Neurology

The Neurology Department provides a clinical and diagnostic service for assessment and management of patients with disorders of brain, spinal cord, nerve and muscle. Our inpatient service includes a dedicated four bed acute stroke unit and multidisciplinary team of nurses and allied health professionals. A full range of neurological subspecialties is represented within the department. A conjoint meeting with the Departments of Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery serves as a medium to facilitate diagnosis and management. All neurologists have affiliations with the Universities of New South Wales, Notre Dame and/or Sydney. All neurologists are involved in the training of an Australian St Vincent’s Private Hospital / Campus Advanced Neurology trainee by virtue of a Federal Government grant. Beyond clinical consultations, additional diagnostic and procedural services include:

• A comprehensive clinical neurophysiology service (through arrangement with St Vincent’s Public Hospital)
  • Nerve conduction studies and EMG
  • EEG
  • Somatosensory evoked potentials, visual evoked potentials, brainstem auditory evoked potentials and motor evoked potentials
  • Diagnostic nerve and muscle ultrasound
  • Ultrasound-guided nerve and muscle procedures (e.g. nerve blocks)
• Botulinum toxin for neurological conditions including dystonia and migraine
• Advanced therapies for Parkinson’s Disease including deep brain stimulation, apomorphine and Duodopa
• Deep brain stimulation for Dystonia and Tremor
• Muscle biopsy
• Clinical trials