About Joshua VanDerWerf, MD

Joshua VanDerWerf, MD, is humbled to serve patients and their families during crisis moments. His goal is to ease the anxiety and suffering of his patients while they begin their journey to recovery. Dr. VanDerWerf aims to accomplish this while providing quality, multidisciplinary, compassionate care. 

Dr. VanDerWerf attended medical school at Creighton University in Nebraska, followed by a neurology residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a neurocritical care fellowship at Duke University in North Carolina. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology as well as the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties. He previously served as a clinical assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine – Greenville and as a core faculty member for their neurology residency program. Dr. VanDerWerf has multiple publications, primarily pertaining to intracerebral hemorrhages and other acute neurologic conditions. He has also been actively involved in presenting didactics for medical students, residents, fellows, colleagues, EMS personnel and others throughout his career. 

While outside of the hospital, he enjoys his family, church community, nature and good food.