How do they match: Neurologists

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

  • Coordinate neurological services with other health care team activities.
  • Order supportive care services, such as physical therapy, specialized nursing care, and social services.
  • Prescribe or administer medications, such as anti-epileptic drugs, and monitor patients for behavioral and cognitive side effects.
  • Prescribe or administer treatments, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, and deep brain stimulation.

  • Administer non-intravenous medications.