Neurology

Medical residents become adept at performing detailed neurologic histories and physical examinations while learning the indications for neuroimaging studies and techniques for lumbar puncture and spinal fluid analysis during a four-week block elective.

The faculty conducts daily teaching rounds, a weekly ambulatory neurology session, and presents patient-oriented conferences three times a week on current clinical neurologic problems. Also, didactic lectures on various topics in clinical neurology are conducted and quarterly Grand Rounds in neurology are presented by guest lecturers.

The service performs electromyography, electroencephalography and evoked potential studies. Residents learn the indications and interpretations of these studies, as well as CT, MRI, and PET Scanning. scans.

The hospital’s Parkinson’s Disease, Epilepsy and Multiple Sclerosis Centers maintain staff involvement on the cutting-edge of research and clinical developments. The neurology teaching staff spends four to five hours each day reviewing clinical problems with the residents and assigned medical students on the medical floors, neurosciences unit, and Ambulatory Care Center. A four-bed monitored Epilepsy Unit and new Stroke Unit offer high quality patient care and an excellent learning opportunity. SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn medical students and neurology residents are an integral part of the patient care, research and educational program.

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