About the Department of Neurology

The UC Davis Department of Neurology consists of 48 full-time faculty members. There are 14 clinical faculty, 19 research faculty, 18 fellows and residents, 72 research scientists, and 33 administrative support personnel, bringing the total number of employees to 156. In many ways, it is appropriate to view the Department of Neurology as a comprehensive department of clinical and basic neuroscience because of the presence of clinicians, clinician scientists, and basic scientists, with a strong focus on translation of research results into practice.

The department has three missions:

1. Provide instruction and training of medical students and residents.
2. Conduct research to develop new knowledge in neurology and neuroscience.
3. Provide high-quality clinical care within the UC Davis Health System.

Clinical faculty in the department provide instruction in the Neurology 420 course for second year medical students and the Neurology 450 clinical neurology clerkship, an elective for fourth year medical students. Five neurology residents enter the program each year, and the program currently is approved for 15 residents.

During the past two years, there were 15,530 total patient visits to the outpatient neurology faculty practice at the UC Davis Health System neurology clinic in Sacramento. In addition, Department of Neurology faculty members care for patients in the UC Davis Primary Care Network (a group of regional clinics) and at the VA Northern California Health Care System hospitals at Mather and Martinez.

Departmental faculty are affiliated with the Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine at the Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California, the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute and the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain. Several faculty members are affiliated with the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience, located adjacent to the main UC Davis campus in Davis, about 25 minutes from Sacramento.