Dr. Leon Rosenberg, MD

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Get to know Neurologist Dr. Leon H. Rosenberg, who serves patients in Cleveland, Ohio.

As a top Neurologist, you can reach him at the Department of Neurology, MetroHealth, Cleveland, Ohio. His areas of expertise include Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Alzheimer’s Disease, Migraine and other types of headaches, among the many Neurologic conditions that affect the Brain,Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerve and Muscles. As part of the Neurology team, Dr Rosenberg offers diagnostic and treatment outpatient services, EEG, EMG/NCV, Botox for migraine, and access to non-surgical spine procedures.

MetroHealth is one of the 3 large Medical Institutions in Cleveland. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and University Hospitals of Case Western Reserve University are the other major institutions. MetroHealth is a major teaching Hospital of University Hospitals, and Many of the physicians have academic positions at Case. MetroHealth is a 700 bed hospital on the main Campus, with 25 satellite facilities and over 8000 employees. MetroHealth has been serving patients in Cleveland for over 150 years. It has had many names through the years, including Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital. It was under this name that much of the early and pioneering work in Neurology was done by Maurice Victor, MD.

Dr Rosenberg’s educational background includes Medical School at The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, then Internship, Residency in Internal Medicine and then in Neurology and a Fellowship in Neurophysiology at the Medical College of Virginia, The University of Minnesota and the Massachusetts General Hospital. He then was an Instructor and then an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Minnesota. 

His credentials include board certification in the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, specifically neurology. He is also board certified in EEG, in EMG/NCV and recognized as an active member of a NeuroRehabilitation Society. In that capacity he was an examiner for the Commission of Accreditation of  Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).

His practice experience  began in Canton, Ohio. He was in private practice there for 27 years. These years included hospital privileges at ClevelandClinic Mercy and Aultman Hospital, along with 5 other smaller Hospitals in the surrounding area.

During that time, Dr Rosenberg was Medical Director of a 27 bed, inpatient rehabilitation center. He  was recognized for his leadership skills by being elected as President of the Medical Staff, and Chairman of the Department of Medicine twice at Cleveland Clinic Mercy.

Following those practice years he followed his eldest son and his family to southern Ohio, and was the Senior Medical Director of Neurology at Southern Ohio Medical Center. 

He was elected President of the Medical Staff at SOMC.

As a testament to his professionalism he has had many awards. This includes Honoree, American Heart Association, Member of the Society of St. Luke (an elected honor to the Physicians who have contributed the most to Cleveland Clinic Mercy, and to the community.)

He has also been awarded The People’s Choice Award (2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 and 2018), and the Compassionate Doctor Recognition Award (2014 and 2015).

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