Find a TOS Specialist
Find a TOS Specialist
We can help you find a TOS specialist
Why is a TOS specialist so important?
TOS patients recover more quickly when a provider diagnoses TOS accurately and quickly, and when appropriate treatment starts promptly. Why do some specialists excel at diagnosing and treating TOS patients, and how do you find these specialists?
Many TOS patients face the challenge of finding a qualified TOS specialist. We understand the obstacles, and we aim to provide information to help patients with that challenge.
Early diagnosis is critical for successful treatment
TOS does not belong to a single medical specialty

Early diagnosis is critical for successful treatment
Successful treatment of TOS depends on early and accurate diagnosis, which enables prompt and precise treatment. However, your physician may be unfamiliar with TOS, inexperienced with TOS, or unable to diagnose TOS quickly and accurately. In this case, you may not receive prompt treatment. For this reason, it is important to understand how to recognize or find a qualified TOS specialist.
Unfortunately, we have seen too many patients with chronic pain from undiagnosed and untreated TOS. As a result, we have heard too many stories of multiple visits to multiple doctors, without a satisfying answer. By the time the patient finds a doctor familiar with TOS, the challenges seem overwhelming.
It is important to realize that earlier diagnosis means less pain, faster recovery, and better outcome for many TOS patients.
TOS does not belong to a single medical specialty
Highly-trained specialists and sub-specialists form the foundation of modern health care in America. Patients are very comfortable knowing they can always find a highly-qualified provider for just about any medical condition that develops.
For example, when you break a bone, you see an orthopedic surgeon.
When you are pregnant, you see an obstetrician.
When you have chest pain, you see a cardiologist.
An orthopedic surgeon knows bones. An obstetrician knows the mom and the baby. A cardiologist knows the heart. But who knows the thoracic outlet?
The thoracic outlet is not the neck, not the chest, nor the shoulder. The thoracic outlet is not the nerves, not the arteries, nor the veins. Because of the complexity of the thoracic outlet, it has never been the territory of a single medical specialty.
You cannot search the phone book or Google for your local university hospital TOS medical group. That’s the bad news. At the same time, there is good news. While TOS belongs to no one specialty, there are practitioners of many different specialties that do know TOS quite well. We are here to help you find them.
What specialists see TOS patients?
Ordinarily, when you search for a medical specialist, you search based on the type of training that person has completed. However, you cannot search for specialty training that guarantees knowledge or experience in diagnosing and treating TOS patients. In other words, there is no medical specialty whose curriculum uniformly trains graduates in the diagnosis and treatment of TOS.
Conversely, many providers trained in many different specialties have earned the knowledge and experience to treat TOS patients. To put it another way, searching by specialist is likely to be of little help. But searching based on TOS knowledge and experience can be fruitful. And while no medical specialty ‘owns’ TOS, there are many specialties within whose ranks you can find a TOS specialist.
We can start by understanding what each specialist does. In this way, we can understand how each specialist can help TOS patients.
How do you find your TOS specialist?
By now, you likely know that no specialty uniformly trains doctors to diagnose and treat TOS patients. As a result, you cannot search for a TOS specialist by specialty. And no doctor treats TOS patients only. However, TOS specialists are available in many parts of the country, and we can help you find one.
With this in mind, how do you find your TOS specialist?
Start right here with our interactive TOS specialist map. Find a TOS specialist near you, find a TOS specialist with specific training, or find a TOS specialist you have read about online.
After you find a TOS specialist, how do you learn more about their expertise and experience?
Social media provides a powerful tool for finding your TOS specialist, as well as learning more about them. To begin with, follow NeoVista® social media for our latest updates. After that, visit these popular Facebook TOS support groups:
Not only can you find a TOS specialist, you can also learn from the experiences of other TOS patients.
As an additional source of information, you can contact us to request assistance in finding a TOS specialist near you.