Dr. Lee Voulters

Dr. Lee Voulters, a board-certified Neurologist employed by Memorial Hospital of Gulfport

"I have been in practice for many years in the US and have never turned away anybody," said Dr. Lee Voulters, a neurologist with Memorial Hospital in Gulfport.

Voulters, who practiced medicine in England, Canada and the U.S., says President Obama's plan is backwards.

"We'll have government controlled health care, which is not a good thing," he said.

Dr. Lee Voulters, stroke program director at Memorial, said he and others are also trying to establish a statewide stroke treatment network similar to the trauma region network already in place for emergency care.

"Our goal is to develop a stroke system which will offer the best care possible," Voulters said.

"It's probably not that important," said Dr. Lee Voulters, a Gulfport neurologist and medical director of the stroke program at Memorial Hospital.
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Voulters, who specializes in stroke and movement disorders, does say there are times when it's important to know: When you face brain surgery for injury or tumor or if you have a stroke that affects one side or the other of your brain.

Dr. Lee Voulters, is employed at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport as a Neurologist. He was instrumental in leading Memorial Hospital to be the first and only Certified Stoke Center in the State of Mississippi. Dr. Voulters has a board certification in Neurology. He was educated at the University of London as well as The Royal Free Hospital, School of Medicine, University of London, M.B.B.S. and also has his MBA from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Voulters did his residency program at the University of Western Ontario in Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Lee Voulters, stroke program director at Memorial, said he and others are also trying to establish a statewide stroke treatment network similar to the trauma region network already in place for emergency care.

"Our goal is to develop a stroke system which will offer the best care possible," Voulters said.

The APDA made its selection because Dr. Lee Voulters, the center's medical director and neurologist at The Vicksburg Clinic, is the only fellowship-trained movement disorder specialist in Mississippi.A movement disorder specialist sees patients with a variety of neurological disorders, of which Parkinson's is the most common.

Mississippi's APDA Information and Referral Center provides a 24-hour answering service and a staff coordinator, trained in social work or nursing, to field questions from the community about Parkinson's disease.The center responds to the particular needs of persons affected by Parkinson's disease and their caregivers through education, referral, support and public awareness programs.

Voulters completed his fellowship training in movement disorders at the Neurological Institute at Columbia University.He received his bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery degrees from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine at the University of London in England.His training included serving as house physician and later house surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital in London.He completed his residency and served as chief resident in neurology at the University of Western Ontario in Ontario, Canada. Voulters also holds an MBA from George Mason University.

Dr. Lee Voulters has joined the medical staff at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, Mississippi. Dr. Voulters is a world renowned neurologist and he comes to Memorial from Vicksburg, Mississippi.