If You Live Here, You May Have Less Access to Neurological Care
Posted by Deborah Overman | Dec 24, 2020 | Neurological | |
While the prevalence of neurologic conditions like dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) is consistent across the US, the distribution of neurologists is not, and people in more rural areas may be less likely to receive specialty care for certain neurologic conditions, according to a study in
“Neurologists in the United States are not evenly spread out, which affects whether patients can see a neurologist for certain conditions like dementia and stroke. Our research found that some areas of the country have up to four times as many neurologists as the lowest served areas, and these differences mean that some people do not have access to neurologists who are specially trained in treating brain diseases.”
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Dr. Okeanis Vaou, Director of Movement Disorders and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Program at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, was recently selected for the American Academy of Neurology (AAN)’s Women Leading in Neurology program.
Dr. Vaou, a resident of Needham, is one of ten women nationwide to be selected to the prestigious program.
The Women Leading in Neurology program is a leadership program designed to help female participants tackle gender disparities head-on, create a peer network with other female AAN members, and advance to the top levels of leadership within their fields and the Academy.
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MINNEAPOLIS - A new study has found that while the prevalence of neurologic conditions like dementia, stroke, Parkinson s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) is consistent across the U.S., the distribution of neurologists is not, and people in more rural areas may be less likely to receive specialty care for certain neurologic conditions. The study, funded by the American Academy of Neurology, is published in the December 23, 2020, online issue of
Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurologists in the United States are not evenly spread out, which affects whether patients can see a neurologist for certain conditions like dementia and stroke, said study author Brian C. Callaghan, MD, MS, of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. Our research found that some areas of the country have up to four times as many neurologists as the lowest served areas, and these differences mean that so
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