SJM_DEPT_Neurology_0822_Final_Reg3_Dept 8 / 30 / 22 5 : 44 PM Page r H E A L T H own backyard is much to the region’s benefit , he notes . And when every second is critical in neurological emer - H gency care , facility proximity is an invaluable asset . “ When it comes to blood vessels in the brain , time is very important , ” Thomas affirms . What’s New Carolyn Tassini , PT , DPT , CBIS , rehabilitation supervisor and board - certified neurological physical thera - pist at Bancroft NeuroRehab , notes that much of today’s progress is born in Neurology of the necessity in treating a popula - tion that’s living longer and seeing better long - term prognoses because matterthe branch or specialty , FROM IMPLEMENTING “ there have been so many advances today’smedical practitioners THE LATEST RESEARCH that people are surviving medical NOsharea movement toward a events more than they ever have TO UTILIZING THE MOST numberof growing trends that define before . ” MODERN TECHNOLOGY , modernmedicine:embracing technological Looking more and more at individ - SOUTH JERSEY’S advancements ; utilizing state - of - the - art ualized treatments that specifically tools ; implementing breakthrough , rigor - NEUROLOGICAL target what a patient needs most and ouslytested research ; incorporating AI into EXPERTS ARE ALWAYS what they respond to best are also sig - medical , exploratory and surgical proce - nificant factors in developing a course LOOKING FOR THE dures ; understanding how manifestation of of treatment . In neurological physical BEST WAYS TO ailmentsand the success of any subsequent therapy , it also determines how far a IMPROVE THEIR interventionare unique each patient . It’s all patient is pushed to redevelop the shapingthe future of health care . PATIENTS ’ OUTLOOKS , skills and neural pathways that will That future is guided by the goal of providing an FROM FASTER restore the quality of life they’re tire - improved patient experience with increasingly opti - RECOVERY TIMES TO lessly working toward . mistic diagnoses and prognoses , highly individualized “ In the neuroscience end of it , BETTER LONG - TERM treatments , less invasive procedures and rapidly they’re looking at some of the different PROGNOSES . diminished recovery times . biomarkers that are out there that can The neurological sciences are on the cutting edge help give an idea of response to reha - by Madeleine Maccar of medicine’s marvels , and South Jersey’s medical pro - bilitation , ” Tassini says . “ It’s like how fessionals are finding success in applying new we understand in pharmacology that approaches and outfitting their facilities with revolutionary new equipment , both aiming medicines can interact with an indi - to deliver improved patient outcomes . vidual based on some of their bio - Ajith Thomas , MD , is Cooper Medical School of Rowan University’s ( CMSRU’s ) neuro - chemistry . They’re continuing to surgery department chair , as well as Cooper University Health Care’s chief of neuro - understand how [ those biomarkers ] surgery and a professor of neurosurgery at CMSRU . He brings a four - point treatment can impact people’s physical rehabili - focus to neurosurgery : vascular ; brain tumors ; chronic disorders like epilepsy and tation . … In our facilities , we’ve been Parkinson’s disease ; and the spine . Thomas says that he knows firsthand just how dedicated Cooper is to being at the forefront of not only treating complex neurological issues but also delivering that technological capability to the region . He points to one of the most recent indica - tors of that : Earlier this year , when Cooper opened its Acute Stroke and Neuro Interventional Suite , it put the nation’s first neurointerventional suite of its kind right here in the Philly metro region . The angio - graphic suite offers the advantage of a full CT scanner to help make procedures safer , more effi - cient and shorter , minimizing patient risk overall . “ It is the most important thing that Cooper has done , ” he says , adding that one of the capabilities its Cooper University advanced imaging allows for is the ability to remove Health Care’s Acute blood clots from the brain . Stroke and Neuro Having that kind of world - class care right in our Interventionsal Suite . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 19 issue 5 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 44 |