Neuroscience is the science of the human nervous system – that is, the brain, spinal cord and the vast network of interconnecting
nerve fibers which, taken together, control how we think, feel and move. Nervous system disorders are among the most prevalent
causes of disability and death in the United States, as well as worldwide. As our aging population increases in the coming
years, the incidence of neurological disease will increase as well.
Fortunately, our ever-increasing scientific understanding and accompanying technological improvements now enable properly
staffed and equipped hospitals to do more for individuals with these disorders than was possible until recently. And no hospital
is better staffed or equipped to offer the extraordinary results that make contemporary neuroscience so exciting than Jefferson
Hospital for Neuroscience.
Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience is Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals’ dedicated hospital for neuroscience – the only
such hospital in the region. It is where Jefferson’s neurologists and neurosurgeons, working together with radiologists and
radiation oncologists, practice their specialties and where basic scientific discoveries and clinical expertise in neuroscience
come together.
