Neurology

Provides information, service navigation, equipment and community support for people living with ALS and their families in Ontario.

Self-referral or provider-supported connection through the ALS Canada service pathway.

Provides information, patient handbooks, navigation and free support groups, including an in-person London group and virtual caregiver programs.

Self-registration; no clinical referral required.

Our team of health care professionals deliver specialized services and coordinated care to individuals in the community who have suffered a stroke. Services are provided in the patient’s home or other community setting, through in-person and virtual care sessions. Our team includes a registered nurse, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, social worker, speech language pathologist, therapeutic recreational specialist and rehabilitation assistants.

Dr. Warren Berger (MS Only) Dr. James Gibson

Dr. Alex Melinyshyn

Dr. Dan Mendonca

Dr. Dwight Moulin (neuro oncology and neuropathic pain only)

Dr. John Kay

Dr. Michelle Maloney

Dr. Mimma Anello (Women's Neurology - obstetrical, post partum)

Dr. Yeyao Yu

Provides education, seizure first-aid training, system navigation and individual or family support across Elgin, with an appointment-only St. Thomas office.

Self-referral; call or email to arrange support or education.

Provides regional surgical assessment for brain and spinal tumours, aneurysms, hydrocephalus, epilepsy surgery, complex spine disease and other neurosurgical conditions.

Provider referral through central intake or the listed surgeon-specific pathway; include required imaging and reports.

Provides multidisciplinary specialist care for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and related motor-neuron diseases, including symptom management and coordinated supports.

Provider referral through CNS Central Intake using the ALS clinic pathway.

Centralized referral pathway for ALS, epilepsy, first seizure, EMG, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular medicine and neurosurgery.

Use the current specialty-specific form and criteria; referrals outside the listed central-intake services are declined and must go directly to the relevant provider.

Dr. Elizabeth Finger Dr. Stephen Pasternak

Provides EMG and nerve-conduction testing for suspected peripheral neuropathy, radiculopathy, neuromuscular junction disease and muscle disorders.

Provider referral through CNS Central Intake; ensure the clinical question and examination findings meet current EMG intake criteria.

Provides specialist diagnosis and management of epilepsy, including medical therapy, epilepsy monitoring and surgical evaluation for complex cases.

Provider referral through CNS Central Intake; complete all mandatory fields and attach relevant investigations.

Dr. Jorge Burneo Dr. Derek Debicki Dr. David Diosy Dr. Poul Espino Alvarado Dr. Teneille Gofton Dr. Michelle Lee-Jones Dr. Giovanni Pelligrino Dr. Ana Suller-Marti

Rapidly assesses adults after a first unprovoked seizure and may arrange neurological examination, EEG, brain imaging and treatment when indicated.

Urgent provider referral for a first unprovoked seizure in a patient not already taking anti-seizure medication; review exclusion criteria.

Dr. Tommy Chan Dr. Paul Cooper

Provides specialist assessment for headache disorders when primary-care management has been insufficient and the referring primary-care provider can participate in ongoing care.

Use the current headache referral form and fax directly to the accepting headache service rather than CNS Central Intake.

Assesses and treats Parkinson disease, tremor, dystonia, Huntington disease, ataxia, chorea, Tourette syndrome and functional movement disorders.

Provider referral through central intake; referrals are reviewed case by case for clinical appropriateness.

Dr. Deepa Dash Dr. Mary Jenkins Dr. Mandar Jog Dr. Penny MacDonald Dr. Aditya Murgai

Provides specialist assessment and longitudinal management for multiple sclerosis and demyelinating diseases, including advanced multidisciplinary services.

Provider referral to an accepting MS clinician through the current central-intake process.

Dr. Courtney Casserly Dr. Beyza Ciftci Dr. Jaun Racosta Dr. Patricia Riccio

Assesses myopathies, myasthenia gravis, peripheral and hereditary neuropathies, motor-neuron disease and other disorders affecting nerves or muscles.

Provider referral through CNS Central Intake using the neuromuscular referral form and relevant laboratory, imaging or electrodiagnostic results.

Dr. Yiu-Chia Chang Dr. Anita Florendo-Cumbernmack Dr. Michael Nicolle Dr. Amit Sharma Dr. Christen Shoesmith

Assesses visual symptoms caused by optic-nerve, brain, cranial-nerve or other neurological disease.

Provider referral with neurological history, eye findings, imaging and relevant laboratory results.

Dr. Alex Fraser

Dr. Melfort Boulton Dr. Neil Duggal Dr. Matthew Hebb Dr. Jonathan Lau Dr. Keith MacDougall Dr. Joseph Megyesi Dr. Wai Ng Dr. Fawaz Siddiqi Dr. David Steven Dr. Victor Yang

Dr. Reza Azarpaahooh Dr. Chrysi Bogiatzi Dr. Richard Chan Dr. Sebastian Fridman Dr. Alexander Khawa Dr. Lauren Mai Dr. Jennifer Mandzia Dr. Luciano Sposato

Provides individualized information, navigation and connections to programs and supports for people affected by multiple sclerosis.

Self-referral by phone, live chat or email.

Provides Parkinson disease information, education, navigation and connections to regional support groups for patients and care partners.

Self-referral; patients, caregivers and providers may call the national information line.

The Secondary Stroke Prevention Clinic provides patients who are experiencing symptoms of urgent Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA) and mild strokes with timely access to health care providers specialized in stroke prevention.

Free stroke-care learning resources including e-learning modules, recorded presentations, professional networks, newsletters and evidence-based best practice recommendations.