"We are focused on care quality, interprofessional education, and clinical and academic collaboration."

Agnieszka Ardelt, MD, PhD, MBA
Chair, Department of Neurology

Patient Care / Highlighted Services

The MetroHealth  Department of Neurology provides general neurology and sub-specialty care including care for the following conditions:

• Brain tumors
• Dementia, e.g., Alzheimer’s Disease
• Demyelinating disorders, e.g., multiple sclerosis
• Epilepsy including management of epilepsy in pregnancy and pregnancy planning
• Headache disorders including migraines and trigeminal neuralgia
• Intracranial hypertension or hypotension
• Movement disorders , e.g., Parkinson’s Disease, essential tremor
• Muscle, nerve, and neuromuscular junction  diseases, e.g., peripheral neuropathy, myasthenia gravis, muscular dystrophy
• Stroke and neurovascular conditions including ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), brain aneurysms, cavernous malformations

Collaborative, Coordinated Care

The Department of Neurology collaborates with a variety of departments and clinical disciplines to provide comprehensive treatment plans for patients across medical disciplines:  

• Brain Center
• Cancer Center
• Neurosurgery
• Pain & Healing Center
• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Spine Center
• Vascular Surgery

MetroHealth / Case Western University School of Medicine Affiliation

As a teaching hospital, we have been associated with the Case Western University School of Medicine since 1914.

During this 104-year affiliation, we have trained thousands of physicians, many of them renowned in their fields throughout Cleveland and the world.

Innovation + Technology

MetroHealth (formerly the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital) has an illustrious clinical neuroscience history spanning more than a half century and featuring legendary figures like Maurice Victor, MD (neurology), Betty Banker, MD (neuropathology), and Robert White, MD, PhD (neurosurgery). Dr. Victor was the founding director of the Department of Neurology.