Benefits to area residents of our affiliation with

1. Collaboration

Shore Memorial and Penn neurospecialists continually consult before and after surgery or other specialized procedures. Advanced technology enables a Penn specialist in Philadelphia to review x-rays or other imagery studies over the Internet, with amazing clarity, while a patient is sitting in the Shore Memorial doctor's office 60 miles away. With this multidisciplinary evaluation, an informed, precise diagnosis can often be made immediately right there, and a course of treatment or special procedure planned without delay.

Mutual respect between the neurosurgeons and neurologists at Shore Memorial and Penn enhances the level of communication, ensuring that the highest level of care is delivered to patients as a result of the collaboration.

2. Access to leading edge technology and procedures

Both Shore Memorial and Penn are at the leading edge of neuroscience. Neurosurgeons at Shore Memorial are pioneering spinal surgery advances in artificial disc implantation -- performed only at the Shore Memorial Neuroscience Center

The Penn Neurological Institute is world renowned for its advances in:

• Cranial base surgery removing tumors that were once thought inoperable, while preserving muscle and sensory function.

• Robotic gamma-knife cerebral vascular surgery -- treating patients with aneurysms using small coils that are much less invasive than an open operation.

• Innovative surgical and nonsurgical treatments for movement disorders such as Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, and neuromuscular disorders like ALS and memory disorders like Alzheimer's.

3. Seamless delivery of care

Collaboration enables a seamless referral process as needed. If a specialized procedure is deemed to be the best course of treatment -- whether the referral is to Philadelphia or from Penn to Shore, collaboration remains seamless. From high speed helicopter service, when every minute counts, to the rapid transfer of information to ensure an informed continuity of care, the process is seamless.

4. Aftercare close to home

A major benefit of the affiliation is that patients who have a specialized procedure performed at Penn can often have their aftercare supervised by a Shore physician, in close collaboration with the Penn specialist, here in this area close to home.

5. Access to clinical trials

Penn’s extensive clinical trials program provides area residents with access to participation opportunities that would not otherwise be available.

For more information on the Shore Memorial Neuroscience Center and its affiliation with the University of Pennsylvania Health System, call 609-653-4602 or click here to e-mail the Program Director.

For more information on the Penn Neurological Institute
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