Associate Practitioners

At Neuroscience Group, physician-NP teams provide convenient care to patients by improving access to care, coordinating and sharing in the responsibilities of patient care, such as follow-up calls, providing reports on diagnostic findings, ordering medications and other treatments.  By working together, the team can provide care to more patients.  The combination of physician and NP skills puts more emphasis on coaching patients on prevention, wellness and how to better meet their health care needs.
 

The APs provide inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical support to neurological and neurosurgical patients and their families.  This includes listening to patient histories and conducting physical exams.  The MD-AP team works to identify, treat, and manage chronic diseases such as epilepsy and multiple sclerosis.  Both MDs and APs diagnose, plan and implement interventions and treatments.  Both MDs and APs order and interpret diagnostic tests such as MRI studies, cat scans, x-rays, blood work, and EKG's.  Both MDs and APs prescribe medications, physical therapy, massage therapy, and other rehabilitation therapy for patients with neurological diseases.  Some APs provide surgical support in the operating room and perform procedures in the clinic such as suturing and refilling pain pumps.  APs provide patient and family education to allow patients to make decisions about their own health.  APs provide emotional support, and are excellent patient advocates.  As specialists in neurological and neurosurgical care, the MD-AP teams work in collaboration with the patient’s family doctor to coordinate care.