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Yale Neurology Residency
Gaylord
Rehabilitation Hospital The Department
of Neurology maintains a consultative service at Gaylord Rehabilitation Hospital,
providing residents exposure to the basic principles of
neuro-rehabilitation. The
patients are divided into four inpatient wards covering rehabilitation
in
Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Pulmonary
Disease. Neurology residents serve as
neurological
consultants under the supervision of an attending neurologist from the
Yale
Neurology Faculty. They also have access
to various other departments at Gaylord including Occupational Therapy,
Physical
Therapy, Speech Therapy, Sleep Disorders Clinic, Brace Clinic,
Post-polio
Clinic and Industrial Rehab. EMG’s,
Selective Nerve Blocks, Baclofen Pump refills, and Botox injections are
performed on a scheduled basis. The residents present
patients and round with a neurology attending on Wednesday and Friday
mornings, and have access to that attending for telephone consultations
daily.
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