What's a neurologist?

Like your question: Traditional answer, a doctor trained in diagnosing and treating diseases of the nervous system, involving brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and muscles. Included disease states, such as migraine, stroke, parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, neuropathy and myopathy, etc. Also, deals with medical disorders which secondarlily cause neurological complications.

Neurologist : Like all other md's & do's in the us, majority obtain a baccalaureate degree, complete a premedical curriculum, take the medical college admission test, go through 4 years of medical school, 1 year of internship in internal medicine, 3 years of residency in neurology, and some go on to sub-specialize. See this for further info: http://en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/neurologist.