NAEC Level 3
Accredited Epilepsy Center
Only Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Between St. Louis & Memphis
“Cape has everything for neurology and epilepsy that you’d expect in larger metropolitan areas.”
Education and Training
- Medical School - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
- Internship - University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
- Residency - University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
- Fellowship - University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Practice and Specialty
Dr. Farrenburg treats the full range of neurological conditions – from headaches and memory concerns to some of the region’s most complex epilepsy cases.
- General Neurology
- Headache & Migraine Care
- Memory & Cognitive Concerns
- Epilepsy & Seizure Care
- EEG Monitoring & Diagnostics
- Neuromodulation (RNS, DBS, VNS)

Program Recognition
April 2024 — NAEC Level 3 Epilepsy Center Accreditation
The highest level for centers that don’t perform epilepsy surgery directly. Saint Francis is the only accredited, specialized epilepsy center between St. Louis and Memphis.
Research
Dr. Farrenburg is a co-author of Seizure and Epilepsy Care: The Pocket Epileptologist (Cambridge Manuals in Neurology) and has published first-author research on seizure-related cardiac risk and movement disorders. He is also an adjunct faculty in the Department of Neurology at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
