ANS | Altair Health Expands Footprint with New Locations Opening in Somerville and Eatontown Somerville and Eatontown, NJ – September 1, 2020 – In an effort to conveniently deliver top spine and neurovascular care to more patients throughout central New Jersey, ANS | Altair Health today opened new locations in Somerville [...]
How Emergency Surgery – Through the Wrist – Saved One Stroke Patient’s Life Kerri Squires was given an 18 percent chance of survival. Now it’s as if the brain aneurysm never happened. Prior to her stroke, Kerri Squires had never even heard the word ‘aneurysm,’ let alone about life-saving brain [...]
Why Minimally Invasive Surgery Isn’t Always the Answer High school math teacher Carrie Mazak credits her recovery from a ruptured brain aneurysm to a calculated decision to perform open surgery. Carrie Mazak and her husband, Joe Senerchia, were thrilled with the news that she was healthy enough to be discharged [...]
North Jersey Patient’s Success with New Minimally Invasive Brain Bleed Treatment Demonstrates Potential to Raise the Bar on the Standard of Care Dr. Paul Saphier from Atlantic NeuroSurgical Specialists (ANS) is challenging the status quo for the treatment of hemorrhagic strokes. Lucille Bonfanti is one of a growing number [...]
Simple, but so often overlooked, advice: Listen to your body Stroke symptoms should not be ignored. ANS | Altair Health urges you to listen to your body. Don't ignore your symptoms. Today, an increasing number of Americans are doing just that — with potentially devastating results. It's not uncommon [...]
Strokes can strike at any age: Know the signs A 31-year-old stroke survivor speaks out on the warning signs of stroke and the importance of FAST action: Erroneously diagnosed with a sinus and ear infection, Lindsey Singh, 31, skipped a few days of her regular morning spin class at [...]
Stroke victim calls neurosurgery and yoga a life-saving combination Following life-saving surgery for a brain aneurysm, Jamie Falstrault credits his recovery to yoga. Here, Falstrault performs the tree pose in Mantoloking beach with his nephew/godson, Jake DeRienzo. When Jamie Falstrault's undiagnosed brain aneurysm ruptured while at home in [...]
Neurosurgeon pioneers groundbreaking technology of a new minimally invasive option for brain surgery In July, Dr. Ronald Benitez, chief, endovascular neurosurgery at Overlook Medical Center, became the first surgeon in New Jersey to use a cutting-edge technology to operate on a patient with epilepsy. This new procedure allows doctors to [...]