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From Left: Dr. Kaiser, John Collins, Pat Kennelly & Kevin Collins

The Valley Hospital’s annual Golf Outing was held under sunny skies this past Monday at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ.  There were 184 golfers who enjoyed lunch on the patio, a wonderful day of golf, putting and pink ball contests, and a silent auction during cocktails and dinner!

Many awards were presented at the outing including the 3rd Net team prize of Greg Norman Pullovers that went to John Collins, Dr. Michael Kaiser from the Spine Center, Kevin Collins and Pat Kennelly (all pictured at left).

There were also prizes for Longest Drive, Closest to the Hole, 1st & 2nd Gross, 1st – 9th Net, Individual Gross, and the Putting Contest. The event was sponsored by The Valley Hospital Auxiliary to benefit the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit and Valley Home Care’s Maternal Child Health Program.

From left: Dr. D'Ambrosio, Dr. Anderson, Dr. Link & Dr. Lavine

Also joining in on the fun were New Jersey Affiliates Dr. Anthony D’Ambrosio & Dr. Timothy Link along with Dr. Richard Anderson from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center & Dr. Sean Lavine from the Endovascular Center (all pictured at right).

Dr. D'Ambrosio, Dr. Anderson, & Dr. Lavine at the Tournament

Always willing to help out, a few of our Docs played in the 2011 Golf Tournament for Denan at the Apple Ridge Country Club in Mahwah, New Jersey last week.

The Denan Project is a nonprofit, grassroots organization whose volunteer members secure the necessary resources to provide free medical care, potable water, agricultural training, education, and other critical services for the people of Denan, Ethiopia and the surrounding villages, and to other impoverished communities in the developing world. Working with regional government and nongovernmental agencies, its ultimate goal is to make specific communities in these areas self-reliant by developing and implementing long-term, sustainable solutions.www.thedenanproject.org

Good work guys!

“My late grandmother rebounded well from a stroke many years ago.” Says Thames, ” I have friends with high blood pressure and loved ones with congenital heart issues. If walking can help raise funds for research to help them beat the odds I am happy to do it.”

Judi, like a lot of us, has gotten caught up in work and physical fitness has fallen off her priority list.  She says, “I hate to admit that I have not walked in an event like this in at least a decade…I am long overdue to get out there and move something.”

Judi is being smart about it too. Though she would love to just start running, she is taking it slow. “I have started walking during lunch to get my body prepared for it.  I am excited about getting out there and walking/jogging with my friends from work. I think we are going to have a great time together during this event.”

Thanks Judi!

You can also join our team or become a Sponsor.  The Heart Walk will be held May 17, 2011 in New York City’s Financial district. Registration and activities begin at 6:45 pm at the World Financial Center.

To learn more see our previous blog, Join Us in the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk.

Residency:
University of Vermont in affiliation with Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vermont, and Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.  Residency completed in July, 2009.

Fellowship:
Complex Spine Fellowship with Volker Sonntag at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona

Interests:
Dr. Link has a special interest in adult deformity and spinal disorders including degenerative, traumatic, infectious, and oncological pathologies.  Further, he has an interest in applying minimally invasive approaches and techniques to the entire spine as well as implementing global spinal balance considerations when evaluating and treating more complex spinal disorders.  Of general interest to Dr. Link is adult-neuro-oncology involving the central and peripheral nervous systems requiring surgical and/or radiosurgical intervention.

Meet Dr. Timothy Link from Columbia Neurosurgery on Vimeo.

Prior to that she completed a clinical and research fellowship in Vascular Neurology with focus on acute stroke and critical care neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School) in Boston. She finished her neurology training at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and a two year post-doctoral fellowship in Neuroepidemiology at the National Institute on Aging (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, where she studied the cause and effects of cognitive dysfunction in the elderly.

She is a member of the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery, the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology, and the American Academy of Neurology.

Dr. Altschul is board-certified in neurology and vascular neurology. Her clinical and research interests include minimally-invasive imaging-guided therapies for the treatment of vascular disorders of the brain and spinal cord, such as various types of strokes, cerebral aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, arteriovenous fistulas, tumors, carotid artery disease, and migraine.

Dr. Moise specializes in cerebrovascular disease including aneurysms and arterio-venous malformations; benign tumors of the brain and spine including meningiomas and schwannomas; degenerative spine disease; intervertebral disc disease; hydrocephalus; and neuro-trauma.

Dr. Moise is based in our Northern New Jersey practice out of Ridgewood, NJ with access to the latest technology including frameless intraoperative guidance systems, stereotactic radiosurgery, and endoscopy to treat a variety of neurological conditions.

He earned his medical doctorate from the Duke University School of Medicine where his work on optical imaging of seizures earned him the Talmage Lee Peele Award for Research in Neurobiology as well as a grant from the Epilepsy Foundation of America. Dr. Olson trained in neurological surgery at the Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University. His main office is located in West Long Branch, serving all of Central New Jersey.

Dr. Olson’s special interests include Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Brain tumors, Gamma Knife and Cyber Knife Radiosurgery, Tomotherapy

Dr. Estin has advanced training in minimally invasive techniques for spinal surgery including the use of tubular portals for microdiscectomy, kyphoplasty and X-stop interspinous process decompression for spinal stenosis.  He also has expertise in artificial disc replacement surgery in the cervical spine.

With his main office in central New Jersey, Dr. Estin has helped to establish a center of excellence for Columbia Neurosurgery in the communities of Monmouth and Ocean counties.