Project Grant CE152643

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - AS LONG ISLAND JEWISH FOREST HILLS STRIVES TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT NEUROLOGIC/ORTHOPEDIC CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE RECOGNIZE OUR NEED FOR UPGRADING AND ENHANCING OUR CURRENT PROCESSES, TOOLS, AND EQUIPMENT. TO ACHIEVE THE BEST OUTCOMES FOR OUR PATIENTS WE WILL BE INVESTING IN ADVANCED NEUROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE USED BY OUR SKILLED NEUROLOGICAL AND ORTHOPEDIC SPINE SURGEONS AS WELL AS PURCHASING UPDATED INSTRUMENTATION FOR OUR ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS. THE NEUROLOGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM IN COMBINATION WITH THE ZIEHM IMAGING SYSTEM IS A TOOL DESIGNED TO IMPROVE PRECISION, SAFETY, FEEDBACK, AND PATIENT OUTCOMES. PRECISION IS EXEMPLIFIED THRU REAL TIME NAVIGATION OF THE SPINE BY OBTAINING INTRAOPERATIVE CT SCAN QUALITY IMAGES ALLOWING SUB-MILLIMETER ACCURACY IN REAL TIME. THIS IMPROVES SAFETY BY IDENTIFYING THE CORRECT LOCALIZATION OF SPINAL LEVELS AND EXACT PLACEMENT OF SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION THUS AVOIDING CRUCIAL NEURAL AND VASCULAR STRUCTURES. THE PATIENT OUTCOMES ARE IMPROVED BOTH IN THE ACCURACY, SAFETY, AND ABILITY TO USE SMALL INCISIONS. IN ADDITION, THE SPINAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM GIVES THE ABILITY TO PERFORM MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY OBTAINING IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK WITH INTRAOPERATIVE POST PROCEDURE CT SCAN QUALITY IMAGES. ADDING BOTH HIP AND SHOULDER INSTRUMENTATION TO OUR CURRENT SUPPLY ASSISTS US IN BUILDING OUR ORTHOPEDIC PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS OUR RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE THE MOST EXACT AND ADVANCED CARE. WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR ORTHOPEDIC ROBOTIC PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE PERSONALIZED SURGICAL PLANS FOR OUR PATIENTS AS WELL AS PROVIDE A MORE ACCURATE, PRECISE PROCEDURE WHICH IN TURN LENDS ITSELF TO A BETTER RECOVERY AND SHORTER HOSPITAL STAY. THESE STATE-OF-THE-ART ADVANCEMENTS WILL AFFORD QUEENS RESIDENTS THE ABILITY TO STAY IN QUEENS, ALLOW FOR MORE FAMILY AND SOCIAL SUPPORTS DURING THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND THROUGHOUT THEIR RECOVERY.