Changing What’s Possible

Neurosciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is pleased to offer the most advanced treatment and cutting-edge therapies available for patients of all ages with diseases of the nervous system.

MUSC Neurosciences has one of the highest levels of National Institute of Health (NIH) funding of any neuroscience department in the country. It is one of the only neuroscience departments that places researchers and clinicians at each other’s side in an effort to realize the clinical promise of cutting-edge research.

At MUSC you will find one of the nation’s largest teams of top specialists in neurology, neurosurgery, neurovascular intervention, neuroradiation, psychiatry, neurologic nursing, neurophysiology lab diagnostic testing and related fields all working together.

About Us • HospitalAdmissions: 3,488*

• OutpatientVisits: 36,446*

• SCPatientsServed: 21,971*

• REACHMUSCTelestrokeConsults: 4,000**

• REACHMUSCTelestrokeSites: 12

• ResearchFaculty: 35*Fiscal year 2013 data **2008-July, 2013

Multidisciplinary Neurosciences Programs • Brain&SpineTumorProgram

• ComprehensiveEpilepsyCenter

• ComprehensiveStroke&CerebrovascularCenter

• GammaKnifeCenter

• MovementDisordersProgram

• NeuromuscularServices

• ClinicalNeuropsychology

• NeurophysiologyLab

• SpineCenter

• SportsNeurology

Awards, Recognition and Accreditations2013–2014: Higher Performance recognition (Top 25%) for Neurology & Neurosurgery by U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals

2013: 17 Physicians included in the Best Doctors 2013 list

2013: Level 4 Epilepsy Center designation by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers

2013: Joint Commission Certification as a Primary Stroke Center

2013: American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get With the Guidelines Gold Plus award and Honor Roll for Target Stroke

2013: NSICU Silver Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Association

2012: Gamma Knife Center of Excellence status from the International Radiosurgery Association (IRSA)®

2012: Spine Surgery ranked sixth nationally for clinical outcomes by the University Hospital Consortium

2012: Neurophysiology Laboratory: The only laboratory nationwide to have been awarded accreditation in all 5 modalities

• AwardedICAVLAccreditation(IntersocietalCommissionforAccreditationofVascularTesting)

• AwardedAANEMElectrodiagnosticLaboratoryAccreditation (The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine)

Changing What’s Possible in Health Care • MUSC first in South Carolina to offer S-EEG testing for

identifying the epileptogenic zone (January, 2013)

• REACH MUSC Telestroke Program has increased access from 38% of SC citizens being within a 60 minute drive time to expert stroke care to 76%

MUSC Neurosciences

To learn more, visit MUSChealth.com or call 843-792-1414

ResearchResearch in the Department of Neurosciences includes basic, translational and investigator-initiated clinical studies. Broad research themes include addiction, aging (Alzheimer’s disease), cortical physiology/cognitive disorders (schizophrenia), demyelinating disorders (multiple sclerosis), movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease), neurodegeneration, retinal physiology and stroke.

Researchprogramsinclude:

• Alzheimer’sResearch&ClinicalPrograms(ARCP)

• CarrollA.Campbell,Jr.NeuropathologyLaboratory (BrainBank)

• CenteronAging

• InstituteforAppliedNeurosciences(IAN)

• MurrayCenterforResearchonParkinson’sDiseaseand RelatedDisorders

• NeurobiologyofAddictionResearchCenter(NARC)

• NeurosciencesInstitute

• TranslationalResearchUnit(TRU)

• PediatricEpilepsy&BehavioralMedicineLaboratory

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