Neurosciences Clinical Highlights

• Designated by the Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center, Wake Forest Baptist is internationally recognized for its work in improving treatment and outcomes in stroke patients at its primary clinics and through its regional telestroke network.
• The Movement Disorders Center is one of the oldest and leading programs for the treatment of movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, dystonias, essential tremor and dyskinesias through medical treatments that include botulinum toxin injections and DBS.
• The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center is among the top-rated epilepsy programs in the United States and one of the few Epilepsy Centers in the Southeast to have met the Level IV guidelines of the National Association of Epilepsy Centers.
• The ALS Center at Wake Forest Baptist—one of only 34 in the United States—provides exceptional care for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and engages in cutting-edge research and translational science.
• The Gamma Knife team is one of the busiest in the nation and is a key radiosurgery center for patients throughout the Southeast.
• Neurosurgeons at Wake Forest Baptist conduct minimally invasive surgeries for spinal conditions that have been modeled throughout the world.