Outpatient Clinics

Continuity Clinic

The continuity clinic experience is one of the most valued aspects of our program. Through this clinic, residents gain experience in the longitudinal care of patients. Each resident is assigned to a single continuity clinic that they maintain throughout the PG-1, 2, 3, 4 years of training. The clinic meets one afternoon a week, and the resident is excused from all other obligations to attend this clinic. Clinics are staffed by one or more teaching faculty. The supervising faculty remain constant, which facilitates the development of a mentoring relationship between resident and staff.

Subspecialty Clinics

Numerous neurological subspecialty clinics are conducted weekly at each facility. PG-2 residents spend 6 weeks at HCMC, and PG-3 residents 2 months at UMMC, focusing on ambulatory subspecialty training.

Ataxia Clinic

The University of Minnesota Ataxia Clinic was established in 1991 as a specialty clinic devoted to the diagnosis, treatment and management of ataxias. The University of Minnesota Ataxia Clinic sees all patients presenting with progressive problems of gait and balance, falling, or vertigo. The founding principal of the UM Ataxia clinic is that patients with any of several rare disorders, most typically degenerative in nature, can benefit from the cumulative and enlarging experience of specialists devoted to the diagnosis and treatment as well as prevention and management of complications of this group of patients. The Ataxia Clinic receives referrals predominantly from internists and neurologists in the Twin Cities area. However, patients are regularly referred from adjoining Midwest states and from throughout the US and continent. Occasional referrals have come from the Middle East, Asia and South America. Currently, 700 patients and relatives have been entered into the database. The Ataxia Clinic is staffed by three Neurology specialists and a triage nurse, and assisted by a team of allied care providers in several fields including Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Cardiology, and genetic counseling.

Dementia Clinic

The Dementia Clinic is held once a week at the GRECC center at the VAMC, and provides longitudinal, comprehensive care to dementia patients.

Epilepsy Clinics

Active epilepsy clinics are held weekly at UMMC, HCMC, and the VAMC. Surgical programs, vagal nerve stimulator programs, prolonged video monitoring and clinical research trials are all coordinated through these clinics.

Movement Disorders

Multiple movement disorders clinics are held weekly at UMMC, with a special emphasis on Parkinsonian syndromes and dystonia. A multidisciplinary Huntington’s Disease clinic meets once a month at HCMC. Research protocols are executed at both facilities, including a surgical program at UMMC.

Neuromuscular/ALS Clinics

There is an MDA-sponsored neuromuscular program at UMMC which conducts clinics several times a week. A separate neuromuscular clinic is held once a week at HCMC, and at the VAMC. An ALSA-certified ALS clinic meets once a week at HCMC, and a large ALS clinic also convenes weekly at UMMC. Adults and children with a wide range of muscle, nerve, and motor neuron disorders are cared for in these clinics. Multidisciplinary care is emphasized. Many of these patients also participate in clinical research trials designed to advance the care of patients with neuromuscular disease.

Pain Clinic

A multidisciplinary pain clinic meets daily at HCMC, providing comprehensive care to a cohort of medically complex patients with acute and chronic pain.

Pediatric Neurology Clinics

The Pediatric Neurology Clinic meets in the Pediatric Subspecialty Clinic on the 4th floor of the Phillips-Wangensteen Building. Subspecialty clinics include Autism (Monday and Tuesday Mornings), AD/HD (Friday Afternoon), and Brain Tumor (Tuesday Afternoon once monthly), and Neuropsychology (daily). General Child Neurology meets Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and includes patients with neurologic complaints in the setting of complex pediatric illnesses (i.e. organ transplant, cystic fibrosis, diabetes), neurogenetic disorders, epilepsy, headache, and a large segment of patients with lysosomal or peroxisomal disorders that are treated with enzyme infusions and/or stem cell transplant.

Sleep Disorders

Sleep clinics are held daily at HCMC, through the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center run by the neurology department. This program is one of the busiest sleep programs in the country, administering care to more than 2,300 outpatients yearly.

Stroke Clinic

A multidisciplinary stroke clinic is held twice a month at HCMC, providing long-term care to patients with cerebrovascular disease, including TIAs, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, vascular malformations and aneurysms. Active stroke research trials are coordinated through this clinic.