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THE RECENT E XPANSION OF BR AIN & SPINE SURGEONS OF NE W YORK (BSSNY) UNITES THE HIGH- LE VEL E XPERTISE OF A GROWING CADRE OF SPECIALISTS IN A SINGLE PR ACTICE, SIGNIFICANTLY WIDENING BSSNY'S GEOGR APHIC RE ACH AND MAKING IT THE L ARGEST NEUROSURGICAL PROVIDER IN THE HUDSON VALLE Y. BSSNY IS FURTHERING its reg iona l impact by ma king a n ex tensive a rray of state-of-the-art technolog y available to it s ex per ienced cli n icia ns a nd by lay ing the g roundwork for pa r ticipa- tion i n cli n ica l resea rch to en ha nce patient outcomes. GAINING GROUND For more tha n ha lf a centur y, BSSN Y has developed a reputation for advanced c a r e . T h e m e r g e r o f Ne u r o l o g i c a l S u r g e r y & S p i n e A s s o c i a t e s a n d Scoliosis & Spina l Surger y, PC, w it h BSSN Y bui lds on the foundation la id in 1958, when the practice bega n with just two members. Wit h t hese a dd itions, BSSN Y ha s a ssembled a diverse g roup of h ig h ly tra ined specia lists, a l low ing prov id- ers to ma ke referra ls to one practice that ca n address vir tua lly a ny adult or pediatric neurosurgica l need and reliev- ing patients of the burden of traveling significant distances for comprehensive ca re. Member s of t he pr a c t ic e now prov ide ca re i n faci lities stretch i ng from Pough keepsie a nd Westchester Count y in New York, to Sta mford a nd Greenwich in Connecticut. " Refer ring physicia ns k now about ou r g r oup, ou r r ep u t a t ion a n d t h e phy sici a n s we h ave," s ay s Joh n M . Abra ha ms, MD, President of BSSN Y a nd Chief of Neurosurger y at Nor thern Westchester Hospita l. " Because our physicia ns have such a w ide ra nge of expertise, essentia lly any neurosurgica l or spine condition ca n be ha ndled by at least one member of the g roup. We not on ly have a clinica l-minded practice t hat ca n ha nd le t he f u l l spectr um of neurosurg ica l issues, but we ca n now provide this excellent ca re in facilities that a re close to patients' homes." BRAIN & SPINE SURGEONS OF NEW YORK: Providing Leading-edge Care across a Broad Region BY TREVOR WILLINGHAM John M. Abrahams, MD, President of Brain & Spine Surgeons of New York (BSSNY) and Chief of Neurosurgery at Northern Westchester Hospital, reviews an MRI of cervical spine of a patient who needs surgery. PHOTOS © PAUL MOORE, PAUL MOORE STUDIO 0 6❱❱❱❱❱ C O V E R F E A T U R E