SJM_DEPT_Neurology_0922_FINAL_Dept 9 / 26 / 22 4 : 38 PM Page 1 H E A L T H H born of the necessity in treating a population that’s living longer and seeing better long - term prognoses What’s New because “ there have been so many advances that people are surviving medical events more than they ever have before . ” in Neurology Looking more and more at indi - vidualized treatments that specifi - cally target what a patient needs most and what they respond to best are matter the branch or specialty , also significant factors in developing FROM IMPLEMENTING today’smedical practitioners a course of treatment . In neurological THE LATEST RESEARCH NOsharea movement toward a physical therapy , it also determines TO UTILIZING THE MOST numberof growing trends that define how far a patient is pushed to rede - MODERN TECHNOLOGY , modernmedicine : embracing technological velop the skills and neural pathways SOUTH JERSEY’S advancements ; utilizing state - of - the - art that will restore the quality of life tools ; implementing breakthrough , rigor - they’re tirelessly working toward . NEUROLOGICAL ously tested research ; incorporating AI into “ In the neuroscience end of it , EXPERTS ARE ALWAYS medical , exploratory and surgical proce - they’re looking at some of the dif - LOOKING FOR THE dures ; understanding how manifestation of ferent biomarkers that are out there BEST WAYS TO ailmentsand the success of any subsequent that can help give an idea of response IMPROVE THEIR interventionare unique each patient . It’s all to rehabilitation , ” Tassini says . “ It’s shaping the future of health care . PATIENTS ’ OUTLOOKS , like how we understand in pharma - That future is guided by the goal of providing an cology that medicines can interact FROM FASTER improved patient experience with increasingly opti - with an individual based on some of RECOVERY TIMES TO mistic diagnoses and prognoses , highly individualized their biochemistry . They’re contin - BETTER LONG - TERM treatments , less invasive procedures and rapidly uing to understand how [ those bio - PROGNOSES . diminished recovery times . markers ] can impact people’s phys - The neurological sciences are on the cutting edge ical rehabilitation . … In our facilities , by Madeleine Maccar of medicine’s marvels , and South Jersey’s medical pro - we’ve been really pushing this high - fessionals are finding success in applying new intensity training , which supports the approaches and outfitting their facilities with revolutionary new equipment , both aiming direction literature is going . If you to deliver improved patient outcomes . think about it like going to the gym Ajith Thomas , MD , is Cooper Medical School of Rowan University’s ( CMSRU’s ) neuro - and working out , the only way to get surgery department chair , as well as Cooper University Health Care’s chief of neuro - better is to work the body hard so it surgery and a professor of neurosurgery at CMSRU . He brings a four - point treatment responds . ” focus to neurosurgery : vascular ; brain tumors ; chronic disorders like epilepsy and Combining procedures with a Parkinson’s disease ; and the spine . proven track record , technology with a Thomas says that he knows firsthand just how dedicated Cooper is to being at the less - invasive design and treatment forefront of not only treating complex neurological issues but also delivering that tech - with an individually tailored execution nological capability to the region . He points to one of the most recent indicators of that : is also shaping the course of neuro - Earlier this year , when Cooper opened its Acute Stroke and Neuro Interventional Suite , it surgery.Thomas notes that even previ - put the nation’s first neurointerventional suite of its kind right here in the Philly metro ously developed procedures updated region . The angiographic suite offers the advantage of a full CT scanner to help make with modern medical capabilities are procedures safer , more efficient and shorter , minimizing patient risk overall . on the table when it comes to devel - “ It is the most important thing that Cooper has done , ” he says , adding that one of the oping a patient’s treatment plan . capabilities its advanced imaging allows for is the ability to remove blood clots from the Take , for example , a treatment brain . from the ’ 80s that’s seeing a neuro - Having that kind of world - class care right in our own backyard is much to the region’s surgery resurgence . For advanced benefit , he notes . And when every second is critical in neurological emergency care , treatment of brain aneurysms and facility proximity is an invaluable asset . blood - vessel abnormalities that “ When it comes to blood vessels in the brain , time is very important , ” Thomas reduce oxygen flow to the brain , like affirms . arteriovenous malformation’s dan - Carolyn Tassini , PT , DPT , CBIS , rehabilitation supervisor and board - certified neuro - gerous tangle , the decades - old logical physical therapist at Bancroft NeuroRehab , notes that much of today’s progress is approach is being “ taken to the next SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 19 issue 6 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 42 |