Neurology in Florida

Services

Neurologists at Mayo Clinic in Florida provide advanced diagnostic and treatment services in all aspects of neurologic medicine. They work closely with Mayo neurosurgeons in many areas, including epilepsy and movement disorders, to determine whether patients are candidates for surgery to manage their disease. The department's Epilepsy Program offers an inpatient unit with 24-hour intensive neurodiagnostic monitoring for patients with seizure disorders.

Mayo's state-designated Memory Disorder Clinic offers a comprehensive program for evaluating memory disorders.

The department provides consultations and specialized services in:

• Alzheimer's disease
• Autonomic disorders
• Behavioral neurology
• Botulinum toxin injection (BOTOX)
• Cavernous malformations
• Cerebrovascular disease
• Clinical neurology
• Devic's disease
• Epilepsy — medical and surgical treatment, including an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
• Migraine and cluster headaches
• Movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease, tremor dystonia, pallidotomy for severe Parkinson's and deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's and tremor. The Movement Disorders Program is internationally recognized in the surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. Neurologists who have been fellowship-trained in movement disorders work with neurosurgeons experienced in stereotactic surgery and with specially trained nursing and paramedical staff to provide comprehensive evaluations and the latest medical and surgical treatments. Access to new therapies is available through clinical research trials.
• Multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory and demyelinating central nervous system disorders
• Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic
• Neurodiagnostic studies — electromyography and nerve conduction studies, including single-fiber EMG; electroencephalography; evoked potential studies.
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Neuro-oncology (tumors of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves)
• Neuropathic pain syndromes
• Neuro-ophthalmology
• Spinal arteriovenous malformations
• Tourette syndrome