Neurologists

What Does a Neurologists Do?

Diagnose, manage, and treat disorders and diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, with a primarily nonsurgical focus.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Interview patients to obtain information, such as complaints, symptoms, medical histories, and family histories.
• 2Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas, such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status.
• 3Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests, such as lumbar punctures, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests.
• 4Order or interpret results of laboratory analyses of patients' blood or cerebrospinal fluid.
• 5Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results.
• 6Prescribe or administer medications, such as anti-epileptic drugs, and monitor patients for behavioral and cognitive side effects.
• 7Identify and treat major neurological system diseases and disorders, such as central nervous system infection, cranio spinal trauma, dementia, and stroke.
• 8Develop treatment plans based on diagnoses and on evaluation of factors, such as age and general health, or procedural risks and costs.

Required Skills

• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Critical Thinking
• Speaking
• Monitoring
• Writing
• Active Learning
• Science
• Allscripts PM
• athenahealth athenaCollector
• Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR
• Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR
• Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
• CareCloud Central
• Cerner PowerWorks Practice Management
• e-MDs software
• eClinicalWorks EHR software
• Email software

Neurologists Salary