Neurology and Neurosurgery

What Sets Our Neurology and Neurosurgery Care Apart?

You have choices when selecting neurology and neurosurgery providers. We want to help you make your decision with confidence. We are dedicated to offering the best neurology and neurosurgery care in Kansas City and extend our services to residents of our state, region and beyond. We are here to do everything possible to help you recover from complex conditions involving the brain, spine and nervous system.

Our experts not only make a difference for individual patients and families, but also drive medical advancement in their specialized fields.

Comprehensive neurology and neurosurgery care

We are the premier academic health system in Kansas and the teaching hospital for the University of Kansas Medical Center. It is our responsibility to provide the highest level of expertise, service and technology to care for the most severely ill patients.

Our collaboration with the University of Kansas Medical Center offers special advantages. Through research and clinical trials, we provide treatments not available elsewhere in our region. Our expert physicians and nurses serve a crucial role in teaching, preparing the next generation of top-quality clinical professionals.

Our physicians, nurses and staff share a commitment to service, continuous improvement and patient care excellence. The medical center's faculty members engage in teaching and clinical research, shaping the future of medicine.

We offer a variety of appointment types. Learn more or call 913-588-1227 to schedule now.

An interdisciplinary approach

We promote an interdisciplinary care team model. Complementing our distinguished neurology and neurosurgery team, leading experts in more than 200 fields bring insights to comprehensive care plans.

This teamwork ensures you have access to exceptional care and the latest treatment options. You'll benefit from each specialist's strengths as well as their collaboration. It is a strong advantage for people with complex neurological conditions.

Under a single roof, our specialists offer some of the nation's best clinical experience. They team with colleagues across disciplines to give you the best opportunity to achieve the best outcome.

Quality neurology and neurosurgery care

We are privileged to bring the power of academic medicine to people from all parts of Kansas and Missouri, as well as patients from every U.S. state and several countries.

Subspecialty programs that have earned recognition for care and outcomes include:

ALS Treatment Center

We are a certified Treatment Center of Excellence recognized by the ALS Association.

Alzheimer's Disease Center

We offer a National Institute on Aging-funded, designated Alzheimer's Disease Center.

Level 4 Epilepsy Center

We are the only Level 4 Epilepsy Center in the state of Kansas accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers.

MS Achievement Center

The center provides therapeutic services for individuals with progressive MS.

Parkinson's Disease Center

We offer a Parkinson's Disease Center of Excellence recognized by the National Parkinson Foundation.

Stroke Center

The Joint Commission recognizes our stroke center as a Certified Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center.

Treatments, technologies and innovations

In keeping with our mission to lead the nation in caring, healing, teaching and discovering, our neurosciences team is consistently at the leading edge of new treatments and technologies that promote positive outcomes. Our neurologists and neurosurgeons explore and embrace the best tools and techniques to obtain accurate diagnoses and provide precise, personalized care.

Minimally invasive surgical procedures

Our neurosciences teams are increasingly using minimally invasive surgery. These reduce risk by:

Decreasing the potential for infection
Reducing scarring and functional concerns
Speeding recovery time

One condition that can often be resolved through minimally invasive surgery is the removal of skull base brain tumors.

Brain mapping

Our specialty-trained, board-certified neuropsychologists use brain mapping to examine cognitive and behavioral functions. This information is used to guide care teams in planning surgeries – epilepsy surgery or brain tumor removal – to control symptoms while preserving functions like speech and memory.

Deep brain stimulation

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) helps control symptoms and improve quality of life for patients with movement disorders. While movement disorder specialists have used DBS for many years, recent developments have made the treatment more precise and effective.

Clinical trials

As the region's leading academic medical center, we participate in clinical trials often not available elsewhere. Our physicians, who also serve as researchers of the University of Kansas Medical Center, provide the latest treatments to patients who may have run out of options.

OmniTom®

The mobile CT scanner is a major innovation for patient care and safety. It is the only CT scanner with wheels that move in all directions, including up and down, to allow providers to capture high-quality images without moving patients from the ICU. We are among few hospitals in the nation and the only one in the region to use this state-of-the-art technology.

iMRI

With the 2017 opening of Cambridge Tower A, we became the region's only healthcare organization to offer an intraoperative MRI (iMRI) within the surgical suite. The iMRI adjacent to the operating room allows our neurosurgeons to capture scans during surgery.

Infinity™

Infinity is an iOS-compatible device that helps with Parkinson's disease and essential tremor.

Inspire®

Our specialists are among the few in the U.S. to offer the Inspire device for sleep apnea.

Rosa®

ROSA allows for more accuracy and shorter procedure time in placing depth electrodes in neurosurgeries.

2023-24 US News and World Report - Neurology & Neurosurgery

We believe patients come first

We start by putting patients first and it shows. Our program ranked No. 25 among the nation’s best in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals 2023-24. Rankings are based on measurable achievements in quality, safety, nursing excellence and more.

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