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Neurosciences

Sanford's Neuroscience Center of Excellence encompasses the diagnosis and management of disease or injury involving the nervous system. Sanford Neuroscience’s is made up of a team of experts with extensive experience in caring for patients with problems involving the head, spine, cerebrovascular system and peripheral nerves.

Specialty areas include:

  • Stroke / Cerebral hemorrhages
  • Aneurysms
  • Vascular malformations
  • Brain and spinal cord tumors
  • Spinal cord injuries
  • Traumatic brain injuries
  • Spinal surgeries:
    • Llaminectomies
    • Fusions
  • Seizure disorders
  • Headache
  • Degenerative disorders:
    • Parkinson’s disease
    • ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease)
    • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Autoimmune disorders:
    • Guillian Barre
    • Multiple Sclerosis
    • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Nervous system infections:
    • Meningitis
    • Encephalitis
  • Back and neck problems

Sanford Neuroscience, a Team Approach

Sanford's Neuroscience Center of Excellence is made up of a team of healthcare professionals dedicated to the care of neuroscience patients and their families. Every neuroscience patient receives individualized care within an open team environment.

Our Neurologists and Neurosurgeons work as team leaders to provide the very latest in neurological care, working closely with other specialists so that patients have access to a broad range of expertise such as:

  • Neuroscience registered nurses
  • Case management
  • Social workers
  • Chaplains
  • Respiratory therapists
  • Physical therapists
  • Occupational therapists
  • Speech pathologists
  • Neuroradiologists
  • Neurodiagnostic technicians
  • Physiatrist (rehabilitation physician)
  • Neuropsychologists

Neuroscience Specialty Clinics

Sanford’s Neuroscience Specialty Clinics offer multidisciplinary Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and Memory Disorders Clinics allowing patients to obtain a comprehensive evaluation and a treatment plan in one visit.

  • Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Memory Disorders

» Find out more about the Neuroscience Specialty Clinics


Stroke Center Ranked Top 100

Sanford's Neuroscience Center of Excellence is the home of the region's first accredited stroke center, staffed with specially certified neuroscience nurses and a neuroscience clinical nurse specialist. The Stroke Center was ranked in the Top 100 for Orthopedic and Stroke hospitals in the United States by HICIA-Sachs Institute. The Neuroscience Specialty Clinics, unique to this area, offers a multi-disciplinary team of professionals to; assess, educate and guide patients with chronic neurological diseases.



 

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