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Dr. Steven L Small, MD

Neurology, Psychiatry
38 years of experience
Methodist Richardson Medical Center 2831 E President George Bush Hwy, Richardson, TX 75082
(469) 204-1000

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Brief Intro

Dr. Steven Small's interests involve the evaluation and treatment of patients with motor disorders from stroke. Patients receive complete neurological evaluations, complemented by evaluations of language function, and in some cases, general cognitive function. In some cases, patients will be under treatment with various behavioral and pharmacological therapies, have concomitant depression, or be showing unusually good or poor recovery. The goal is both to help patients with the subacute and chronic manifestations of stroke and to understand better the processes involved in their recovery.Dr. Small's research also focuses on neurobiological changes that take place as people recover from a stroke. The laboratory uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study the organization of the normal human cerebral cortex and the changes that it undergoes after neurological injury, particularly stroke. Damage to the cerebral cortex has profound effects on such functions as learning, memory, language, and complex motor activity. His current projects are in the areas of language and motor function, and are concerned with both the normal anatomy of these functions and their recovery after stroke. In the study of normal adults, the lab has found that the language areas of the brain are more widely distributed than previously thought. In the motor system, Dr. Small has found that left- and right-handed people use somewhat different brain networks when making simple and complex finger movements.

Education Background

RESIDENCY

Presbyterian University Hospital

MEDICAL SCHOOL

University Of Rochester School Of Medicine & Dentistry - 1987

Location & Hours

Methodist Richardson Medical Center
2831 E President George Bush Hwy, Richardson, TX 75082

Specialties Treated

Neurology
Psychiatry

Conditions Addressed

Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Ischemic Stroke
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Cancer 66
Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery 67
Orthopedics 124
Neurology & Neurosurgery 104
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 119
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 125
Diabetes & Endocrinology 53
Children's Hospital 23
Urology 117
Psychiatry 96
Geriatrics 115
Rehabilitation 139
Obsterics & Gynecology 13
Ophthalmology 2
Ear, Nose & Throat 10
Rheumatology 2
Long Term Care 50
Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 60