Hospitals & Clinics
In-patient neurologic care is delivered primarily at the University Hospital, a 400 bed tertiary and primary care center located on the east edge of Salt Lake City, and is the only academic medical center in the intermountain west. Its unique location gathers referrals from the entire state of Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, western Colorado, northern Nevada and Arizona, and eastern Oregon. The neurology in-patient unit consists of two adjoining patient areas: a 26 bed neurology/neurosurgery ward containing facilities for extended video-electroencephalographic monitoring of patients with seizures, as well as a 12-bed neurology-neurosurgery intensive care unit (NICU).
Outpatient clinics: In 2004, our Department moved into a newly renovated 12,000 square foot clinic located at the Center for Advanced Medical Technology building in Research Park, located just 5 minutes from the hospital campus and linked via shuttle. This clinic, which houses our EMG, neuromuscular suites, and an autonomic testing laboratory, contains 17 spacious clinic rooms, one procedure room, two nursing stations, and a MEG scanner. Within this building are several MRI and CT scanners, facilitating evaluations of neurological patients.
Epilepsy Clinic: Seizure disorders are common clinical problems and the clinic includes both pharmacological and surgical regimens. The epilepsy clinic participates in clinical trials of new antiepileptic drugs and has, with the Department of NeuroSurgery, an epilepsy surgery protocol.
Movement Disorders Clinic: In this clinic, the resident gains experience in the medical treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and other movement disorders. The resident also participates in the evaluation of Parkinsonian patients for surgical intervention. The movement disorders clinic also participates in formal drug trials and works with the Department of NeuroSurgery on surgical protocols.
NeuroMuscular Clinic: Patients with peripheral causes of numbness, weakness, and atrophy are seen in the NeuroMuscular clinic, the Motor Neuron Disease clinic, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic. The EMG laboratory is included in this area.
Headache Clinic: Headaches of various descriptions are one of the most common reasons for neurologic consultation. The headache clinic is staffed by clinicians specially trained in this area, and exposes the resident to the pharmacological and psychological treatment of chronic pain.
Multiple Sclerosis Clinic: The intermountain west has a large population of patients with multiple sclerosis, and in consequence, the University Hospital conducts a very active MS clinic. The resident learns to evaluate patients with multiple sclerosis and gain experience in the treatment of multiple sclerosis in routine care, therapy, acute exacerbations, and prophylactic therapy with newer agents, including immunomodulatory therapies with interferons and copolymer I, as well as with chemotherapy. The MS clinic also participates in national clinical trials with newer therapeutic agents.
NeuroPsychology Clinic: This clinic provides neuro-psychological testing and neuro-behavioural examination of patients with various neurological and psychiatric disorders, including dementia of the Alzheimer type, Parkinson’s Disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, and traumatic brain injury.
Sleep/Wake Center The Sleep~Wake Center includes the sleep laboratory, where polysomnography studies are performed to evaluate insomnia, narcolepsy, and sleep apnea. The clinic also cares for other disorders, such as restless legs syndrome, parasomnias, and various insomnias.
Stroke Center: Stroke is common, affecting over 700 thousand new individuals each year, resulting in approximately 4.7 million stroke survivors at any given time. This clinic helps provide continued care for those affected individuals, including risk factor management. Corroboration with interventional NeuroRadiology and NeuroSurgery allows for aggressive treatment of vascular issues necessitating therapy above and beyond medication.
HIV Clinic: HIV clinic is a cooperative effort with the Department of Infectious Diseases to provide timely care for those with neurologic complications from HIV/AIDS. This clinic presents a vast array of neurologic disease related not only to CNS opportunistic infections, but also to the effects of nucleoside analogues and other medications targeting HIV infection.
Spinal Tap Clinic: This procedural driven clinic allows physicians both within the neurology department, as well as those outside neurology, to refer patients for CSF analysis when personal clinic time may not permit. Many of the patients referred for CSF analysis are generated from Headache Clinic, which serves to provide substrate for on-going CSF research in headache medicine.
Botulinum Toxin Clinic: A clinic dedicated to patients requiring botulinum toxin injections for various disorders, including Meige syndrome, dystonias, spasmodic torticolis and its variants, vocal cord dystonias, blepharospasm, and headaches has been established. EMG guided injection is avaiable at all times.
ALS Clinic: This clinic is devoted to patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, as well as other variants of motor neuron disease. A multidisciplinary approach to patient care ensures that patient visits maximize the services of social work, psychiatry, home health, nutrition, dysphagia, and occasionally hospice.
Please visit the Stroke Center for more information regarding the center, as well as our Brain Attack program.