Services
A neurologist, neurophysiologist and epileptogist, Dr. Lerman diagnoses and treats a wide range of disorders at his two practices in Miami. With cutting-edge diagnostic capacity and a comprehensive approach to treatment, he provides personalized care in improving the quality of life of his patients.
Dr. Lerman’s work includes the diagnosis and long-term management of patients suffering from seizure disorders, and those afflicted by neuro-cognitive and neuro-psychiatric disorders. His areas of expertise also include headaches, concussion, neuropathies, movement disorders, neuromuscular disorders, memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, stroke, traumatic brain injury and various neuro-inflammatory disorders.
Concussion
Concussion can have a significant impact on patients with both temporary and permanent effects. It can lead to altered sensorium, changes in neurological status, seizures, headaches, mood disorders, neuropsychiatric and cognitive disorders and insomnia. Repetitive concussion can, in some cases, result in long term cognitive and neuropsychological issues.
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder and affects three million Americans. Dr. Lerman provides diagnosis and long-term management for patients suffering from seizure disorders. Patients have access to the most up-to-date diagnostics and treatments to manage seizures and improve quality of life with the ultimate aim of becoming seizure-free.
Medical Cannabis
With the passing of Amendment 2 by Florida voters on November 8th, 2016, medical cannabis is approved to treat people who have very specific or comparable debilitating diseases. Amendment 2, also known as the Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative, and the expanded qualifying medical conditions, became effective on January 3, 2017.
Migraine & Headache disorders
A migraine can cause severe throbbing pain or a pulsing sensation, usually on just one side of the head. Comprehensive treatment and in-patient management for chronic migraines, recurrent and severe headaches impacting day-to-day life, and tension-type headaches (TTH) to help patients live a normal life.
Movement disorders
Movement disorders are neurological conditions resulting in excess or paucity of movements. Originating in the central nervous system, the wide variety of disorders come with a variety of causes. While some are inherited, others may be caused by injuries, autoimmune diseases, infections, medicines, among others. Dr. Lerman identifies and treats numerous movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, Dystonia, Spasmodic torticollis, Essential tremor, Restless leg syndrome and Spasticity.
Multiple Sclerosis
Disease of the central nervous system. Diagnosis and treatment for those living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), including primary progressive, secondary progressive and relapsing-remitting forms. Symptoms include double vision, spasticity, electrical type pain, weakness, dizziness and vertigo, tingling numbness in hands or feet, urinary incontinence and gait instability. While the cause of MS is unknown, there are treatment options available relieve symptoms and delay disease progression.
Ictus cerebral
Every year, 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke. Stroke occurs when the flow of blood to the brain is interrupted, preventing brain cells from getting the necessary oxygen and glucose. This can cause brain cells to die or lead to cell damage. In some cases symptoms can start to manifest in the parts of the body controlled by those brain cells, though stroke can also result in brain damage, long-term disability or death.
- Brachial plexus injury and neuropathies
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Cognition disorders
- Diabetic neuropathies
- Dystonias
- Epilepsy
- Gait instability
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Migraine headaches
- Muscle spasticity
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myelitis
- Myelopaathy
- Nerve plexus injury
- Neuro-inflammatory disorders
- Neuro-vascular disorders
- Neuromyelitis opticus
- Paroxysmal non-epileptic seizures
- Spasmodic torticolis
- Stroke
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Upper and lower-leg post-stroke spasticity
- Vertigo
- Botox® injections for multiple neurological conditions including chronic migraine, upper and lower leg spasticity and spasm of neck muscles
- Chemodenervation
- Epilepsy Foundation clinic with case manager
- Medical cannabis for indicated disorders (Florida Compassionate Care Act)
- Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response Test
- Computerized tomography (CT)
- Deep brain stimulation (DBS)
- DaTscan referral
- Dietary therapy
- Electroencephalogram (EEG): in-home monitoring, in-patient monitoring, long-term monitoring
- Electromyography (EMG)
- Evoked potentials (EPs)
- Functional MRI (fMRI)
- Intracranial subdural electrode seizure monitoring
- Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)
- Medication
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Occipital Nerve Block (ONB)
- Peripheral nerve blocks
- Plasma exchange
- Physical therapy on-site
- Postoperative programming of responsive nerve stimulation
- Nerve conduction studies
- Pre-surgical work-up
- Responsive neurostimulation (RNS)
- Treadmill testing
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
- Wada testing
- Video electroencephalogram (EEG)