Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience is a hospital in Center City Philadelphia, affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and part of Jefferson Health. The hospital focuses on treating brain-related diseases and disorders. It is the only hospital of its kind in the Philadelphia area.
The hospital annually treats the largest combined volume of brain tumors, spinal cord injuries, aneurysms, and areteriovenous malformations in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience
Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience was the first in the Delaware Valley to offer a number of technologies including: Fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (also known as stereotactic radiotherapy)Jefferson University Hospitals: Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy Gamma Knife®Jefferson University Hospitals: Gamma Knife Shaped Beam Surgery™Jefferson Neurosurgeons, Radiation Oncologists Wrap Radiation Around Spine for Cancer Pain Relief Minimally invasive neurosurgery utilizing a robotically controlled microscopeExpertise and Experience in Neurology and Neurosurgery NeuRx DPS™, an FDA-approved device that helps individuals with certain types of spinal cord injuries breathe on their own againJefferson First Hospital in Pennsylvania to Offer New Device Allowing Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries to Breathe Without a Ventilator
The hospital also established Jefferson Expert Teleconsulting (JET), the first technology of its kind in the region. It is a university-based high-tech mobile robotic teleconsulting system.Jefferson Expert Teleconsulting (JET)
Departments and services Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience provides medical services across more than 20 specialized centers, programs, departments and divisions.Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience: Programs and Services Acute Stroke Center Brain Aneurysm and AVM center Brain Tumor Center Comprehensive Concussion Center Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center Geriatric Psychiatry Center Headache Center Jefferson Expert Teleconsulting (JET) Mechanical Circulatory Support Program Medical Oncology Minimally Invasive Cranial Base Surgery Center Movement Disorders Program Neurological Surgery Neurology Neuroradiology-Head and Neck Imaging Ophthalmology Radiation Oncology Rehabilitation Medicine Spine Program Stereotactic Radiosurgery Program
References
External links Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Thomas Jefferson University