Tenet Florida Physician Services Welcomes Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute to Tri-County Network

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - May 24, 2013 - PRLog -- Contact: Constance Armstrong

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Tenet Florida Physician Services Welcomes Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute to Tri-County Network

West Palm Beach, FL – Tenet Florida Physician Services (TFPS), a multi-specialty physician group serving Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, opens the Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute (PBNI) to diagnose and treat neurological, neurovascular and neurosurgical disorders.  

The 8,000 square-foot Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute includes a team of highly skilled neurologists, adult and pediatric neurosurgeons, interventional neurologists and epileptologists as well as on-site diagnostic, rehabilitation, and research centers. As part of The Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute’s effort to provide comprehensive care, various specialists and subspecialists will be rotating through the facility to provide complimentary care.    

“Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute and Tenet Florida Physicians Services are dedicated to offering some of the best neurological care to patients in the communities across South Florida,” said Cynthia McCauley, CEO of Tenet Florida Physician Services. “The compassionate teams of neurological experts exhibit a passion to help patients of all ages from all walks of life.”

Neurological, neurovascular and neurological conditions including brain aneurysms, dementia, epilepsy, head trauma, degenerative spinal diseases, migraines and headaches, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and stroke are just some of the neurological ailments treated at the Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute. On-site capabilities include MRI, physical therapy, EEG, EMG, IV infusion, epidural injections and other procedures under fluoroscopy. This includes an exceptional multi-purpose physical therapy room staffed with a full-time physical therapist.  

The Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute physician team includes:

Paul Acevedo, M.D. is an adult neurologist with interests in stroke, memory disorders, neuroimaging and critical care. Dr. Acevedo is also currently the Director of the Memory Disorder Center at St. Mary’s Medical Center and the Stroke Director at Good Samaritan Medical Center.

Pedro Hernández-Frau, M.D. is a neurologist and epileptologist board-certified in neurology and neurophysiology with special training in epilepsy. His areas of interest include intractable epilepsy, epilepsy surgery evaluations and long term video/EEG monitoring.

Ali R. Malek, M.D., F.S.N.I.S. is a board-certified interventional neurologist and neurointensivist. His areas of interest include neurocritical care, acute ischemic stroke and endovascular rescue, subarchnoid hemorrhage and cerebral aneurysms. He is currently the Medical Director of the Interventional Neurology program at St. Mary’s Medical Center.

Juan Carlos Muñiz, M.D. is a board-certified neurologist and neurology epileptologist, with areas of interest in headaches, ICU continuous monitoring, long term video/EEG monitoring and intractable epilepsy.

Brett A. Osborn, D.O. is board-certified in neurosurgery and anti-aging medicine with special interests in the areas of neurotrauma, sterotactic brain surgery, complex spine surgery, adult hydrocephalus (NPH) and pain management.  

Neil N. Patel, D.O., M.B.A. is board-certified in pediatric and adult neurosurgery. His areas of interest include pediatric spasticity, pediatric head and neck injury, pediatric arachnoid cysts and epilepsy, hydrocephalus, pediatric brain and spinal cord tumors, craniosynostosis, congenital malformations, spina bifida, Chiari malformation and pediatric arteriovenous malformations.

For more information on the Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute call 561-882-6214. Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute is located at 901 Village Blvd., Ste. 702 in West Palm Beach, FL 33409.

About Tenet Florida Physician Services

Tenet Florida Physician Services (TFPS), a division of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, is a multi-specialty physician group that has provided care to the communities of Palm Beach, Broward and Miami Dade counties since 2007. TFPS physicians, including primary care, specialists and subspecialists, have cared for over 263,000 patients across various medical and surgical specialties. Our award-winning physicians provide a level of expertise that has resulted in regional firsts and outstanding patient outcomes. TFPS physicians and staff are committed to delivering high quality care. Our mission is to improve the life of every patient who enters our doors. Today, we are proud to be one of the largest and most respected physician networks in the area.

For more information about Tenet Florida Physician Services, log on to www.TenetFloridaPhysicianServices.com.