Department News
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When Stroke Strikes – Conference
Join experts from the UNC Comprehensive Stroke Center on September 7 for a new educational program for nurses and other healthcare providers who want to learn the latest advances in caring for stroke patients.
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Neurology News – August 2018
What’s new in the Department of Neurology
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UNC Neurology named a LBDA Research Center of Excellence
The Lewy Body Dementia Association, the leading advocacy group dedicated to raising awareness and advancing research about Lewy body dementia, named the UNC Memory and Cognitive Disorders program as a Research Center of Excellence.
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UNC Movement Disorders Center named as a CurePSP Center of Care
CurePSP created this new network to help patients with atypical Parkinsonism disorders to locate the best possible care and other resources.
Department Events
Video: Implant offers options, normalcy for epilepsy patients
There are many people who deal with the minute-by-minute fear that they will lose control and experience an epileptic seizure, as between 2 and 3 million people in the United States have Epilepsy. Medication works for most people, while brain surgery is the answer for others, but a special brain implant may help those who have run out of options.
Each year, U.S. News & World Report recognizes the very best clinical specialty departments in America. This year, the publication recognized the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery as high performing nationally. In addition, the UNC Children’s Hospital was named to its list of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals.”