Neurology Service at Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center (BVAMC)

The Neurology Service at the Birmingham VAMC sees over 4,000 patients annually in outpatient and inpatient settings.

Special Services Offered

• Muscle/Nerve Biopsy and Interpretation
• Tarsal Tunnel Studies
• Botox Injections
• EEG Monitoring

Neurological Services Offered

• Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Lab
• Women's Specialty Epilepsy Clinic for Women
• Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic

Inpatient Services

• General Neurology
• Epilepsy Monitoring
• Consultation
• Interventional Neurology (in collaboration with Dr. Aqel in Cardiology)
• Intraoperative Monitoring

Outpatient Clinics

• General Neurology (Thursday afternoon and Friday morning - attendings rotate)
• Urgent Care (Monday & Wednesday afternoons)
• Botox Clinic (4th Friday of the month at UAB)
• Post-stroke Followup Care (starting in July 2006)

• Neurology Subspecialty Clinics (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
  1. Memory Disorders
  2. Movement Disorders
  3. Epilepsy
  4. MS/Neuroimmunology

Outpatient Diagnostic Services

• Electromyography
• Electroencephalography
• Evoked Potentials