Neurology in Our Midst

About the Book

The author noted, after more than 35 years of teaching, that many medical, nursing and physical therapy students, as well as, generalists, feared or avoided neurology and neurological patients. Neurology in Our Midst is a form of interventional neurology book that addresses this problem. The writing style deviates from the usual medical books. The content simplifies and avoids obfuscation of the language of neurology. It emphasizes understanding of how the central nervous system (CNS) controls our daily activities and if injured or afflicted by diseases, how they manifest. Bedside examinations, to unmask the aberrant functions, are detailed and the abnormalities are explained for the purpose of localization. CNS anatomic structures are dissected into chapters and paired with clinical examples and neuroanatomic correlations. The “Waterloo” of neurology is the understanding and evaluation of unconscious patients, so, the book addressed this difficulty. The cerebrospinal fluid circulation and cerebrovascular neuroanatomy are discussed and correlated with hydrocephalus and stroke. Neuroanatomy and clinical neurology lectures will be more interesting and meaningful if one reads the entire book before attending them.

About the Author

Dr. Amado San Luis completed his neurology training at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, a premiere medical institution in the Philippines, where he went on to practice and teach neurology for 35 years. Dr. San Luis did not only teach medical students, but even nurses, physical therapists, patients afflicted with neurological diseases and their relatives. A talented artist who believes that everyone can and should understand the fundamentals of neurology, Dr. San Luis once sketched the brain to help her 12-year old daughter understand why she has chronic migraine. While raising his eight kids, Dr. San Luis completed his post-graduate training in Neurology Research and Neurophysiology at the Kyushu University Neurological Institute, Fukuoka, Japan and Masters in Public Health at UERM. He also served as President of the Philippine Neurological Association in 1996 and the Asian and Oceanian Association of Neurology from 2000 to 2008. In 2015, he established the Center for Neurological Sciences at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center, Philippines, to serve indigent patients, train neurology residents and nurses, and advance research in the field of neurology.