This multidisciplinary team includes experts in neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, neuroanesthesia, neuro-ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, neurogenetics, geriatrics, psychiatry, radiation oncology, and rehabilitation medicine. UPMC ranks among the top four in the United States in neurological research funding by the National Institutes of Health. The Institute's experts treat both adults and children. If a patient's condition requires admission, adults are admitted to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and children to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In an atmosphere of compassion and professionalism, The Stroke Center provides access to innovative and investigational treatments for stroke and critical neurologic conditions.
Every effort is made to keep patients and their families fully informed.
Patients benefit from the combined expertise of neurologists, neurointensivists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, and specially trained neuro nurses. It also provides help with the psychological, educational and vocational problems patients might experience. The center offers individuals whose seizures are not controlled with standard techniques the opportunity to receive new antiepileptic drugs as part of the clinical drug trials. The Neuromuscular Disorders Program offers comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services for patients with diseases affecting skeletal muscle or peripheral nerves. The department houses one of this country's oldest and most respected programs on neuromuscular disease.