Welcome to the Department of Neurology
Welcome to the Department of Neurology
Letter from the Chairman
Kenneth L. Tyler, MD, welcomes you to the Department of Neurology
As Chair, it’s a pleasure for me to welcome you to the Neurology Department of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
The Department is part of the University of Colorado | Anschutz Medical Campus and is one of the largest academic medical centers between Chicago and the West Coast. The School of Medicine is among the top medical schools nationally in NIH funding and partners with numerous nationally recognized affiliated hospitals.
Our Department is composed of more than 130 primary faculty members whose clinical and research interests and activities encompass all aspects of Neurology. Faculty are integrated into functional units, including Behavioral Neurology, Cerebrovascular Diseases, Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders, Headache & Pain Medicine, Neuro-Infectious Disease, Movement Disorders, Neuroimmunology, Autoimmune Neurology & Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromuscular Disorders, Neuro-Oncology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Neuropalliative Care and General Neurology, each of which strives to provide cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients and families dealing with neurological disease. ... read more
Neurology Subspecialties
Consultative Neurology
CU Alzheimer's and Cognition Center
Epilepsy/Neuro-Diagnostics
Epilepsy/NES (Non-Epileptic Seizures)
Headache/Pain Medicine
Movement Disorders
Neuro-Behavior/Memory Disorders
Neuro-Immunology/Multiple Sclerosis
Neuro-Infectious Disease
Neuro-Muscular Medicine
Neuro-Oncology
Neuro-Ophthalmology
Neuro-Palliative Care
Neuro-Vascular/Stroke
Musical Medicine for Parkinson’s Disease
“When you’re sleeping, your frequencies of your brain are actually slowing down so that you can get peaceful. You can get rested,” said Isabelle Buard, PhD, Assistant Research Professor of Neurology. “When you do something more intense — you write, you think, you hear, you move — those are actually generic bursts of high frequency oscillations.” Drug Discovery News, Nov. 15, 2023
Targeting Chronic Inflammation in Progressive MS
MedPage Today brought together three expert leaders for a virtual roundtable discussion on the joint meeting of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis and the American Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, including Enrique Alvarez, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology. MedPage Today, Nov. 10, 2023
6 Ways to Reduce Brain Fog and Improve Mental Clarity
“Brain fog isn’t a medical diagnosis,” Danielle Wilhour, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, told Everyday Health. “Rather, it’s a casual, or lay, term used to describe an umbrella of cognitive symptoms.” Deseret News, Oct. 30, 2023
How Air Pollution May Influence Brain Health
Between 60% and 70% of the risk for dementia is not fully known, but is likely due to a combination of polygenic factors, other comorbidities, and external exposures. However, the remaining 30%-40% is made up of known and defined potentially modifiable risk, Samantha Holden, MD says. CU Anschutz Today, October 4, 2023
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Neurology Clinic - University of Colorado Hospital
Phone: 720-848-2080
Neurology Administration
E-Mail: Neurology-Administrative@ucdenver.edu