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Neurology
The Department of Neurology's mission is to provide the highest quality care and treatment for patients with neurological disorders, while advancing new therapies and uncovering the causes and cures of neurological diseases.
Many of our physicians are national leaders in their field who provide care for patients and conduct clinical research. They are also faculty members of Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University.
The Neurology Department operates in conjunction with the Neurological Testing Center, which provides a full spectrum of neuro-diagnostic services.
The Department of Neurology provides treatment for a full range of neurological disorders, including:
- Agnosia
- Alzheimer's disease
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Aphasia
- Arterial dissection
- Ataxias
- Blepharospasms
- Brain tumors
- Carotid artery disease
- Cerebral hemorrhage
- Chorea
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
- Chronic pain
- Circadian rhythm disorders
- Critical care neurology
- Degenerating diseases of the nervous system
- Dementia
- Demyelinating diseases
- Dizziness, vertigo
- Dystonia
- Encephalitis
- Epilepsy
- Essential tremor
- Facial spasms
- Frontal lobe dementia
- General neurologic conditions
- Head injury
- Headache
- Hereditary spastic paraparesis
- Inflammatory myopathies
- Insomnia
- Learning disabilities
- Meningitis
- Movement disorders
- Multiple sclerosis
- Multiple systems atrophy (MSA)
Treatments and procedures include:
- Acute care of stroke
- Botulinum toxin
- Circadian rhythm monitoring
- Clinical trials
- Cognitive assessment
- Cognitive training
- Comprehensive therapy
- Diagnosis
- Electroencephalography
- Electromyography
- Evaluation and diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders
- Genetic testing
- Ischemic forearm exercise testing
- Lumbar punctures for diagnosis
- Medical therapy
- Multiple sleep latency studies
- Muscle testing
- Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
- Nerve conduction studies
- Neuroimaging
- Occupational therapy
- Performance and interpretation of muscle biopsies
- Performance and interpretation of nerve biopsies
- Physical therapy
- Polysomnography
- Presurgical evaluation for STN- and VIM- DBS (deep brain stimulator)
- Referral for surgery
- Second opinions
- Speech therapy
- Stroke prevention
Contact
You may view a list of our Neurologists and their contact information online. If you have further questions, please call the Physician Referral Department at (877) 926-4664.
