Watch this seminar featuring Providence Swedish physicians and patients to learn how focused ultrasound is being used to treat patients with essential tremor.
The Swedish Neuroscience Institute was the first hospital in the Pacific Northwest and is currently the only hospital in Washington State offering focused ultrasound for the treatment of essential tremor, a non-life threatening neurological condition that can severly impact a patient's quality of life.
One major advantage of focused ultrasound is that the techique does not require an incision or the implantation of any hardware or electrodes, which allows for faster recovery times, and usually, for patients to go home the same day or thier procedure.
Want to know more? Watch the video below featuring Tony Wang, M.D., a Providence Swedish neurosurgeon, leading a recent seminar about how this innovative option is used to treat essential tremor. You'll also hear from patients who will share their stories about how this technology has transformed their lives.
About Providence Swedish
Providence Swedish has served the Puget Sound region since the first Providence hospital opened in Seattle in 1877 and the first Swedish hospital opened in 1910. The two organizations affiliated in 2012 and today comprise the largest health care delivery system in Western Washington, with 22,000 caregivers, eight hospitals and 244 clinics throughout Western Washington – from Everett to Centralia. A not-for-profit family of organizations, Providence Swedish provides more than $545 million in community benefit in the Puget Sound region each year. The health system offers a comprehensive range of services and specialty and subspecialty care in a number of clinical areas, including cancer, cardiovascular health, neurosciences, orthopedics, digestive health and women’s and children’s care.
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