23 people who chose neurology
Astra Kliinik is the first private clinic in Estonia dedicated to neurology. Over the years many good and talented colleagues have joined us. Our team is made up of Estonia's top people in neurology.
The people who will look after you
Neurologists and a paediatric neurologist, nurses, physiotherapists, a psychologist, a social worker, clinical coordinators and the management. That is how many people are behind Astra Kliinik.
Your concern is our concern until it is solved
These are the principles the work here follows. They are not slogans on a wall but things we hold each other to.
Nobody is left alone with their concern
Once you walk through our door you are our patient until the problem is solved. We book the tests and appointments for you.
Everything is said in plain language
Our doctors understand the most complex detail. For you we translate it into sentences you can genuinely understand and decide on.
A second pair of eyes when needed
Difficult cases are discussed together in house. That is the advantage of a small clinic focused on one speciality.
If we cannot help, we find who can
We do not leave you to search the city for help on your own. We refer you to a specific specialist we trust ourselves.
Why we founded the clinic
Dr Katrin Gross-Paju and Dr Ulvi Thomson worked for years as neurologists at the West Tallinn Central Hospital. Every day they had to explain to patients why there was no quick way to see a neurologist, while waiting lists stretched to months.
Quick access to a doctor solves two problems. Sometimes the problem can be solved quickly and nobody has to wait for weeks in uncertainty. Sometimes it is an illness where a quick diagnosis also means quick treatment.
That is how Astra Kliinik was born: the first private clinic in Estonia dedicated to neurology, where you can see a doctor quickly and a whole team looks after you.
A family business
Astra Kliinik is a family business. The owners are Katrin and Taivo Paju, and their daughter Kristiina is the managing director. Katrin's parents, Dr Tiina and Dr Raul Talvik, helped build up paediatric neurology, medical genetics and emergency medicine in Estonia.
Experience from leading centres
Dr Katrin Gross-Paju trained further at Queen Square in London and at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where her interest in rare and complex nerve diseases began.
What keeps us going
The joy is when treatment works and a person can live exactly the way they want: to move, to do sport, to work and to be with family, without health worries deciding the day in advance.