Neurologists

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Code: 29-1069.04

Description : Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and disorders of the nervous system.

JobTitles : Adult Neurologist; Adult and Pediatric Neurologist; Attending Physician; Director of Adult Epilepsy; Director, Inpatient Headache Program; General Neurologist; Medical Director of MS Treatment and Research Center; Neurologist; Neurologist and Director of Medical Research; Pediatric Neurologist

Tasks:
  • Interview patients to obtain information such as complaints, symptoms, medical histories, and family histories.
  • Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status.
  • Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests such as lumbar punctures, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests.
  • Order or interpret results of laboratory analyses of patients' blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
  • Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results.
  • Prescribe or administer medications, such as anti-epileptic drugs, and monitor patients for behavioral and cognitive side effects.
  • Identify and treat major neurological system diseases and disorders such as central nervous system infection, cranio spinal trauma, dementia, and stroke.
  • Develop treatment plans based on diagnoses and on evaluation of factors such as age and general health, or procedural risks and costs.
  • Inform patients or families of neurological diagnoses and prognoses, or benefits, risks and costs of various treatment plans.
  • Prepare, maintain, or review records that include patients' histories, neurological examination findings, treatment plans, or outcomes.