Neurologists in Abingdon, Virginia

3 Neurologists found in Abingdon

female neurologist

Dr. Shaena Blevins, M.D.

Neurology
16000 Johnston Memorial Dr Ste 312, Abingdon, VA - 24211
276-258-3733

female neurologist

Marivi A Niebauer, M.D.

Neurology
16000 Johnston Memorial Dr, Suite 312, Abingdon, VA - 24211
276-258-3733 276-258-3734

female neurologist

Dr. Emily Simoson Shields, M.D.

Neurology
16000 Johnston Memorial Dr, Suite 312, Abingdon, VA - 24211
276-258-3733 276-258-3734

About Neurologists: Neurologists specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or impaired function of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, autonomic nervous system, and blood vessels that relate to these structures. A neurologist or child neurologist also diagnosis and do management of disorders of nerve, muscle or neuromuscular junction, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, peripheral neuropathies (e.g., diabetic and immune mediated neuropathies), various muscular dystrophies, congenital and acquired myopathies, inflammatory myopathies (e.g., polymyositis, inclusion body myositis) and neuromuscular transmission disorders (e.g., myasthenia gravis, Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome).
Vascular Neurologists are subspecialized in the evaluation, prevention, treatment and recovery from vascular diseases of the nervous system. This subspecialty includes the diagnosis and treatment of vascular events of arterial or venous origin from a large number of causes that affect the brain or spinal cord such as ischemic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, spinal cord ischemia and spinal cord hemorrhage.

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