Neurology and Neurosurgery
Patients with brain-related conditions receive superb care from teams of world-class neurologists, neurosurgeons, and neurological sub-specialists.
For requests:
1-800-777-8442
- For Neurology related requests:
- 1-319-356-2572
- For Neurosurgery related requests:
- 1-319-356-2237
Whether you need the highest level of stroke care, the latest treatments for movement disorders, advanced surgery for epilepsy, or clinical trials of promising new therapies, we offer the most innovative approaches and treatments for disorders and injuries affecting the nervous system.
Your UI Health Care neurologist offers consultation, diagnosis, treatment, and clinical trials for diseases that affect the neurological system and works closely with our neurosurgery team to find the right treatment plan for you.
Ask your physician for a referral to Iowa’s most advanced neurosurgical care teams for adults and children. We focus on innovation and the newest technology so that we can offer you the latest advances and treatments.
Our Services
Brain Cancer
There are many different types of brain cancer, and some symptoms, like headaches, are common to many of them.
Epilepsy and Seizures
UI Health Care providers specialize in treating epilepsy. Our specialists can pinpoint the cause of seizures and help control them.
Movement Disorders
UI Health Care experts treat every type of movement disorder. Clinical trials give you access to the latest therapies: deep brain stimulation, Botox, and more.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Whether you have new MS symptoms or want a second opinion about your treatment options, UI Health Care can help you get your condition under control.
Neuromuscular Disease
UI Health Care diagnoses and treats all types of neuromuscular disease, including muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, SMA, and peripheral neuropathy.
Neuropsychology
Conditions like epilepsy and TBI can affect your memory and other thinking skills. Our neuropsychologists can measure these abilities and suggest treatments.
Pituitary Gland and Skull Base Surgery
UI Health Care treats every type of skull base tumor and pituitary tumor, including acoustic neuroma, meningioma, pituitary adenoma, sinus cancer, and more.
Sleep Disorders
Our experts help you get better sleep with treatment for insomnia, sleep apnea, snoring, restless leg syndrome, and more. In-home sleep studies available.
Spine Surgery
UI Health Care neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons relieve back pain and neck pain caused by spinal stenosis, sciatica, herniated disc, and more.
Stroke
The University of Iowa Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) specializes in the treatment of patients who have suffered a stroke or have a cerebrovascular disease.
Why Choose Us
We have a superb clinical staff and a long history of leadership in studying disorders of the brain and nervous system. Patients come from around the world to be seen by our experts.
- Our stroke program again appeared in the USA Today as part of an ad campaign by The American Heart Association, earning Comprehensive Stroke Center status, the highest level of stroke care certification. Comprehensive Stroke Center status identifies hospitals that meet standards for treating the most complex stroke cases.
- We were the first hospital in Iowa to perform an auditory brain stem implant (1990-1999).
- We were the first hospital to find conclusive signs of different brain activity in introverts and extroverts (1990-1999).
- A UI team found a gene mutation associated with epilepsy.
- The Department of Neurology is one of the three oldest in the country and its residency program was one of the first to be accredited in the 1920s.
- Medical Center on the University Campus is the only hospital in the United States with a high-fidelity driving simulator for assessing the safety of drivers with health problems such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, sleep disorders, orthopaedic problems, and drug effects (2000-present).
- The Neurosurgical Anesthesia Service at UI Health Care does more than 1,700 neurosurgical anesthetics per year, at all levels of complexity.
- The UI Sleep Disorders Center was selected as a site for a drug study for people with persistent sleepiness.
- Iowa Comprehensive Epilepsy Program is recognized by the NAEC as a Level 4 epilepsy center. Level 4 epilepsy centers have the professional expertise and facilities to provide the highest level medical and surgical evaluation and treatment for patients with complex epilepsy (2014).
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