Neurology
Veterinary Neurologist Toronto
Greg Kilburn DVM, DACVIM, Board-certified Specialist in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery, Graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College (2003), American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Neurology) (2007)
Neurology Services
- Consultation regarding the brain, spinal cord and neuromuscular dysfunction in dogs and cats, including: intervertebral disc disease and other causes of weakness or paralysis, seizure management, encephalitis, tumours, and disorders of hearing and balance
- Advanced Imaging including high-field MRI (3 Tesla) and 32-slice CT
- Cerebrospinal fluid collection and analysis
- Electrodiagnostic evaluations including electromyography (EMG), nerve conduction velocity (NCV), electroencephalography (EEG) and brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER)
- Neurosurgery including hemilaminectomy, ventral slot procedure, craniotomy, stereotactic-guided brain biopsy, ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement, stabilization and fusion procedures, fracture repair, nerve and muscle biopsies
- Machine-vision Image Guided Surgery and Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA)
Common Reasons for Consultation
- Abnormal gait (weakness or paralysis)
- Spinal pain
- Seizures and movement disorders
- Vestibular dysfunction (loss of balance)
- Cognitive changes
Strengths of Service
- More than a decade of experience in the management of patients with neurological disorders
- Collaborative approach to patient care with other specialty services including Anesthesia, Critical Care, Cardiology, Oncology, Internal Medicine and Surgery
- Patient-focused approach to optimizing quality of life of patients and their owners through commitment to lifelong management of neurological disorders
- The utilization of state-of-the-art diagnostic and neurosurgical equipment in conjunction with extensive surgical experience allows us to identify and treat common and rare neurological disorders with a high level of accuracy and precision
- High-field MRI allows imaging of the central nervous system with exquisite soft tissue detail and significantly shorter anesthetic time compared with low-field MRI
- Image-guided surgery allows access to lesions in otherwise inaccessible portions of the brain in a minimally-invasive manner
