The M.I.N.D.
The Malka Institute of Neuroscience and Disease is the largest, most sophisticated, and diverse medical specialty practice of its kind in the Tampa Bay area, serving several hospitals and three counties. Four friendly local offices strive to accommodate patients of all ages, insurances, and the uninsured on a prompt, professional basis.
The M.I.N.D. physicians are certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. They taught and served at multiple universities, national scientific meetings, pivotal clinical trials, and published book chapters, abstracts, and articles. They served on various hospital and literature review panels, as expert witnesses and pharmaceutical consultants, and were featured on television, radio, and newspaper, receiving various accolades including the USF Outstanding Clinical Attending Award, Who's Who, National Board of Medical Examiners diplomat, record three years in a row 100th percentile scoring in nationally administered examinations, American Academy of Neurology Scholarship Award for Academy Proceedings, and the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society.
The M.I.N.D. provides both conservative and state of the art care including neurosurgical assessments and second opinons for patients of all ages with congenital and toxic-metabolic disorders of the brain, spine, peripheral nerves and muscles, encephalitis, meningitis, and other infectious neurological illnesses, multiple sclerosis, neurological complications of auto-immune diseases, head injuries, spine, pain management, attention deficit and related disorders, psychiatric and counseling issues, disorders of sleep, epilepsy, seizures, visual and other sensory impairments, stroke and carotid disease, brain aneurysms and other vascular malformations of the nervous system, brain and spinal cord tumors, dementia and other cognitive and neurodegenerative processes, Parkinson’s and other movement and balance disorders.
Services offered by the M.I.N.D. include deep brain and vagal nerve stimulators, shunt programming, cognitive and IQ testing, epidurals, nerve blocks, trigger point injections, Botox and other chemodenervation techniques, nerve conduction studies, electromyography, electroencephalography, diagnostic and therapeutic Ommaya, lumbar puncture, MRI, CT, EEG, carotid duplex, transcranial doppler, evoked potential, and sleep study interpretation, nerve and muscle biopsy.
Services
Botox
Botox
Botox
Botox is a neurotoxin associated with spoiled foods made from the bacterium C. botulinum and has been approved to treat migraines, hemi-facial spasms, cervical dystonia, and spastic hemiplegia and dystonia. Botox is a powerful therapeutic agent that can reduce muscle spasm and pain, and also restore function. It is safe treatment as it is
Botox is a neurotoxin associated with spoiled foods made from the bacterium C. botulinum and has been approved to treat migraines, hemi-facial spasms, cervical dystonia, and spastic hemiplegia and dystonia. Botox is a powerful therapeutic agent that can reduce muscle spasm and pain, and also restore function. It is safe treatment as it is not digested in your stomach and is a much smaller amount than you would get in spoiled food. Treatment is repeated every 3 to 4 months as treatment wears off over time.
EEG
Botox
Botox
EEG – Electroencephalogram testing detects abnormalities in your brain waves. Electrodes are pasted onto your scalp, and they detect electrical charges caused by the activity of your brain cells. EEG testing can be used to evaluate several types of brain disorders, including:
- Epilepsy
- Brain tumors
- Brain damage from a head injury
- Encephalopath
EEG – Electroencephalogram testing detects abnormalities in your brain waves. Electrodes are pasted onto your scalp, and they detect electrical charges caused by the activity of your brain cells. EEG testing can be used to evaluate several types of brain disorders, including:
- Epilepsy
- Brain tumors
- Brain damage from a head injury
- Encephalopathy
- Inflammation of the brain (encephalitis)
- Strokes
- Sleep disorders
EMG
Botox
Nerve Blocks
EMG is used to detect neuromuscular abnormalities by measuring muscle response or electrical activity in response to a nerve’s stimulation of the muscle. One or more electrodes (small needles) are inserted into the muscle, and the EMG measures the electrical activity of muscle during rest, slight contraction, and forceful contraction. Con
EMG is used to detect neuromuscular abnormalities by measuring muscle response or electrical activity in response to a nerve’s stimulation of the muscle. One or more electrodes (small needles) are inserted into the muscle, and the EMG measures the electrical activity of muscle during rest, slight contraction, and forceful contraction. Conditions that EMG testing helps diagnose include:
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Pinched nerve
- Radiculopathy
- Sciatica
- Neuropathies
- Muscle diseases
- ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease)
- Myasthenia gravis
- EEG Electroencephalogram (routine and ambulatory)
Nerve Blocks
Neurobehavioral Testing
Nerve Blocks
Nerve blocks are procedures used for pain relief that can help prevent or manage different kinds of pain by blocking pain from specific nerves.
Nerve blocks can ease pain by providing not only immediate relief but also long-term relief by reducing irritation and allowing damage to nerves to heal. However, nerve blocks are often a short-te
Nerve blocks are procedures used for pain relief that can help prevent or manage different kinds of pain by blocking pain from specific nerves.
Nerve blocks can ease pain by providing not only immediate relief but also long-term relief by reducing irritation and allowing damage to nerves to heal. However, nerve blocks are often a short-term fix and pain may return as the drugs wear off, resulting in a need for repeat and prolonged long-term treatments.
Neurobehavioral Testing
Neurobehavioral Testing
Neurobehavioral Testing
Cognitive testing checks for problems of the processes of your brain that include thinking, memory, language, judgement, and the ability to learn new things.
Testing includes, but is not limited to, naming the current date, identifying every day objects, and counting backwards.
IQ Testing
Neurobehavioral Testing
Neurobehavioral Testing
An IQ test is a standardized test used to measure a range of cognitive ability and potential. They are used for various reasons including:
- Educational assessment and placement
- Assessment and diagnosis of intellectual disability
- Cognitive assessment of memory, speed, and attention
The tests focus on math skills, perception, memory, and language.