How do they match: Neurologists

  • Adult and Pediatric Neurologist

  • 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.
  • Develop treatment plans based on diagnoses and on evaluation of factors, such as age and general health, or procedural risks and costs.
  • Inform patients or families of neurological diagnoses and prognoses, or benefits, risks and costs of various treatment plans.
  • Order supportive care services, such as physical therapy, specialized nursing care, and social services.
  • Prepare, maintain, or review records that include patients' histories, neurological examination findings, treatment plans, or outcomes.

  • Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
  • Develop medical treatment plans.