UC Neuroscience Institute

Brain Tumor Center

The Brain Tumor Center at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Neuroscience Institute offers hope, compassion, expertise and the world's most advanced technologies to patients from across the region and around the world.

One of nine centers within the UC Neuroscience Institute, we are closely affiliated with University Hospital, UC College of Medicine, and the UC Barrett Cancer Center at University Hospital.

Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke Center

The Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke Center, together with the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Stroke Team and the surgical/interventional neurovascular program provides a comprehensive center for stroke prevention and treatment of transient ischemic attack (TIA), ischemic stroke, aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation, and other cerebrovascular issues.

Our internationally renowned faculty plays a leading role in clinical research and basic science studies, and the Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke Center receives referrals from across the Midwest and around the world.

Epilepsy Center

Physicians at the Epilepsy Center at the UC Neuroscience Institute diagnose and treat hundreds of adult patients from across the region each year. Our multidisciplinary team has been together longer than any other epilepsy team in the country. It includes epileptologist, a neurosurgeon who specializes in epilepsy surgery, neuropsychologists, nurse clinicians, neuroscience nurses, and registered EEG technologists.

The Epilepsy Center is the region's only center with a Level IV rating—the highest rating possible—from the National Association of Epilepsy Centers.

Memory Disorders Center

Welcome to the Memory Disorders Program at the UC Neuroscience Institute. Whether you have come to us seeking a diagnosis, a leading treatment, or a path forward, we will provide you or your loved one with advanced, compassionate and competent care.

Neurosensory Disorders Center

The ability to speak, hear, taste, smell and swallow are integral to our everyday social interactions, whether at work, at home, or at leisure. The loss of any one of these abilities, which are so often taken for granted, can profoundly affect a patient's physical and emotional well-being.

Fortunately for people struggling with disorders of the senses, otolaryngologists (ear, nose and throat physicians) at the UC Neuroscience Institute are skilled in the latest ways to diagnose and treat these often debilitating disorders. Many of these disorders require straightforward lifestyle changes (such as smoking cessation) to dramatically improve the function of the senses involved.

In addition, neurosurgeons at the center are internationally recognized for their work in research and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (facial pain) and other functional pain disorders.

Neurotrauma Center

The UC Neuroscience Institute Neurotrauma Center treats patients with traumatic brain and spine injuries. It is based at the Trauma Center of University Hospital, the only Level 1 adult trauma center in the region. Recognized regionally and around the country for its leadership in trauma care, the Trauma Center is nationally certified by the American College of Surgeons. In addition, University Hospital is home to a nationally certified Adult Burn Unit, the only such unit in the region.

The specialists of the Neurotrauma Center play a life-saving and life-enhancing role in this multidisciplinary effort, and are supported by University Air Care (one of the nation's most advanced emergency air medical transport services) and the Center for Emergency Care at University Hospital.

Gardner Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

The James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders at the UC Neuroscience Institute is one of the most progressive centers of its kind. Our physicians provide each patient with world-class care, beginning with a team analysis by movement disorder experts in the fields of neurology, neurosurgery, and neuropsychiatry.

Experts at the Gardner Family Center treat all movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, dystonia, and Huntington's disease. Physicians are often capable of lessening the symptoms of Parkinson's and other movement disorders through medications and surgical interventions that stimulate the area where nerve cells are affected.

Waddell Center for Multiple Sclerosis

The Waddell Center for Multiple Sclerosis at the UC Neuroscience Institute is a regional center of excellence, certified member of the National MS Consortium, and an affiliate of the National MS Society. Our internationally recognized team of neurologists, nurses, and therapists works to provide the best treatments available.

The team also includes dedicated researchers who are studying the underlying mechanisms of MS in laboratories and conducting clinical trials funded by foundation grants and the National Institutes of Health.

Continuity of care is essential to help MS patients reach their maximum potential. To achieve this, our physicians remain intimately involved in the care and treatment of MS patients throughout their rehabilitation.

Mood Disorders Center

The Mood Disorders Center at the UC Neuroscience Institute employs the most advanced methods to diagnose and treat adult and adolescent patients from across the Greater Cincinnati region. Our physicians are experts in the diagnosis and treatment of depression, bipolar spectrum disorder, anxiety disorders, cyclothymia and dysthymia. We treat mood disorders induced by alcohol or substance abuse.

Neuromuscular Disorders Program

The Neuromuscular Disorders Program at the UC Neuroscience Institute employs the most advanced technologies and therapies to diagnose and treat hundreds of adult patients from across the Greater Cincinnati region each year. Our physicians are experts in the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular disorders, which can encompass everything from common low back pain with lumbar nerve root compression (lumbar radiculopathy) to very specific disorders of muscle strength and deterioration (muscular dystrophy). We provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients who are struggling with these difficult diseases.