Potential breakthroughs are always around the corner, so when you face a chronic condition like PD, partnering with a health care provider like The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center keeps you at the forefront of discovery.
Comprehensive care
In 2023, we were designated a Comprehensive Care Center for Parkinson’s disease by the Parkinson’s Foundation to recognize health care facilities that provide exceptional care to those with Parkinson’s disease.
In addition to our multidisciplinary team featuring neurologists, movement disorder specialists, physical therapists and other experts, our PD team has access to the entire Ohio State network of more than 24,000 other medical specialists. Having the ability to work with so many others is an important advantage when tackling a relentless disease like PD with so many different symptoms.
And because our center attracts patients from across central Ohio, the state and the region, we’re familiar with the many ways PD can progress and change. This makes it more likely that we’ve already dealt with the challenges you face and already know the best treatment options for your individual symptoms.
Clinical trials
As a teaching hospital on one of the nation’s largest university campuses, we offer you access to research and treatment that may not be available anywhere else. The team at The Center for Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders is dedicated to studying and halting this progressive disease in all its forms.
We not only initiate our own clinical trials, but we also participate in trials at other health care centers and research organizations worldwide, including the National Institutes of Health’s NeuroNEXT: Network for Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials. This kind of collaboration is what gives our patients the best chance of finding promising new treatments that can transform their lives.
National recognition
Another important factor when choosing the right health care provider for your PD treatment is outside validation of our performance. In addition to our Comprehensive Care Center designation, U.S. News & World Report has consistently ranked the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center the best hospital in Columbus and included us on their “Best Hospitals” list, and nine of our specialties — including neurology and neurosurgery — were named to its 2022-2023 list.
