Neuroscience

If you or a loved one is living with a neurological disorder, you want expert care and the latest treatment options. And that’s just what you’ll find here: Advanced care for conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord and nervous system.

Advanced care with compassion

Our goal is to help you manage your condition and live your best life. With years of experience and advanced training in every field within the neuroscience, our dedicated team includes:

• Neurologists
• Neurosurgeons
• Neurointerventional radiologists
• Neuroradiologists
• Advanced practice clinicians (ARNP and PA-C) with specialty training
• Stroke coordinators, registered nurses, rehabilitative therapists and dietitians

Neuroscience expertise in the Puget Sound

We’re leaders in the neuroscience including stroke care in our area, with national certifications and board-certified specialists. Because we’re part of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, one of the largest health care providers in the country, you have access to research and innovations locally and around the United States.

Highlights of our care include:

ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)

We offer the only ALS clinic in our region, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma.

Brain cancer

We collaborate with oncology specialists in our cancer centers to coordinate care for you or your loved one.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS)

This advanced treatment relieves symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease, dystonia and essential tremor, offering new hope. In the South Sound, DBS is only available at St. Joseph Medical Center.

Diagnostic imaging

Our convenient locations make it easy to get imaging for diagnosis or treatment planning.

Epilepsy care

Neurosurgeons at St. Joseph Medical Center were the first in the state to use a newly approved vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) device called the Aspire™ to help prevent and treat seizures.

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

The Neuroscience team at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health provides diagnosis and treatment of Guillain-Barré Syndrome.

Headaches

Our neurologists treat complex headaches, including all forms of migraines.

Multiple sclerosis

Our neurologists provide a full spectrum of care from diagnosis through a variety of treatment options.

Neurosurgery

We offer advanced neurosurgical procedures for the brain, neck and spine, including the introduction of minimally invasive spine surgery. We were the first health system in the region to use Gamma Knife to treat life-threatening brain disorders.

Neurorehabilitation

We provide specialized therapy and inpatient critical care for people who’ve had a stroke, suffered a brain injury or have neuromuscular diseases.

Sleep disorders centers

In our dedicated centers, we offer diagnostic testing and care for many sleep disturbances.

Sports, Orthopedics and Spine Center

Our specialists meet our area’s growing need for total care for neck and back disorders.

Stroke

With three of our medical centers designated as Primary Stroke Centers, all of our hospitals’ Emergency stroke teams follow best practices for patients suffering from stroke, including administering tPA, the clot-busting gold-standard treatment for stroke.

Telemedicine

In addition to on-call neurologists 24/seven, our neurology experts provide tele-medical services to offer advanced consultations in our outlying hospitals.

Find a specialist

To make an appointment find a neurological specialist who’s right for you or call 1-888-825-3227.