Neurology Treatments

Our team of neurologists are highly trained specialists that provide advanced neurological care in a collaborative, compassionate environment at the Neuroscience Institute. 

We offer the latest approaches, technology and therapies to diagnose and treat neurological and neuromuscular conditions. We are committed to finding answers and developing care plans that help you live life as fully as possible. Working as a team, and often collaborating with experts in other medical disciplines, we address a wide range of neurological conditions and illnesses, including:

• Alzheimer's disease
• Aphasia 
• Cognitive impairment 
• Dementia
• Epilepsy
• Gait disorders
• Headaches
• Multiple sclerosis (MS) 
• Myopathies
• Myositis
• Myasthenia gravis
• Neuropathy
• Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders 
• Stroke recovery
• Traumatic brain injury
• Tremors
• Trigeminal neuralgia

Advanced Treatment Services

Our team of neurologists diagnose, treat and manage disorders of the brain and nervous system. Our comprehensive array of neurology services are tailored to your unique needs. Some of the advanced tools we use to assure an accurate diagnosis and the most appropriate care available include:

• BOTOX® for chronic headaches: FDA-approved injections to help prevent headaches and migraines before they begin
• Deep brain stimulation (DBS): This innovative procedure involves the surgical implantation of electrodes into specific areas of the brain that produce electrical impulses to help control abnormal physical body movements. This procedure is performed in Philadelphia but the management of the device can be performed by a local neurologist. 
• Electromyogram (EMG) and Nerve conduction studies (NCS): Diagnostic tests that measure the electrical activity of muscles and the speed and efficiency at which nerves send electrical signals.
• Enteric levodopa pump therapy: A gel infusion of carbidopa/levodopa is delivered consistently through a small tube that is placed into the intestine. This provides a smooth absorption of the medicine and can cut down on motor fluctuations and dyskinesia.
• MR-guided focused ultrasound: This is a non-invasive FDA-approved procedure for unilateral control in tremor-predominant Parkinson’s disease and for staged lesions to achieve bilateral control in essential tremor. Focused ultrasound uses beams of acoustic energy to ablate a small, targeted area of tissue in the brain. This procedure requires no anesthesia or incision. Patients typically go home the same day of the procedure. Consultations for this procedure, which is available at few health systems in the region, are offered in Lancaster and the procedure is performed at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia.
• Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS): A treatment that delivers electrical impulses to the brain by way of the vagus nerve to treat seizure disorders like epilepsy.