Ayer Neuroscience Institute
Neurology • Willimantic, CT • Since 1893 • Multiple locations across CT (Norwich, Waterford, Mystic, Hartford, Willimantic) as part of Hartford HealthCare/Ayer Neuroscience Institute locations
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About
The provided page is about Backus Hospital, its services, and community activities, including the Backus Outpatient Care Center. It mentions local outreach and donations to community kitchens and general hospital statistics, but it does not contain information specific to an "Ayer Neuroscience Institute" in Willimantic. For precise details, consider checking Backus Hospital’s neurology/neuroscience department pages or contacting the hospital directly.
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What are the hours for the Neurology clinic at Backus Hospital?
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed
- Birdeye (Seizure and Epilepsy Clinic): 1.3 / 5 (3)
- Hartford HealthCare Official Provider Profiles (for individual physicians): 4.4 to 4.8 / 5 (Based on varying numbers of surveys per provider (e.g., 103 for Dr. Hornyak))
Patients praise
- positive individual doctor reviews
- collaborative care model (specialists meeting to review cases)
Common complaints
- poor administrative responsiveness
- difficulty getting calls returned
- issues with test orders and pre-authorizations
- unprofessional staff behavior (gossiping)
"Administrative staff is not good here. When they say they will call me back, they rarely do. I call them back. I suggest that for any new patients here. Be proactive in calling them."
- Birdeye review (Ayer Neuroscience Institute Seizure and Epilepsy Clinic)"Very bad service. They don't pick up the calls and fumbled my orders for CT scans and did not get the required pre-auths on time. Seems the doctors and assistants are over-loaded all the time."
- Birdeye review (Ayer Neuroscience Institute Seizure and Epilepsy Clinic)Synthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 - sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
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Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.
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