| Neurology is a very varied field in medicine. There are | | | | the hospital. This is usually a more intimate |
| many different areas one can go into which go from | | | | environment in which to treat patients in which the |
| muscular distrophy, neuroinfections, | | | | neurologist will work with the patient on rehabilitaion |
| neuro-ophtalmology, pain management, neurocritical | | | | exercises and lowering risk factors to prevent future |
| care, neural repair, movement disorders, epilepsy, | | | | strokes and well as follow-up visits. |
| behavioral, pediatric neurology, neuromuscular, | | | | In stroke units, the stroke neurologist will oversee |
| general, military and stroke neurology. | | | | the care and work as part of a tight-knit group of |
| It is a fact that every 45 seconds someone suffers | | | | different specialists brought together to bring a |
| a stroke in the US. One very rewarding and high | | | | comprehensive, all-around treatment to the stroke |
| growth area in neurology medicine is stroke | | | | patient. Research provides a very exciting career |
| neurology. With starting salaries of around $125,000 | | | | path. Here the stroke neurologist will conduct |
| with excellent benefits and the opportunity to assist | | | | experiments on humans and animals to understand |
| many suffering patients neurology jobs are a hot | | | | the inner workings of this disorder, discover and |
| area in which certified neurologists can channel their | | | | fine-tune surgical techniques to repair the brain |
| skills. The settings are varied. You can work as part | | | | damage caused by stroke, find ways to decrease |
| of a private practice, in hospitals, stroke units where | | | | the extent of the damage caused by strokes or find |
| patients get comprehensive treatment by different | | | | ways to prevent the stroke from happening in the |
| specialists or even go into medical research or | | | | first place and even work to create new medicines |
| teaching. They diagnose patients by conducting a | | | | and other form of treatment to ameliorate the |
| neurological examination to look for symptoms and | | | | devastating effects of this condition. Another setting |
| signs of strokes and also determine what type of | | | | in which a stroke neurologist can practice is academia. |
| stroke and the recovery prognosis of the affected | | | | Teaching emerging doctors on the skills you have |
| person. They must know how to interpret the | | | | acquired so they can connect with and help more |
| different medical tests administered to diagnose the | | | | patients is a very rewarding aspect of stroke |
| type of stroke and its causes and prognosis, such as: | | | | neurology. As you can see, this is a dynamic career |
| CT Scans, MRIs, lumbar punctures, doppler | | | | of services greatly needed where you can expand |
| ultrasounds, electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, | | | | your knowledge and skills from different angles |
| angiographies, leg ultrasounds and blood tests. After | | | | allowing you to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle and |
| the initial diagnosis, stroke neurologists oversee the | | | | enriching the lives of so many people affected with |
| rehabilitation and assess the improvent of the patient. | | | | this debilitating disease. You can also enjoy mobility |
| In private practice, stroke neurologists work mainly | | | | and variation within this discipline. |
| with patients after they have been released from | | | | |