Understanding and treating neurological disorders
Welcome to the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford!
The Department has been a center of excellence for more than four decades and includes over 140 School of Medicine faculty members with primary academic appointments in the Department at our four outstanding teaching hospitals and health care systems. The Stanford Health Care (SHC) new 824,000 square-foot state-of-the-art hospital opened in 2019 with over 600 beds, making it one of the largest inpatient facilities in California. Ranked in the top 10 for Neurology and Neurosurgical Care by US News and World Report, SHC is at the cutting edge of the latest treatments for neurological diseases. SHC boasts a dedicated outpatient Stanford Neuroscience Health Center—a facility like no other on the West Coast—as well as clinics located throughout Northern California. With over 60,000 annual outpatient visits and thus one of the largest neurology volumes in the U.S., Stanford Neurology provides care for a large and highly diverse patient population and supports excellence in clinical care, education, and research.
Frank M. Longo, MD, PhD
George and Lucy Becker Professor and Chair Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Neurology News
Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Ground Rounds
Neurology Grand Rounds will continue as ZOOM only for the foreseeable future. See email for link.
Aug August 07 Fri 2020
Reimaging ALS Trials New Science, New Approaches
Merit Cudkowicz, MD
Chief, Neurology Department
Director, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS
Massachusetts General Hospital
Julianne Dorn Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Stanford Neuroscience
Stanford Health Care provides comprehensive care and treatment for neurological disorders.
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
The Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences is a member of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.
