Rethinking how we understand the brain
The Brain Medicine Division of Arizona State University’s Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering is advancing an integrated approach to brain health and disease — one reflecting how the brain actually works.
Rapid advances in neuroscience shows the brain functions as an integrated organ. Brain medicine brings traditionally separate disciplines together to better understand, diagnose and treat disorders of the brain.
One brain. An integrated approach.
Brain medicine looks beyond traditional neurologic and psychiatric categories to understand the underlying biology of brain health and disease.
See the whole brain
Brain medicine focuses on receptors, neurotransmitters, circuits and networks, regardless of brain region or clinical manifestations traditionally categorized as neurology or psychiatry.
The goal is not to replace existing specialties. It is to strengthen them by preparing physicians to apply a more complete understanding of the brain to diagnosis, assessment, management and treatment.
Beyond traditional boundaries
Connect neuroscience, neurology and psychiatry to understand brain health and disease.
From science to patient care
Apply advancements in neuroscience to diagnosis, assessment, management and treatment.
Built for future physicians
Prepare physicians to approach complex brain conditions from an integrated perspective.
Shape the future of brain medicine
The Brain Division is bringing disciplines together to prepare physicians to ask new questions, make more informed clinical decisions and advance human health.
