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Tyson Brust

Dr. Tyson Brust
Tyson Brust

MD, PhD, FRCPC

Primary Specialty:
Neurology
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Dr. Tyson Brust is a multiple sclerosis neurologist in the Calgary MS Program and is affiliated with University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine. He also has a general neurology practice at the Peter Lougheed Centre. He completed a BSc in neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge before pursuing a PhD in neuroscience at the University of British Columbia. His thesis explored endogenous mechanisms of neuroprotection against hypoxia and ischemia using rat brain slice electrophysiology as a model. Following his successful PhD defense in 2006, he attended medical school at the University of Toronto, earning his MD in 2010. Subsequently, he completed his residency training in adult neurology at the University of Calgary in 2016. After becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in 2016, he went on to complete a fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology at the University of Calgary. He has a wide ranging general neurology practice, including both outpatient and inpatient neurology. His main subspecialty focus includes patients with multiple sclerosis and related disorders.

I can help with:

  • Management of common neurological problems such as headache, seizure, movement disorders, peripheral neuropathy, and neuromuscular conditions.
  • Assessment of common neurological symptoms such as visual disturbances, face or limb weakness or numbness, neuropathic pain, dysarthria, dysphagia, loss of coordination, vertigo, gait disturbance, language difficulties, or changes in memory or personality.
Average decrease in Specialist wait times of 51%
Over 7,200 eConsults sent
70% of patients were not sent directly to the specialist 

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