Conditions and Treatments

At UTHealth Houston Neurosciences, our care provider team has specialized training in many areas of neurology, neurosurgery, spine surgery, pain management, radiation oncology, neurocritical care, neuro-ophthalmology and sleep medicine. Read about different conditions and treatments in the lists below, grouped by condition type:

Brain Tumors

Cerebrovascular and Stroke

Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
Atherosclerosis and carotid and vertebral artery stenosis
Brain Aneurysm
Cerebral embolism
Cerebral hemorrhage
Cerebral thrombosis
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
Coagulation (blood clotting) disorders
Dissection of carotid and vertebral artery
Hemorrhagic Stroke

Intracerebral hemorrhage
Moyamoya
Patent Foramen Ovale
Stroke
Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mini stroke
Vascular dementia
Vasculitis
Women and Stroke

Movement Disorders

Ataxias/cerebellar disorders
Cerebral palsy
Dystonia
Deep Brain Stimulation
Essential tremor/tremor states
Gait and Balance Disorders
Generalized and focal dystonias
Generalized and partial seizures

Huntington’s Disease
Huntington’s chorea
Parkinson’s disease
Spasticity
Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA)
Tourette Syndrome
Wilson’s disease

Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology

Multiple Sclerosis
Antisynthetase Syndrome
Neuromyelitis Optica
Transverse Myelitis
Optic neuritis

Antibody-mediated autoimmune encephalitis
Leukodystrophies
Vasculitis
Infusion Center

Nerve Disorders

Central Pain Syndrome
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Diabetic Neuropathy
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Inflammatory Myopathy

Neuromyotonia
Neurosarcoidosis
Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral Nerve Disorders

Neuro-Oncology

Brain Tumors
Radiation Oncology
Spine Tumors

Infusion Center
Chemotherapy Infusions

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Adult Strabismus
Blepharospasm
Cranial Nerve Palsies
Double Vision and Eye Movement Abnormalities
Entropion and Ectropion Repair
Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Myasthenia Gravis
Nystagmus
Optic Nerve Edema
Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma

Optic Neuritis
Orbital Decompression for Thyroid Eye Disease
Orbital biopsies & Tumor excision
Orbital Tumors
Orbital Trauma
Paralytic Lagophthalmos Repair
Pseudotumor Cerebri
Ptosis and Blepharoplasties
Pupillary Disturbances
Thyroid Eye Disease

Neurocritical Care

Severe Concussion
Stroke
Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Spine Injury

Neuromuscular Disorders

Acute, subacute and chronic peripheral polyneuropathies
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Diabetic neuropathy
Focal entrapment neuropathies
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Infusion Center
Isaac’s syndrome

Metabolic myopathies
Mitochondrial myopathies
Muscle and Nerve Laboratory
Muscular dystrophy
Myasthenia gravis
Myositis
Myotonia
Plexopathies
Primary lateral sclerosis

Neuropsychology

Neuropsychological Evaluations

Pediatric Neurology and Neurosurgery

Arachnoid Cysts
Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
Brain Tumor
Cerebral Palsy and Spasticity
Chiari I Malformation
Concussion
Craniosynostosis
Dysautonomia Rehabilitation
Emergency Neurological Care
Ependymoma
Epilepsy

Hydrocephalus
Medulloblastoma
Mitochondrial Disease
Moyamoya Disease
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neuromuscular Disorders
Post Natal Meningomyelocele
Pseudotumor Cerebri
Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
Spine Tumors
Tethered Spinal Cord

Radiation Oncology

Gamma Knife

Sleep Medicine and Neurological Sleep Disorders

Inspire for Sleep Apnea
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Restless Leg Syndrome

Spine Disease and Back Pain

Arthrodesis
Artificial Disc Replacement
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Cervical corpectomy
Cervical disc disease
Cervical discectomy and fusion
Cervical herniated disc
Cervical laminectomy
Cervical laminoforaminotomy
Cervical radiculopathy
Cervical spondylosis (degeneration)
Cervical stenosis
Cervical spinal cord injury
Degenerative Disc Disease
Foraminectomy
Foraminotomy
Herniated discs
Injections for Pain
Kyphoplasty
Laminoplasty
Lumbar herniated disc
Lumbar laminectomy
Lumbar laminotomy
Lumbar radiculopathy
Lumbar spondylolisthesis
Lumbar spondylosis (degeneration)
Lumbar stenosis

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Neck Pain
Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Radiofrequency Ablation
Sciatica
Scoliosis
Spinal cord syrinxes
Spinal deformities
Spinal injuries
Spinal fractures and instability
Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial and Implantation
Spinal Fusion
Spinal Radiosurgery
Spine and spinal cord tumors
Spondylolisthesis
Stenosis
Tethered spinal cord
Thoracic herniated disc
Thoracic spinal cord injury
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Vertebroplasty

Tests and Treatments

Deep Brain Stimulation
Diagnostic Neuroimaging
EEG Studies
EMG Test
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
Home Sleep Testing

Infusion Therapies
MEG Test
Mobile Stroke Unit
MRI
Neuropsychological Evaluations
PET Scan

Tumors

Brain Tumors
Skull Base Tumors
Spine Tumors

Contact Us

At UTHealth Houston Neurosciences, we offer patients access to specialized neurological care at clinics across the greater Houston area. To ask us a question, schedule an appointment, or learn more about us, please call (713) 486-8000, or click below to send us a message. In the event of an emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest Emergency Room.