A Las Vegas medical center dedicated to brain health is making improvements in treatment options, research and education for Alzheimer’s disease and related conditions in the Silver State.
While initially focused on Alzheimer’s disease, the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health has since broadened its scope to include other forms of dementia, along with movement disorders such as Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease and neuroimmunological disorders like multiple sclerosis.
Dr. Dylan Wint, director at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, said patients come to the center from within Nevada and across the country. Telemedicine has advanced the center’s reach around the state.
“Within Nevada, if they’re willing to do telemedicine appointments, we can do those within Nevada,” Wint said. “For our memory disorders, most of the time a telemedicine appointment is fine, even for a new patient.”
For movement disorders and multiple sclerosis programs, those patients may need to be seen in the office.