The General Neurology Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital was established in 2001 to provide consultation assistance for primary care providers and other physicians.
Board-certified clinical neurologists, each of whom has subspecialty training, provide advice and consultation to primary care physicians in the diagnosis and management of a full range of neurological problems, including weakness, headaches, numbness, tremor, memory loss, seizures.
When further subspecialty neurological care is required, referrals can readily be made to appropriate subspecialty neurology services such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, migraine, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, peripheral neuropathy, myasthenia, or myopathy.
To request a consult from the General Neurology service, please have a primary care physician complete a Referral Form (PDF) (also available as a MS Word file) and fax it to the Main Clinic number on the form.
If a patient is new to MGH, please call the Massachusetts General Hospital Registration Center at 1-866-211-6588 to get a patient number and “blue card”. MGH Neurology will contact the patient directly to schedule an appointment.
Please contact the General Neurology Division coordinator at 617-726-5533 if you need more information.
General Neurology Staff
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Misha L. Pless, MD Director (subspecialties in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuro-ophthalmology) |
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Nagagopal Venna, MD (Subspecialties in General Neurology and Neuro-Infectious Disease) |
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David W. Chen, MD (Subspecialty in Pain and Headache) |
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Daniel Costello, MD (Subspecialty in Epilepsy) |
| Tracey Cho (Clinical Fellow, General Neurology) |
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
MGH Neurology is proud to offer a fellowship in Advanced General Neurology. It is one of a kind in the country and it is geared to produce a superb, confident, academically inclined general neurologist with subspecialty interest, geared to taking care of neurologically complex patients and to the teaching of clinical neurology. Successful applicants in our fellowship programs have all completed top residency programs. We provide all fellows with access a wealth of clinical material, and they interact with world-class clinicians and researchers, providing a tremendous opportunity to become exposed to all aspects of their specialty of interest. Graduates of our fellowship programs have been extremely successful in both academic and private practice careers. In addition to Advanced General Neurology, we currently offer the following ACGME-approved fellowship programs: Critical Care / Stroke Neurology; Clinical Neurophysiology - EMG / Neuromuscular Disorders; Clinical Neurophysiology - EEG / Epilepsy; Neuro-Oncology
