Our Practice

About

Neurologic Associates

Neurologic Associates opened in 1981, making it the first and most established neurology group in Southeast Missouri. It is also the area’s only independent group of neurology doctors, which means our neurologists are committed to our patients, not to a particular hospital. Our doctors see patients from a broad area in five different hospitals. To better serve our community, we also have established outpatient clinics in Sikeston and Perryville. Few other neurology groups give you as many choices with as many solutions.

Meet Our

Medical Team

Robert Gardner Jr, MD

Dr. Robert Gardner Jr was born in Chicago, Illinois, and is a graduate of St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri.  He obtained his medical degree at St. Louis University then completed his training at Washington University-Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Gardner Jr has over ten years’ experience in Neurology, with a special interest in helping patients whose nervous systems have been compromised and may be causing chronic headaches, sleep disorders, movement disorders, stroke, and spasticity. He is a forerunner in using Botox to treat chronic migraine headaches, spasticity, and to help calm involuntary movement and muscle contraction caused by dystonia.

Dr. Gardner Jr is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

Dr. Gardner Jr treats patients at both Saint Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as well as Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri.  He has a clinic in Sikeston twice a month.

David Lee, MD

Dr. David Lee was born in Singapore.  Dr. Lee was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended Clayton High School.  He obtained his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine. He completed his training at St. Louis University Group Hospital.  He completed his fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr. Lee co-founded Neurologic Associates alongside Dr. Gardner, the first neurology practice in the area.  He has more than forty years’ experience treating patients with dementia, dizziness and balance disorder, stroke, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and migraines.

Dr. Lee is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine.

Robert Gardner, MD

Dr. Robert Gardner was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He obtained his medical degree at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. He completed his neurology training at St. Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Gardner, along with Dr. Lee, established Neurologic Associates, the first neurology practice in the area. For more than forty years, Dr. Gardner helped patients and their families cope with the effects of a stroke and brain aneurysm as well as neurologic disorders such as Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, seizures, headaches, and dizziness.

Dr. Gardner retired in August 2021 after forty years of practice but remains on honorary staff at St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital.

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