Neurologists at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester provide a full range of consultative, therapeutic and diagnostic services to patients with neurological problems.
Services include care for:
- Autonomic disorders
- Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- Deep Brain Stimulaton
- Dementia
- Dizziness
- Headaches
- Movement disorders
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscular dystrophy/neuromuscular disorders
- Neuro-oncology
- Neuropsychological evaluation and counseling
- Parkinson's disease
- Seizure disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Stroke care and services
Other services include:
- Auditory evoked potentials - Assessment of hearing neural pathways in the brain
- Autonomic function testing - Assessment of symptoms in autonomic nervous system
- Electroencephalography - Assessment of brain wave functioning
- Electromyography - Assessment of muscle health and nerves controlling muscles
- Electronystagmography - Assessment of inner ear nerve function, dizziness and vertigo
- Intraoperative electroencephalography, electromyography and evoked potential monitoring - Conducted during surgical procedures
- Long-term assessment of epilepsy
- Polysomnography, multiple sleep latency testing - Assessment of sleep disorders
- Somatosensory evoked potentials - Assessment of the electrical signals of sensation going from the body to the brain
- Specialized clinical testing, including Tensilon and neostigmine tests, ischemic exercise testing, lumbar puncture
- Therapeutic botox administration for spasticity and dystonia (involuntary muscle contractions)
- Visual evoked potentials - Assessment of visual neural pathways in the brain