Neurology Clinic at Aston

The Neurology Clinic at Aston recently had a growth spurt with several specialties moving to the 8th floor. Headache, epilepsy, and general neurology patients are now seen on 8 while the rest of the clinic remains on 4.

“The expansion allows us to spread out. More patient exam rooms allow us to see more patients and to grow our faculty and staff where needed,” said Clinic Manager Debra Clamp.

Touchdown space in Neurology Clinic at Aston.

The 8th floor also has physician consult/touchdown spaces where faculty and residents can discuss patient cases. The spaces enhance teaching while maintaining HIPAA privacy.

With the move upstairs, care teams on both floors now have more room to spread out and work together in the same area.

Parkland Neurology Clinic

The Parkland Neurology Clinic has undergone significant growth in the past year that has led to more services for patients and improved educational opportunities for residents and fellows.

Parkland Neurology Clinic adds patient services.

Pravin Khemani, M.D., and Steven Vernino, M.D., Ph.D., have been at the forefront of the changes.

“The growth that is happening addresses gaps in patient care while ensuring we are providing unparalleled education to trainees,” said Dr. Khemani.

Some of the changes include:

• Additional general neurology clinics for a total of eight to address growing demand.
• Epilepsy clinic for patients with special needs led by Dr. Kan Ding.
• Botox clinic for movement disorders.
• Headache procedure clinic.
• Lumbar puncture clinic.

Expansion will also accommodate the growing number of neurology residents and fellows as well as allow them to follow patients through their entire residency.

“The neurology outpatient clinic at Parkland provides high-value expert neurology clinical care to the people of Dallas county while at the same time delivering a unique and diverse environment for the training of neurology residents,” said Dr. Vernino. “Our clinic serves as a model for outpatient neurology teaching.”

The amount of research being conducted in the clinic has also increased.

“We see diverse and challenging diseases at the Parkland Clinic and these cases lead to great research,” said Dr. Khemani.