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To Protect and Serve: Advanced Epilepsy Care

“I couldn’t be happier - there isn’t a single day that goes by when I don’t think about how grateful I am for the doctors and how everything worked out.”
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Helps Man Achieve His Dream of Becoming a ...
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Unleashed From Epilepsy

I’m seeing life through a different lens now. I am more positive than I have ever been. If not for my doctors, I’m not sure how much longer I could have gone on.
New technology that enhances brain surgery frees a man from seizures. For seven years, epileptic seizures have kept Christian ...
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They Saved My Life

“I think of the milestones I could have missed if it weren’t for Dr. Hakma and his team.”
For two years, Myriah Stanley struggled to find the cause of her agonizing headaches. Some doctors she consulted thought they ...
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She Trusted Our Neuroscience Program

“I did part of my nursing training there in 2013. I knew RWJUH Hamilton was one of the best hospitals in New Jersey.”
Marcia of Burlington didn’t know what to make of the pain she felt in her neck. It started mild but gradually got worse. Was it ...
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Record-setting Action Stops a Man’s Stroke in its Tracks

"From the ED to rehab, everyone at RWJUH Somerset was very attentive. They helped me in any way I needed."
Anthony Maceiko of Bridgewater had two headaches to deal with when he woke up on February 1, 2021. The first was two feet of ...
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New Treatment Stops a Stroke - Joyce's Story

“I got this miracle shot, and I hope it helps other people like it helped me. I’m blessed, lucky and grateful.”
A Woman Benefits From a New Clot-busting Drug Being Studied at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Joyce Lockwood still ...
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Brain Surgery to Remove a Tumor Cures a Man's Seizures

"I was in the hospital only two nights and am very pleased with the entire process."
Patrick Gazzara of Manchester didn’t understand what was happening to him. The then-41-year-old contract administrator and ...
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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.
In the summer of 2019, Robert Silverbrook, DO, an internist with RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group, was suffering from ...
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