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Stopping a Stroke in Its Tracks

“Miraculously, I regained all movement and speech”
With quick action, a multidisciplinary neurocritical care team identifies a hemorrhagic stroke in progress and prevents ...
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I Got My Life Back

Thanks to spine surgery at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, a physician can walk without pain and is back to playing golf again.
In the summer of 2019, Robert Silverbrook, DO, an internist with RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group, was suffering from ...
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No More Shaking

“It was like turning on a light switch. Literally the next day, my voice was almost back to normal.”
A High-Tech Procedure Helps Control the Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease In 2013, Mike McCormack of Wyckoff was diagnosed with ...
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Cutting Edge of Surgery

“I have no problem with my writing or with buttons, and I can cook and wash dishes again. When I put my hand out, it doesn’t shake like it used to.”
Deep brain stimulation is just one of the advanced treatments that neurosurgeons and neurologists at Newark Beth Israel Medical ...
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Nursing Student Recovering from Series of Strokes- Elena's Story

You don’t really think that it’s going to be a stroke at 21.
When nursing student Elena Bonner began experiencing left sided weakness, she initially thought she may be experiencing symptoms ...
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Brad's Story

"Monmouth Medical Center’s incredible physicians saved my life, saved my brain and added to the quality of my life, now we want to pay it forward and get involved.”
Brad remembers December 9, 2016 as the day of his operation at Monmouth Medical Center. Leading up to this day, Brad, 52, ...
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Neurosurgery - Joseph's Story

“Two months after surgery, I was chipping golf balls in my backyard. I’m now seven months post-surgery and have returned to doing all the things I love to do, including traveling, golfing regularly and playing with my two grandchildren, with no pain or discomfort whatsoever.”
A local business owner and supporter of Monmouth Medical Center for over 20 years, Joseph Romanowski is no stranger to the ...
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Fisherman Hooked on Life After Brain Surgery

"I’m a very happy man now with another 50,000 miles to go!”
Joe Bruno’s balance issue was getting out of control, but he wouldn’t let it stop him. “I kept tripping and falling,” said the ...
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Neuroscience Program

“Everything I have done after surgery feels like a first-time experience."
Read Michelle Jones's Story Here.
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