General Neurology

The Department of Neurology, under the leadership of David Holtzman, MD, offers a complete line of leading-edge treatments and research for adult and pediatric neurologic disorders.

Recognized for Excellence

U.S. News & World Reportranks Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s Department of Neurology nationally and the best in Missouri.

Nearly all of the 74 physicians in the department are board-certified in adult neurology, pediatric neurology, or rehabilitation.

Areas of specialty include:

• Alzheimer's disease
• Ataxia
• Brain and spinal cord lesions
• Dementia
• Dystonia
• Encephalitis and other infectious diseases of the nervous system
• Epilepsy
• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• Headaches
• Meningitis
• Movement disorders
• Multiple sclerosis
• Muscle disorders
• Myasthenia gravis
• Neuro-AIDS
• Neurofibromatosis
• Neurological trauma
• Parkinson's disease
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Sleep disorders
• Spinal cord injuries
• Stroke
• Tourette syndrome (Tourette's syndrome)
• Tremor
• Tumors
• Vascular diseases of the central nervous system

Specialized procedures offered include sleep studies, electroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG). A positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, a state-of-the art brain imaging technique invented and developed at Washington University, is located in the neurology intensive care unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The unit is one of the largest and most sophisticated in the United States.

For a referral to a Washington University neurologist or neurosurgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, call 866.879.5191.