Thomas Jefferson University Hospital may be your best choice for minimally invasive surgery because of the depth and breadth of our experience:
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Jefferson has been named a top hospital in the nation for a number of specialties in U.S. News and World Report – America’s Best Hospitals - 2008 |
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Over 50 Jefferson Doctors were named to Philadelphia Magazines "Top Docs" issue for 2009 |
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Center City campus has earned the prestigious Magnet designation awarded for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®. ANCC is a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association. Only 5% of hospitals in the country have this designation. |
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Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience is Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals’ dedicated hospital for neuroscience – the only such hospital in the region |
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The Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson is one of a few hospitals in the nation that is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated clinical cancer center. |
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Jefferson is a Blue Cross / Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare Cancers and Cardiac Care |
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Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience was first in the Delaware Valley to offer fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (also known as stereotactic radiotherapy). Our medical staff includes some of the world's pioneers of fractionation. |
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Jefferson's Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit is one of the busiest academic endoscopy units on the east coast |
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The Minimally Invasive Cranial Base Surgery and Endoscopic Neurosurgery Center has successfully performed the largest number of minimally invasive skull base procedures in the area and are currently involved in advancing the field in skull base reconstruction surgical techniques and the development of innovative robotic surgical technology |
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Jefferson's Department of Urology and the Kimmel Cancer Center have been pioneers in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery since 1990. In 2000, urologic surgeons here performed the first laparoscopic prostatectomy in the Delaware Valley |
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Jefferson is the first hospital in Philadelphia to offer Robotic Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy |
