Clinical neurophysiology is the study of nervous system disorders. A neurophysiologist is a neurologist or psychiatrist who specializes in the diagnosis and management of nervous system disorders using a combination of clinical evaluation and technical device testing, such as electroencephalography (EEG) or electromyography (EMG). These test results are interpreted by the neurophysiologist and communicated to the patient to treat nervous system disorders, such as carpal tunnel syndrome or a ruptured disc in the spine causing sciatica.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 1,424 practicing clinical neurophysiologists. Broken out by state, clinical neurophysiology doctor density in Alabama is 14, in Alaska is 2, in Arizona is 28, in Arkansas is 7, in California is 132, in Colorado is 10, in Connecticut is 17, in Delaware is 7, in District of Columbia is 19, in Florida is 77, in Georgia is 34, in Hawaii is 3, in Idaho is 3, in Illinois is 73, in Indiana is 27, in Iowa is 14, in Kansas is 14, in Kentucky is 22, in Louisiana is 20, in Maine is 12, in Maryland is 42, in Massachusetts is 64, in Michigan is 58, in Minnesota is 45, in Mississippi is 9, in Missouri is 35, in Montana is 1, in Nebraska is 7, in Nevada is 3, in New Hampshire is 9, in New Jersey is 60, in New Mexico is 6, in New York is 164, in North Carolina is 48, in North Dakota is 6, in Ohio is 85, in Oklahoma is 5, in Oregon is 15, in Pennsylvania is 86, in Rhode Island is 15, in South Carolina is 11, in South Dakota is 4, in Tennessee is 35, in Texas is 107, in Utah is 10, in Vermont is 7, in Virginia is 44, in Washington is 28, in West Virginia is 12, in Wisconsin is 38, and in Wyoming is 1.
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