North Carolina Neuroscience and Spine Center

Inpatient care for your brain, spine and nerve conditions and injuries is an important part of our neuroscience program at Rex. Our hospital-based neurology specialists (called neurohospitalists) take care of patients in the hospital who have neurological issues. They’re able to admit patients with neurological conditions, then oversee their care.  

Our team also serves as a regular point of contact for families and patients as they navigate their hospital experience. And they’re a vital part of UNC Rex Hospital’s multidisciplinary stroke team. 

UNC Rex Neurointensivists 

Getting the care you need as a critically ill patient with a spine or brain injury or disorder is vital to getting you back to the things you love. Our 10-bed neuroscience intensive care unit (ICU) is staffed by a team that has expertise in both neurological and medical intensive care.  

Conditions

• Blood clot that stops blood from getting to the brain (acute ischemic stroke)  
• Bleeding within the skull (intracranial or subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of stroke)  
• A weak blood vessel in the brain (cerebral or brain aneurysm)  
• Abnormal blood vessels in the brain (cerebrovascular malformations)  
• Coma  
• Decreased blood flow or oxygen to the brain (encephalopathy)  
• Too much fluid deep inside the brain (hydrocephalus)  
• Brain tumors 
• Traumatic brain injury or TBI 
• Injury to the spinal cord  
• Seizures  
• Neurological disorders, such as multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome 
• Meningitis (inflammation of the tissues around the brain and spinal cord) 
• Inflammation of the brain (encephalitis)  
• Spinal infection  
• Neuromuscular disorders (issues with nerves and muscles causing abnormal muscle function) 
• Abnormal function of the body’s involuntary processes, such as breathing and heart rate (autonomic instability) 
• Recent major neurosurgical procedures (including carotid artery surgery, neuroendovascular procedures and head and neck studies)