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White Plains Hospital Expands Roster of Advanced Cranial Neurosurgery Options W I T H SI G NIFI C A N T A DD I T IO N S to the hospital's team of specialists and an arsenal of cutting-edge technologies, even the most advanced procedures — many of them minimally invasive — are now locally available. AN UNCOMMON LEVEL OF CARE Lack of specialized expertise or equip- ment at smaller hospitals is why patients with brain tumors or chronic neurologic conditions are typically referred to major academic institutions for advanced surgi- cal treatment. However, over the past year, under the leadership of Kaushik Das, MD, White Plains Hospital's Chief of Neurosurgery, and Emad N. Eskandar, MD, Montefiore Medical Center's Chair of Neurosurgery and the Jeffrey P. Bergstein Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the cra nia l neurosurger y program has risen to the level of those at the best teaching hospitals. D r . E s k a n d a r , p r e v i o u s l y a t Massachusetts Genera l Hospita l a nd Harvard Medical School, was recruited to the position of Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurosurger y at Montefiore – Einstein in 2018, af ter a competitive nationwide search. Dr. Das was na med Chief of Neurosurger y at W h it e Pl a i n s Hospit a l t h re e yea r s ago and as a long-standing member of the W hite Plains community has a lso played a sig nif ica nt role in t he pro- gram's evolution. A major step towa rd achiev ing the objective of providing the highest levels of surg ica l ca re loca l ly ha s been t he pa r tnership with Montef iore Medica l Center, which broug ht Dr. Eska nda r a nd his colleag ue Vijay A ga r wa l, MD, A ssista nt Professor of Neurosurger y a nd of Otorhinola r y ngolog y at A lber t E i n s t e i n C ol l e ge of Me d i c i n e a n d D i r e c t or of t he S k u l l-B a s e T u mor Center at Montef iore, to W hite Pla ins Hospita l in 2018. W hite Plains Hospita l made additiona l investments in equip- ment a nd personnel to fully utilize the neu rosu rgeon s ' subspecia lt y t ra i n- i n g du r i n g t hei r reg u la r v isit s f rom Mont ef iore, of wh ich W h it e Pl a i n s Hospita l is a member. BY ALLISON GORMAN FELLOWSHIP-TR AINED SURGEONS IN WHITE PL AINS HOSPITAL'S RECENTLY ENHANCED CR ANIAL NEUROSURGERY PROGR AM DELIVER MULTIDISCIPLINARY E VALUATION AND LE ADING-EDGE TRE ATMENTS R ARELY FOUND OUTSIDE ME TROPOLITAN ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS. PHOTOS © DON DEMPSEY, WHITE LIGHT/SPARTINA STUDIOS Kaushik Das, MD, Chief of Neurosurgery at White Plains Hospital, and Emad N. Eskandar, MD, Montefiore Medical Center's Chair of Neurosurgery and the Jeffrey P. Bergstein Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, envision White Plains Hospital as a regional hub for neurosurgery for complex brain tumors and debilitating neurological conditions, such as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and trigeminal neuralgia. 0 6❱❱❱❱❱ C O V E R F E A T U R E