Look for board certification, subspecialty training that matches your problem, whether the clinician who orders your test also interprets it, and how they handle uncertainty. The last one is harder to check in advance but tells you the most.
Look for board certification, subspecialty training that matches your problem, whether the clinician who orders your test also interprets it, and how they handle uncertainty. The last one is harder to check in advance but tells you the most.
Board certification can be confirmed through public directories. Subspecialty training tells you what a clinician manages most often, and matching it to your problem matters more than general reputation does. Accreditation applies to laboratories rather than to individuals, so if electrodiagnostic testing is likely, ask whether the specific office you will attend holds AANEM accreditation. All of this can be established before you ever sit down.
Ask whether the clinician who orders your study will be the one who interprets it. In many arrangements those are different people, which means a separate appointment to discuss results and no possibility of extending a study when an early finding redirects the question. At CNS the ordering neurologist performs and reads the study, which is why a protocol can change mid-session.
This is the hardest to assess in advance and the most revealing once you are in the room. A good neurologist will tell you when a diagnosis is probable rather than certain, name the alternatives, say what would change their mind, and give you a plan for what happens if the first treatment does not work. Certainty offered too readily in neurology is a warning sign rather than a reassurance, because a great deal of the field is genuinely probabilistic.
Clinical Neurology Specialists has been physician-owned since 1998, when Leo Germin, M.D., FAANEM founded it. Five board-certified neurologists and four advanced practice providers see patients at the Las Vegas and Henderson offices, each with its own AANEM-accredited electrodiagnostic laboratory.
Clinical Neurology Specialists is an adult outpatient neurology practice for patients 18 and older. The practice performs no surgery and operates no imaging suite, infusion suite or interventional pain programme, and provides no emergency or inpatient care.
Physician-reviewed. Reviewed by the physicians of Clinical Neurology Specialists — board-certified neurologists, AANEM-accredited electrodiagnostic laboratories, physician-owned since 1998. Reviewed 1 August 2026. This article is general education for adults 18 and older and is not a substitute for a consultation.
Sources and further reading: American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine; American Academy of Neurology; MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine.
Adults 18 and older, at the Las Vegas and Henderson offices. Call 702-804-1212 or request an appointment online.