Diseases and disorders can sometimes be baffling for even the most skilled specialists, as we all learned during the coronavirus pandemic.
"One-third of people who have COVID and are hospitalized will have some sort of neurologic or neuropsychiatric complication," Dr. S. Andrew Josephson, Professor and Chair of Neurology at UCSF, told KCBS Radio's "As Prescribed" on Thursday. "Now we’re learning about all these people who have these complications that last for many weeks or months or, occasionally, even longer."
He said lingering brain fog after COVID-19 is the sort of problem that doctors at the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building are aiming to tackle.
"We’ve learned a lot about the pathobiology. We’ve learned a lot about what makes this occur," he said. "But, there’s still many more questions than answers. And getting precision there is really what’s going to allow us to figure out how to help people with these conditions from COVID."
The new building will bring neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry specialists together under one roof.
"That’s a large part of it, is getting the right people together," explained Dr. Josephson. "But, also a set of specialists who really specialize in these types of mysteries. In patients who have gone through a diagnostic odyssey from person to person and just can’t figure it out."
They will not only treat patients suffering everything from headaches to Parkinson’s disease, they will also conduct research, hoping to translate findings into diagnoses and treatments.
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