Banner Brain & Spine: Care

Comprehensive Spine Center
Initiative Goal: $5,000,000
This Center provides comprehensive care for all spinal disorders, bringing together advanced surgical techniques, minimally invasive spine procedures, trauma and reconstruction, spinal robotics, augmented reality, pain control, and rehabilitation with specialists in surgery, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and pain medicine. Philanthropic support is needed to further develop our comprehensive spine center to provide state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging, advanced surgical equipment, and expand patient access to care. Care will include non-invasive treatments, surgical intervention if necessary, and lifestyle modifications with the goal of improving quality of life.

Neuro-oncology Multidisciplinary Brain Tumor Program
Initiative Goal: $5,000,000
This program will bringing individualized care to patients with all types of tumors of the brain and spine, uniting specialists in neurosurgery, neurology, neuro-oncology, radiation oncology, neuropathology, genetics, and clinical trials. This multidisciplinary approach gives patients coordinated care from a team of specialists all working together to deliver the best possible health outcomes.

Stroke Program
Initiative Goal: $3,000,000
Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability. Research shows that the use of stroke systems of care and stroke care quality improvement programs can improve health outcomes. A system-based approach to stroke care promotes the coordination of services along the continuum of prevention and care. Resources are needed to support essential program quality improvement initiatives, including health risk assessments, patient education, community emergency medical services, continuing medical education opportunities for care professionals, research and trial studies, system quality tools, incorporation of artificial intelligence, and post-acute care coordination.

Multidisciplinary Epilepsy Program
Initiative Goal: $2,000,000
With the recent addition of a functional and epilepsy neurosurgeon to support Banner’s growing epilepsy program and strong demand epilepsy services, investment is needed to replace the current surgical equipment and upgrade software to maximize the number of patients treated and enhance the quality of their care. Organized around a multidisciplinary epilepsy conference, the program evaluates seizure patients for inpatient monitoring, candidacy for implantation of invasive epilepsy monitors, and advanced treatments such as laser ablation of epileptic foci, responsive neurostimulation, surgical amygdalohippocampectomy, and vagal nerve stimulation.