Patient Information and Clinical Services
The Department of Neurology offers the highest quality of clinical care for patients with neurological diseases. Consultative and direct care services are provided for patients referred from primary care physicians and other medical specialists, as well as, by direct patient contact. Department neurologists are all certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and all have subspecialty training in one or more areas of neurologic disease (see Clinical Services for physician names and subspecialty areas).
We welcome patients into our general neurology clinic and our subspecialty clinics listed below. In-patient services are provided at three affiliated hospitals, Methodist University Hospital, the Regional Medical Center, and the Veterans Administration Hospital of Memphis. Out-patient services are provided through the Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute, the University of Tennessee Medical Group, the Wesley Neurology Group, and the MEDPLEX at the Regional Medical Center of Memphis.
Uninsured and Tenncare Patients
If you are experiencing neurologic symptoms or have a neurologic diagnosis and wish to be evaluated by a UT neurologist, please call one of the following numbers:
MEDPLEX at The Regional Medical Center
(901) 545-6300
Ask for an appointment in the Neurology Clinic and you will be evaluated by a neurology resident under the direct supervision of a Department Neurologist.
All Other Patients
If you are experiencing neurologic symptoms or have a neurologic diagnosis and wish to be evaluated by a UT neurologist, please call one of the following numbers:
Semmes Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
- Dr. Bola Adamolekun
- Dr. Alex Auchus
- Dr. Elias Giraldo
- Dr. Michael Jacewicz
- Dr. Michael Levin
- Dr. Daniel Menkes
- Dr. Ronald Pfeiffer
- Dr. William Pulsinelli
- Dr. Mervat Wahba
UT Medical Group
(901) 448-7900
- Dr. Mark LeDoux
Wesley Neurology Group
(901) 725-8920
- Dr. Tulio Bertorini
Alzheimer's disease/Dementia/Memory Disorders
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of Alzheimer's disease, stroke-elated dementia, metabolic/endocrine-related dementia, other dementing diseases and memory disorders.
Alex Auchus, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
Brain Tumors
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of primary and metastatic brain tumors.
Allen Sills, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
Cerebellar Disorders
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of gait ataxias and cerebellar-related disorders.
Mark LeDoux, MD, PhD
UT Medical Group
(901) 448-7900
Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of transient ischemic attacks (TIA) and strokes.
Elias Giraldo, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
Michael Jacewicz, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
William Pulsinelli, PhD, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
Dystonia
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of primary and secondary dystonia.
Mark LeDoux, MD, PhD
UT Medical Group
(901) 448-7900
Electromyography/Nerve Conduction Studies
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation of muscle, peripheral nerve, and spinal cord-related diseases, using diagnostic electrophysiology.
Tulio Bertorini, MD
Wesley Neurology Group
(901) 725-8920
Daniel Menkes, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
Mervat Wahba, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
Epilepsy, Seizures, Seizure Monitoring, EEG
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of all seizures and seizure-like disorders.
Bola Adamolekun, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
General Neurology
Mervat Wahba, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
General Movement Disorders
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of Huntington's disease, tremors, Wilson's disease, tics and Tourette's syndrome, dystonia, restless legs syndrome, Botox treatment, etc.
Mark LeDoux, MD, PhD
UT Medical Group
(901) 448-7900
Headache
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of migraine, cluster, and chronic daily headaches.
Elias Giraldo, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
Multiple Sclerosis/Neuro-Immunologic Disease
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of multiple sclerosis and other neuro-immunologic diseases.
Michael Levin, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
Neck and Back Pain
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of neck and back pain.
Mervat Wahba, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
Neurogenetics
Comprehensive genetic testing for inherited neurologic diseases.
Mark LeDoux, MD, PhD
UT Medical Group
(901) 448-7900
Neuromuscular Disease
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of motor neuron disease (Lou Gehrig's disease), muscular dystrophy, myasthenias gravis.
Tulio Bertorini, MD
Wesley Neurologic Group
(901) 725-8920
Parkinson's disease
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of Parkinson's disease and related disorders.
Ronald Pfeiffer, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
Mark LeDoux, MD, PhD
UT Medical Group
(901) 448-7900
Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and management of diabetic neuropathy, metabolic and endocrine, neuropathies, Guillain-Barré syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, hereditary and acquired peripheral neuropathies, etc.
Daniel Menkes, MD
Semmes Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute
(901) 259-8227
Tulio Bertorini, MD
Wesley Neurologic Group
(901) 725-8920
Tele-Neurology
Comprehensive neurologic evaluation, consultation, and management of general neurologic problems including headache, neck and back pain, peripheral nerve disease, seizures, Parkinson's disease, tremors, and other movement disorders using the extensive UTHSC telemedicine link located in Tennessee, East Arkansas, and North Mississippi.
Elias Giraldo, MD
MEDPLEX, Regional Medical Center
(901) 545-6300
Mervat Wahba, MD
MEDPLEX, Regional Medical Center
(901) 545-6300
Bola Adamolekun, MD
MEDPLEX, Regional Medical Center
(901) 545-6300
Contact Us
Department of Neurology
415 Link Building
855 Monroe Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38163
Phone: (901) 448-6199
Fax: (901) 448-7440
David M. Stern, M.D.
Executive Dean
Tulio Bertorini, M.D.
Professor & Chairman
Tulio Bertorini
