Neurology Clinical Areas and Conditions

Overview

The Department of Neurology provides treatment for a full range of neurological disorders. Our physicians are faculty members of Northwestern University Medical School who provide care for patients and conduct clinical research as well. The clinical mission of the Department is to provide the highest quality care and treatment for patients with neurological disorders, while advancing new therapies and uncovering the causes and cures of neurological diseases. Our physicians have areas of subspecialty interest in neurology and many of them are national leaders in their field. The subspecialty clinics provide care for Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, stroke, sleep disorders, neuromuscular disorders, Parkinson's and other movement disorders. The majority of these specialty clinics have multidisciplinary teams incorporating the services of psychologists, physical, occupational, and speech therapists, as well as social workers. The clinical practice operates in conjunction with the Neuro Testing Center which provides a full spectrum of neurodiagnostic services.

Phone Numbers

Practice Number: (312) 695-7950
Fax: (312) 695-5747
Neurobehavior: (312) 695-9627

 

Practice Information

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
Galter Pavilion (at Northwestern Memorial Hospital)
675 North St Clair
Suite: 20-100
Chicago, Illinois 60611

Office Hours:
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Sunday: 		  8 am - 5 pm
8 am - 5 pm
8 am - 5 pm
8 am - 5 pm
8 am - 5 pm
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Department Chair(s):  John A. Kessler, MD
Ambulatory Medical Director(s):  Jack Rozental, MD, PhD
   
Physicians in the Practice  

Senda Ajroud-Driss, MD
Mark J. Alberts, MD
Sarice L. Bassin, MD
Richard Bernstein, MD, PhD
Dane Chetkovich, MD, PhD
Bruce A. Cohen, MD
Joy A. Derwenskus, DO
Darren R. Gitelman, MD
Jay A. Gottfried, MD, PhD
Ramadevi Gourineni, MD
Sean A. Grimm, MD
Jaime Grutzendler, MD
John A. Kessler, MD
Onur Melen, MD

 
Marsel M. Mesulam, MD
Andrew M. Naidech, MD, MPH
Takashi Nishida, MD
Puneet Opal, MD, PhD
Jeffrey J. Raizer, MD
Jack M. Rozental, MD, PhD, MBA
Stephan Schuele, MD, MPH
Teepu Siddique, MD
Tanya Simuni, MD
Marc W. Slutzky, MD, PhD
Robert L. Sufit, MD
Aleksandar Videnovic, MD
Cindy Zadikoff, MD
Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD

Care Provided

Our physicians provide care for many medical conditions including (but not limited to) the following:

  • Adult Attention Deficit Disorder
  • Agnosia
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Aphasia
  • Arterial dissection
  • Ataxias
  • Blepharospasm
  • Brain tumors
  • Carotid Artery Disease
  • Cerebral hemorrhage
  • Chorea
  • Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
  • Chronic pain
  • Circadian Rhythm Disorders
  • Critical care neurology
  • Degenerative diseases of the nervous system
  • Dementia
  • Demyelinating diseases
  • Dizzyness, Vertigo
  • Dystonia
  • Encephalitis
  • Epilepsy
  • Essential Tremor
  • Facial spasms
  • Frontal Lobe Dementia
  • General neurologic conditions
  • Head injury
  • Headache
  • Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis
  • Inflammatory Myopathies
  • Insomnia
 
  • Learning disabilities
  • Meningitis
  • Movement disorders
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Multiple systems atrophy (MSA)
  • Muscular Dystrophies
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Myoclonus
  • Nervous system complications of cancer and paraneoplastic disorders
  • Neuro-ophthalmology
  • Neurologic complications of HIV infection
  • Neurologic complications of substance abuse
  • Numbness, tingling
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Peripheral Neuropathies
  • Polymyositis Dermatomyositis and other inflammatory myopathies
  • Post-stroke behavioral syndromes
  • Progressive Supranuclear palsy (PSP)
  • Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
  • Restless Leg Syndrome
  • Seizure disorders
  • Sleep apnea
  • Sleep disorders
  • Snoring and increased Upper Airway Obstruction
  • Spatial Neglect
  • Spinal muscular atrophies
  • Stroke
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • TIA
  • Tics
  • Vascular dementia

Treatments and Procedures

Our physicians offer a comprehensive array of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and consultation including:

  • Acute care of stroke
  • Botulinum toxin
  • Circadian rhythm monitoring
  • Clinical trials
  • Cognitive assessment
  • Cognitive training
  • Comprehensive Therapy
  • Diagnosis
  • Electroencephalography
  • Electromyography
  • Evaluation and diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders
  • Genetic testing
  • Ischemic forearm exercise testing
  • Lumbar punctures for diagnosis
  • Medical therapy
  • Medication
 
  • Multiple sleep latency studies
  • Muscle testing
  • Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP))
  • Nerve conduction studies
  • Neuroimaging
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Performance and interpretation of muscle biopsies
  • Performance and interpretation of nerve biopsies
  • Physical Therapy
  • Polysomnography
  • Presurgical evaluation for STN and VIM DBS
  • Referral for surgery
  • Second Opinions
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke prevention