Albany Medical Center sought to consolidate its scattered neuroscience services - neurosurgery, general neurology, and movement disorders - into one common location.

The $2.6-million fit-up gave neurosurgery and neurology a common entrance from the exterior, with common check-in/check-out and waiting areas. Pediatric and adult neurology patients are funneled to separate exam areas with nurses' stations and triage areas and five and 10 exam rooms respectively. Neurosurgery patients are funneled to another area within the clinic with 15 exam rooms.

Even though the layout provides discrete areas for pediatrics, neurology and neurosurgery within the overall 30,000-sf space, the areas are all connected to allow overflow space from one service to another.

Because of space constraints in the existing building, a separate entrance from the outside brings patients to the movement disorders area, with its own check-in/check-out and waiting areas. Because movement disorders involve a great deal of research studies, a lab, drug room and six physician offices were attached to the 10-exam room suite.