Physician Assistant, Certified

Terra Fonseca, PA-C

NCCPA board-certified, with more than seven years in cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery and neurosurgery — all in Southern Nevada. A clinician formed in surgical neurology brings a trained eye for the serious, and it shows most with radiating spine symptoms and post-surgical nerve questions.

Terra Fonseca, PA-C, physician assistant at Clinical Neurology Specialists in Las Vegas

Board Certified

Credentials listed in full below, as issued by the certifying board.

Sees Patients At Both Offices

Las Vegas and Henderson, each with a full diagnostic suite.

Adults 18 and Older

Outpatient adult neurology. No paediatric care.

Accredited Laboratories

AANEM-accredited electrodiagnostics at both locations.

Physician Assistant, Certified

About Terra Fonseca

Before joining Clinical Neurology Specialists, Terra Fonseca spent more than seven years practising in some of medicine's highest-stakes arenas — cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery and neurosurgery — all in Southern Nevada. That history matters to her patients today: a clinician formed in surgical neurology and vascular medicine brings a trained eye for the serious, an unflappable bedside manner, and a deep respect for the difference an accurate diagnosis makes.

Terra is board-certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. She completed her undergraduate degree in Business and Pre-health Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson, then earned her master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies at Touro University Nevada in Henderson — the same institution where founder Dr. Leo Germin serves as adjunct clinical faculty.

Her education and her entire clinical career root her in this region; she has served Southern Nevada patients for her whole professional life.

At Clinical Neurology Specialists, Terra practises full time as an advanced practice provider, evaluating patients with neurological symptoms and providing ongoing follow-up care in close collaboration with the practice's board-certified neurologists. Her surgical-specialty background is a quiet asset across the practice's core work: patients with radiating spine symptoms, post-surgical nerve questions, vascular risk factors, and the overlap conditions sitting between specialties benefit from a provider who has seen both sides.

Clinical focus: Neurological evaluation and follow-up · radiating spine symptoms · post-surgical nerve questions · vascular risk factors

Credentials

Training and certification

Board certification

National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

Undergraduate

Business and Pre-health Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Master's degree

Physician Assistant Studies, Touro University Nevada, Henderson.

Prior practice

Cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery and neurosurgery — all in Southern Nevada.

Years of experience before CNS

More than seven.

Conditions & Studies

What Terra Fonseca commonly sees

These are the areas patients are most often referred to Terra Fonseca for. Routing here is by clinical question rather than by request, so if you are not sure which fits, describe the symptom when you book and the team will advise.

Sources & Practice Information

Credentials, scope and how to reach us

Credentials named here are issued by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine, whose accreditation programme also rates this practice's laboratories. Condition background for patients is published by NINDS.

Clinical Neurology Specialists performs no surgery and operates no imaging suite, infusion suite or interventional pain programme, and provides no paediatric, emergency or inpatient care.

Clinical Neurology Specialists · 7751 W. Flamingo Road, Suite A-100, Las Vegas, NV 89147 · 1691 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 100, Henderson, NV 89012 · 702-804-1212 · Adults 18 and older.

Frequently Asked Questions

About Terra Fonseca

Training, scope of practice, and how to book.

What does her surgical background add?
More than seven years across cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery and neurosurgery gives her a trained eye for the serious. In practice that helps most with radiating spine symptoms, post-surgical nerve questions, vascular risk factors, and the overlap conditions that sit awkwardly between specialties.
Where did she train?
Terra completed her undergraduate degree in Business and Pre-health Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson, then earned her master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies at Touro University Nevada in Henderson — the same institution where founder Dr. Leo Germin serves as adjunct clinical faculty.
Is she local to Southern Nevada?
Her education and her entire clinical career root her here: she trained at Touro University Nevada in Henderson and has served Southern Nevada patients for her whole professional life, across three surgical specialties before moving into neurology at this practice.
Will I still see a neurologist?
Yes, where the clinical question needs one. Terra evaluates patients and provides follow-up care in close collaboration with the practice's board-certified neurologists. Advanced practice providers here extend expert care rather than substituting for it, and routing is by clinical question rather than by title.
Does she see personal injury patients?
Neurological assessment after injury is part of the practice's work, and her surgical and vascular background is directly relevant to it. Whether any particular medico-legal or billing arrangement applies should be confirmed with the practice directly, since those are business rather than clinical questions.
Which office does she see patients at?
Both the Las Vegas and Henderson offices, and both hold the same records so alternating between them restarts nothing. It is worth asking at booking which has earlier availability, because that differs between the two week to week and flexibility genuinely helps.

Emergency & crisis resources: Clinical Neurology Specialists is not an emergency service. For stroke symptoms, a seizure lasting more than five minutes or any medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. For a mental health crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline).

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New patients and physician referrals are welcome at both the Las Vegas and Henderson offices. Adults 18 and older.