• Excellent clinical assessment by world renowned experts in NPH.
• Advanced neuroimaging service, with highly trained neuroradiologists.
• CSF Pressure dynamics studies, evaluated by the developer of the technique, Anthony Marmarou Ph.D.
• External Lumbar Drainage Test - crucial assessment step before surgical treatment of NPH.

• Placement of CSF shunts by a highly trained neurosurgical team, led by Harold Young M.D., Chairman of the Department with over 30 years of operative experience.
• Choice of shunt guided by expert analysis of CSF dynamics studies.
• Follow-up: provision of ongoing care and assessment, tests of shunt functionality, and revision of shunts where required.

For more information, please see the Information for Patients, and Information for Physicians sections of this website.

For information about scheduling appointments with the MCV-NPH service, and for any other questions please call Adell Sargent on (804) 828 9165, or Virginia Godsey on (804) 828 8892. Please see our Contacts Page for more details.

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Maintained by: Andrew Beaumont MD

Department of Neurosurgery
Updated August 2003, Rev 4.0