Dr. Ana-Luiza Sayao, MD
Welcome to our practice!
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We're a team of passionate medical staff, here to help you with your neurological care.
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Neurologists are physicians who have additional education and training in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.
Patients are referred to the neurologist for conditions such as Stroke, Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Dementia, Migraines, and other conditions of the brain, spine and peripheral nervous system.
A neurologist assessment includes taking your history, an examination to check your reflexes, sensations, balance, speech and other cognitive functions. Neurological diagnostic tests are often requested and interpreted. The neurologist then provides a diagnosis and management plan for their patients. A comprehensive consultation report outlining results and recommendations is provided to the referring physician and/ or family doctor. Botox treatments are provided by some neurologists for a limited number of conditions.
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Room 302, Mount St Joseph’s Hospital
3080 Prince Edward Street
(604) 877-8310
Dr. Sayao, MD, FRCP(C), CSCN (EEG) Practice of Neurology
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My clinical and academic training has equipped me with a rigorous, evidence-based approach to the diagnosis, management, and longitudinal care of patients with neurological conditions.
I maintain dual academic clinical appointments at the UBC Centre for Brain Health - the UBC MS clinic; and Providence Healthcare - the MSJ Neurology Clinic. My clinical practice encompasses the full spectrum of demyelinating and neuroinflammatory disorders, as well as general neurology. I am actively involvement in quality improvement projects, academic research and an evaluator for industry-sponsored clinical trials. I contribute to expert consultation services, participate in multidisciplinary case conferences, and have co-led structured pediatric-to-adult transition programs to ensure continuity of care across critical developmental milestones. I have delivered invited expert lectures at regional and provincial levels, advancing knowledge translation across the neurological community.
Academic medicine and clinician education are central to my professional identity. I am committed to the rigorous training of neurology residents, clinical fellows, and medical students, fostering clinical reasoning, diagnostic precision, individualized treatment approaches, and compassionate patient-centred practice. This dedication has been formally recognized through the receipt of teaching awards.
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Adult general neurology services with a focus of emergency rapid access clinic referrals and inpatient neurology referrals.
Contact Mount St. Joseph Neurology Clinic at (604) 877-8310 -
Please contact the UBC Multiple Sclerosis clinic for referral information at 604 822-7121
More information can be found below.
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Dr. Ana-Luiza Sayao, BSc, MD, FRCPC, is currently a Neurologist at Providence Health Care and the University of British Columbia Multiple Sclerosis Clinic. She completed her residency training at UBC and Royal College board certification in Neurology in 2009. She then completed a Fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis at UBC in 2010 with a research focus on clinical epidemiology; as well as a mini-Fellowship in Electroencephalography in 2014 and successfully passed the Canadian EEG certification exam in 2015. She is actively involved in education of MS Fellows, Neurology residents and medical students and is the St. Paul’s hospital Physician Lead for the Peoples and Teams Pillar.
Learn more here.
https://neurology.med.ubc.ca/faculty-listing/clinical-vfmp-v/ana-sayao/ -
Dr. Sayao is a visiting Neurologist in the Yukon Territories. There, she works at the Specialist Clinic at Whitehorse General Hospital, home to a variety of visiting physicians who provide specialized consultative medical and surgical expertise and act as a resource for local physicians. Specialist appointments must be made through a referral by a family doctor.
