Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience
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| Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience | |
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| Jefferson Health | |
 Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 900 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 39°56′53″N 75°09′22″W / 39.948095°N 75.156019°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Non-Profit |
| Type | Teaching Hospital |
| Affiliated university | Thomas Jefferson University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I Trauma Center |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.jeffersonhealth.org/locations/jefferson-hospital-for-neuroscience |
| Lists | Hospitals in U.S. |
Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience is a hospital in Center City Philadelphia, affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. 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 region.[1]
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)[2]
- Gamma Knife®[3]
- Shaped Beam Surgery™[4]
- Minimally invasive neurosurgery utilizing a robotically controlled microscope[5]
- NeuRx DPS™, an FDA-approved device that helps individuals with certain types of spinal cord injuries breathe on their own again[6]
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.[7]
