The Chiari Care Center

 
 

The Chiari Care Center is a specialized center dedicated to the evaluation, care, and treatment of persons suffering from the Chiari I malformation, syringomyelia, and related disorders. Located on one of Colorado’s most comprehensive medical campuses – The Medical Center of Aurora – and within The Neurosurgery Center of Colorado – The Chiari Care Center offers patients specialized medical expertise and advanced technology in the treatment of these disorders.

The Chiari Care Center is 20 minutes away from Denver International Airport. Established in 1998 as the Chiari Clinic at the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri, the Center moved to Aurora, Colorado in 2005. Since the move, The Chiari Center has been visited by persons from 32 states and 2 foreign countries.


This www.ChiariCare.com site is designed to assist you in learning about these disorders and about the services we provide.


To learn about the Center staff, please select About Us. For Center news and information on the Chiari I malformation, syringomyelia and related disorders, please visit the Learning section. 


The Treatment section describes the process of evaluation, the tests required, and treatment options available.


The Scheduling section provides our contact information, a list of the insurance companies accepted, and information on arranging transportation and lodging.


Please let us know how we can improve this site and service to you.


The Chiari Care Center

at

The Neurosurgery Center of Colorado


1444 S. Potomac, Suite 170

Aurora, Colorado

T: 303-481-0035  

F: 303-752-5240

W: www.chiaricare.com

 

Welcome to The Chiari Care Center

The Chiari Care Center in Aurora, Colorado is dedicated to the evaluation and treatment of patients suffering

from the Chiari I malformation, syringomyelia, and related disorders.

PATIENT EVALUATION

  1. •Evaluation by a neurosurgeon and nurse practitioner

  2. •Complete diagnostic evaluation of the nervous system may be needed including brain and spine MRI, CINE MRI flow studies, and 3-dimensional CT imaging

  3. •Multiple specialty consultants available

medical Care   

  1. •Consideration of non-surgical options

  2. •Physical therapy & pain control measures

  3. •Evaluation for other causes of symptoms

surgical Care

  1. •Customized Chiari decompression based on morphological analysis

  2. •Pioneer in Chiari decompression with reconstruction

  3. •Minimally invasive surgical treatment for a subgroup of Chiari patients

  4. •Minimally invasive treatment for tethered spinal cord

  5. •Experience in over 400 Chiari cases

  6. •Neurophysiology and Color Doppler Ultrasonography guided decompression

  7. •Extensive experience in management of related spinal disorders, most using minimally invasive techniques

OUTCOME

  1. •Only reported outcome study using a quality of life outcome measure