Providence Hospital:
Providence Hospital and Medical Center serves as the 459-bed base hospital for this combined program and was recently recognized as a top 50 Neuroscience Hospital by US News & World Report. Providence is also nationally recognized for its skull base program, performing over 300 skull base and cerebrovascular procedures each year. Additionally, over 1000 complex spine cases are performed annually and Providence maintains the only dedicated minimal invasive spine center in Southeast Michigan. A comprehensive endovascular program has made Providence a regional referral center for cerebrovascular diseases. A new and dedicated neuroscience ICU has opened with a new neuroscience center planned for Novi, MI.
Sinai-Grace Hospital:
Sinai-Grace Hospital/Detroit Medical Center (DMC), an ACS certified level II trauma center, serves as the major trauma center for Northwest Detroit. The neurosurgery service has a comprehensive program that performs all aspects of spinal instrumentation and fusion; intracranial procedures for brain tumors, vascular lesions, traumatic lesions, stereotactic biopsy and peripheral nerve surgery. Trauma patients are taken care of in cooperation with the trauma surgery service. The Neurosurgery service manages the traumatic brain injuries, including placement and management of intracranial pressure monitors. Sinai-Grace Hospital/DMC is expeceted to participate in an NIH prospective study of stereotactic thrombolysis and aspiration of intracerebral hematomas. Additionally, the hospital is one of three institutions in the region currently doing Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery for movement disorders, i.e. Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. In 2005, Sinai-Grace Hospital/DMC performed approximately 400 major neurosurgical procedures.
Children's Hospital of Michigan
The Department of Neurosurgery at Children's Hospital of Michigan (CHOM) specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with a wide range of neurosurgical disorders. Pathology treated includes: abnormal skull development, brain tumors, congenital spine abnormalities, epilepsy, hydrocephalus, neural tube defects, stroke and vascular malformations, along with trauma of the head and spine. CHOM performs over 2,000 neurosurgical cases each year. The department's services include a multidisciplinary approach in the management of brain tumors, epilepsy, craniofacial abnormalities, and spasticity management. Additionally, a active and comprehensive hydrocephalus program.
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