From the Chair
Welcome 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 150 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.
Our faculty have clinical activities at four affiliated teaching hospitals (Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver Health Medical Center, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, and the University of Colorado Hospital), each of which brings unique clinical, educational, and research strengths to our program. Clinical, research and educational programs are closely linked to the Division of Pediatric Neurology of the Department of Pediatrics.
The educational mission of the Department includes primary responsibility for the training of medical students in required neurology clerkships, an ACGME accredited Neurology Residency Training Program (36 positions), Clinical Fellowships (Behavioral Neurology, Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology, Epilepsy, Headache Medicine, Movement Disorders, Neurohospitalist Medicine, Neuroimmunology/MS, Neuroinfectious Disease, Neurointensive Care, Neuromuscular Medicine, Neuro-Oncology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Neuropalliative Care, Vascular Neurology), and both clinical and laboratory based fellowships in neurology research. The clinical enterprise includes busy outpatient, inpatient and consultation services, as exemplified by nearly 50,000 outpatient visits and 3,000 annual admissions at University of Colorado Hospital.
The Department has a strong clinical and basic science research component, consistently ranking in the top departments nationally in NIH research support. We encourage inquiries regarding any aspect of our tripartite mission of Patient Care, Research and Teaching.
Kenneth L. Tyler, M.D.
Louise Baum Endowed Chair in Neurology
Department of Neurology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Kenneth L. Tyler, M.D.
Louise Baum Endowed Chair in Neurology
Reuler-Lewin Family Professor
(2001-2017)
Department of Neurology
University of Colorado School of Medicine