Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Children's Hospital are part of BJC Health System , a large regional health care system in Missouri and southern Illinois. The Department also covers 53 adult rehabilitation beds, as well as 10 subacute rehabilitation beds, on the North Campus of Barnes-Jewish Hospital. In addition, faculty in the Department are extensively involved in research activities. These include testing new treatments in clinical trials, as well as basic research utilizing systems, cellular, and molecular neuroscience approaches. Departmental laboratories occupy approximately 32,000 net square feet.
All faculty participate in teaching medical students, resident physicians, or research fellows.
There are currently 138 faculty members in the Department of Neurology. Most primary faculty, including physicians, lead substantial clinical or bench research programs. Support is provided by more than 170 staff employees, directed by Robert Schaefer, the Department's administrative manager. To integrate clinical, research, and teaching activities within specific key areas, the Department has created a set of nine academic Sections. Consistent with the spirit of collaboration that pervades WUSM, many Neurology faculty belong to more than one Section, and Sections often include faculty based in other departments.