I need some help with finding a doctor in the MidWest region that specializes in Chiari...I was dx with a 11mm Chiari Malformation in June...My nuero dr that I have seen for migraines for ten yrs left 1 month before this so I am left with nobody...I went to a new Neuro dr that was a horrible, all she wanted to tell me was that I didn't have MS (thankfully) and give me medicine to help me sleep...she blamed all my symptoms on the possibility of my Topomax that I take for the migraines...I then went to a NS who was a little better but he said that after doing 2 more MRI's that I didn't have a syrinx and I would never develop one and to go on with life and not worry about anything!!!!! Are you kidding me!!! When I was dx with this I was so relieved (which sounds weird) to finally have some answers to how I have been feeling...I almost felt like a hypochondriac b/c I was complaining about soooo many things about how I feel...If anyone knows of a good doctor that specializes in this I really need to see one...I'm tires of the ones who look at you like it's no big deal!!!

where are you in the Midwest ?

I live in SW Missouri...There is no Chiari specialist in this area...the two nuero dr's pretty much told me to go home and not worry about it...that is easy for them to say when they don't feel like I do!

are you close to arkansas , there is a dr there Dr Anthony Capocelli ..

also
Dr. Parley Madsen, III,
Neurosurgeon
Microsurgery and Brain Research Institute
6725 Chippewa Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63109
314-644-7111
Fax 314-644-3113

Dr. David G. Yingling, M.D.
Cape Neurosurgical Associates P.C.
3129 Blattner Drive
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
573-339-0900

I am a missouri girl. Lived there for 27 years in Columbia. Mayo clinic out of Rochester, referred me to that clinic. I participated in a trial study there.
Columbia University med. center on 1 hospital drive, has a great reputation, as it is a teaching institute. Also Barns hosptial in St. Louis has a good reputation. My daughter went to the childrens hospital there for neruological problems after birth. Both these facilities, were extrememly good. I am glad you have a DX too. Now maybe you can go on, and find someone to help. I do care and wish you all the best. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. ginnie

Thank you for getting back to me...I will check into the Med Center at Columbia...I did call one clinic in St Louis that said he was suppose to be a specialist in Chiari but when I asked they said that all their doctors were familiar with it but didn't specialize in it...I don't feel like that is what I need at this point...Any Nuero dr should be familiar with Chiari! I want someone who KNOWS what they are talking about! But I will check with Barnes and see who they have on staff there...
Thanks again...

Both facilities, have complete listings of their staff available. Research every one you may have an interst in. Also they list their areas of expertise. MU also has a medical research library, they will open to the public once you have your doctor, if you should wind up with that faility. It is normally for students, but patients allowed in. I wish you all the best. ginnie

Did you ever find a Chiari Specialist in the Midwest? I was just currently diagnosed with Chiari, and I'm looking for a specialist as well. I have a neurosurgeon in Springfield, MO, but i want someone who specializes in Chiari.

Try Columbia University medical center, 1 hospital drive in Columbia, Mo. This is a top notch teaching facility. I took treatments there for 9 years. I do believe you can find a specialist there in any branch of medicine. I wish you all the best. Ginnie