Continuum Neurosciences encompasses some of the finest neurological and neuro-surgical
services available anywhere in the world, at locations throughout the Continuum
network of hospitals. All of these services depend upon private donations
to enable us to meet many vital goals -- from acquiring the best equipment
and spearheading innovative research to providing exceptional life-saving
and compassionate patient care.
To learn more about how your gift to Continuum Neurosciences can help
save lives, please click on any of the following links. To make a gift to
the program of your choice, please click on Donate Now on the left and select
the program you wish to support from the drop-down list. Thank you!
Betty and Morton Yarmon
Center for Parkinson's Disease
The Betty and Morton Yarmon Center for Parkinson's Disease operates at Beth
Israel's Petrie Division and at the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center. The National
Parkinson's Foundation has designated the Yarmon Center as a Clinical Center
of Excellence. Under the leadership of Susan
B. Bressman, MD, Chairman of Beth Israel's Alan and Barbara Mirken Department
of Neurology, the Center serves over 2,000 patients with Parkinson's Disease
and related disorders each year. Services include state-of-the art clinical
care; occupational, speech, and physical therapy; support groups for patients
and their families; complementary and alternative medicine; and community
education. The Center has a dedicated research laboratory at the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine and is currently running several clinical trials of new
new drugs for patients in all stages of the disease.
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The Epilepsy Program
Directed by Jeffrey
Cohen, MD, PhD and Steven
M. Wolf, MD, the Epilepsy Program serves hundreds of children and adults
each year in a family-friendly atmosphere. Services include special MRIs and
continuous video and electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring to determine the
part of the brain responsible for seizures. Surgical procedures include the
implantation of Vagal Nerve Stimulators -- sometimes called "pacemakers
for the brain" -- that can control the most severe seizures, incisions
into the brain to wall off areas that generate seizures from the rest of the
brain, and resection of seizure foci within the brain.
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The Yarmon Stroke Center
The Yarmon Stroke Center offers the highest quality care for stroke patients.
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and the number
one cause of disability in the adult population. Irene
Boniece, MD coordinates a comprehensive approach to treatment and diagnosis
of patients in the acute phase of a stroke, as well as intensive programs
dedicated to stroke prevention through screening and education.
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Beth Israel ALS Center
The Beth Israel ALS Center, located at the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center,
is dedicated to helping patients with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) live more
productively and independently. The Center is co-sponsored by the ALS Association’s
Greater New York Chapter and is the only such center in New York City certified
by the ALS Association. Free transportation is available for those who need
it.
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The Hyman-Newman Institute
for Neurology and Neurosurgery (INN)
Directed by Alejandro
Berenstein, MD, the Hyman-Newman Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery
(INN) is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary center for the diagnosis and treatment
of adults and children afflicted with neurological and neurovascular disorders.
The INN is dedicated to delivering humanistic health care in one of the most
technologically sophisticated fields. This vision is carried out by a team
of world-class medical and surgical specialists and dedicated support staff
whose expertise includes treatment of brain tumors, cerebral aneurysms, and
stroke. The standard of care offered by the INN attracts patients -- infants,
adolescents, and adults -- from across the country and around the world.
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The Save One Child Program
The Save One Child Program underwrites hospitalization and supportive services
for young patients who are uninsured or underinsured. The program helps ensure
that children who come to the INN receive full medical attention and personalized
care, regardless of financial circumstances.
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Center for Endovascular
Surgery & The Vascular Biology Research Program
The Center for Endovascular Surgery, led by INN Director Alejandro
Berenstein, MD, employs the latest technological advances in the field
of angiography (the imaging of the vascular system to identify blockages)
and minimally invasive endovascular surgery. The Center treats conditions
related to the vascular systems of the brain, head, face, spine, and spinal
cord, including strokes, aneurysms, vascular tumors, vascular malformations,
birthmarks, and other vascular abnormalities. The Vascular Biology Research
Program is co-directed by Dr. Berenstein and Michael
F. Silane, MD. The program’s laboratory, located at St. Luke's Hospital,
includes a full operating room with a fluoroscopic facility in which new stents,
coils and other devices, and the body's reaction to them, are being tested.
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The Vascular and Birthmarks Institute (VBI) of
New York
Co-directed by Milton
Waner, MD, and INN Director Alejandro
Berenstein, MD, the VBI is dedicated to the treatment of children with
birthmarks and vascular malformations. These internationally renowned physicians
are pioneers in the development of new treatments for these often life-threatening
or extremely disfiguring conditions. Their work, and that of their colleagues,
is providing new hope for patients and their families.
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Headache Institute
The Headache Institute, located at Roosevelt Hospital, is led by Larry
Newman, MD and offers the services and expertise of a distinguished multidisciplinary
medical team. Among the Institute's services are adult and pediatric neurology,
pain management, inpatient and emergency treatment, and opportunities to participate
in research studies of promising therapies. The Institute also offers patient
and family support groups, as well as complementary medicine approaches such
as biofeedback, stress management, and hypnosis.
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research
and Treatment Center
The Multiple Sclerosis Research and Treatment Center at Roosevelt Hospital
is a world-class research center and offers comprehensive treatment programs
individually tailored to each patient. The Center staff includes distinguished
practitioners in an array of related specialties to treat the varied symptoms
of MS. Featuring a complete rehabilitation gymnasium, the Center is one of
only eight sites in the country selected by a leading medical technology company
for use as a clinical training center for specialists working in spasticity
management.
The Center's research includes both clinical trials and basic research investigating
causes, mechanisms of progression, and potential interventions to help repair
neurological damage. Investigators are using leading-edge techniques such
as molecular biology, work with stem cells, and a genetic research component
to accelerate their search for new treatments and a possible cure.
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Center for Cranial Base
Surgery
Under the leadership of Chandranath
Sen, M.D., the Center for Cranial Base Surgery at Roosevelt Hospital represents
a new era in the treatment of complex tumors, such as tumors at the skull
base or beneath the nose or eyes. The Center's team focuses on providing superb
care that aids in restoring quality of life by returning function and facial
aesthetics, utilizing such state-of-the-art techniques as minimally invasive
surgery and tissue engineering to produce implants for bone and soft tissue
restoration.
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The Stroke Center at
Long Island College Hospital
The Stroke Center at Long Island College Hospital is one of the New York metropolitan
area's leading centers for the diagnosis and management of acute stroke. Toby
Gropen, MD, chairman of neurology at LICH, and his team of stroke specialists
apply a full array of vascular imaging and other testing systems to evaluate
and diagnose stroke patients. The Center's unit is staffed by nurses with
special expertise in preventing the complications of stroke and helping patients
recover through physical, occupational, and speech therapy. After discharge,
the Center offers programs for the aggressive management of stroke risk factors
to help patients prevent future strokes.
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