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28 March 2022

The 11th Annual Symposium for Primary Care Physicians and Providers

The 11th Annual Symposium for Primary Care Physicians and Providers was held Friday March 18th at the Carter Center for Health Sciences in Florence, SC. The program is designed to update participants on current approaches and innovations in multiple medical and surgical subspecialties. Hosted by Dr. William Naso of Florence Neurosurgery and Spin...
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30 March 2019

The Opioid Crisis

In October 2017, the President of the United States officially declared the “opioid crisis” a national public health emergency. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we are “in the midst of an epidemic of prescription opioid overdoses.” Opioid prescriptions have increased 4-fold in the last 20 years.  According to t...
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25 July 2022

Florence Neurosurgery and Spine launches Epilepsy Surgery Program

With the addition of Dr. Thomas (Tripp) Hines III, a Fellowship trained Functional Neurosurgeon from the University of Kentucky, Florence Neurosurgery and Spine is excited to launch an Epilepsy Surgery Program at McLeod Regional Medical Center for the management of medically intractable seizure disorders. Epilepsy affects approximately 3.4 mill...
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25 July 2022

The Pituitary Program at Florence Neurosurgery and Spine

With the addition of Dr. Meenakshi Pande, a fellowship trained Endocrinologist, and Lindsay Powell PA-C, Florence Neurosurgery and Spine continues to expand their Pituitary Tumor program at McLeod Regional Medical Center. Approximately 10,000 pituitary tumors are newly diagnosed each year in the United States. Pituitary tumors are nearly always...
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25 July 2022

Florence Neurosurgery and Spine launches Deep Brain Stimulation Program for Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor!

With the addition of Dr. Thomas (Tripp) Hines III, a Fellowship trained Functional Neurosurgeon from the University of Kentucky, Florence Neurosurgery and Spine is excited to launch a Deep Brain Stimulation program at McLeod Regional Medical Center for the management of medically intractable movement disorders. Parkinson’s Disease (PD) affects ...
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07 June 2023

McLeod Health Neurosurgeons Champion Fluorescent Technology in Brain Cancer Treatment

McLeod Health neurosurgeons are among the first in the state to use Gleolan, a fluorescent tracer that enables surgeons to better remove malignant brain tumors (gliomas) while preserving normal brain tissue. “This is a game-changer in glioma surgery,” says Dr. Tripp Hines, a neurosurgeon at Florence Neurosurgery and Spine at McLeod Health. High...
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18 October 2018

The Secret of the Care of the Patient

As true today as when Dr. Francis Peabody first wrote his famous 1927 essay, at Florence Neurosurgery and Spine Center, we believe strongly that “the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.” Medicine and healthcare change almost on a daily basis, with new technology, new medications, and new approaches. Yet this fundament...
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04 October 2018

A Comprehensive Spine Center Approach

At Florence Neurosurgery and Spine Center, we embrace a multidisciplinary approach to the care of our patients. Our spine care specialists include physicians and providers with expertise in neurosurgery, neurology, interventional pain management, sports medicine, non-operative spine care, and physical therapy.  Although many patients ultimately ...
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26 September 2018

Spinal Cord Injury

September is National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month. According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, roughly 300,000 Americans are living with a spinal cord injury! 80% are men. Motor vehicle accidents are the #1 cause followed by falls. Most 20 year-olds who suffer a cervical spinal cord injury are dead before the age of ...
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26 September 2018

Living with a Brain Tumor

Perhaps the most difficult conversation for a Neurosurgeon is the one when he lets his patient know he or she has a brain tumor. Over the years, I have delivered this news too many times, and yet, for our patients, each time it is a brand new event. The diagnosis of a brain tumor is a life-altering event. Ultimately, the brain is who we are. It...
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25 September 2018

Stereotactic Radiosurgery: surgical precision with no incision

Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) is a highly sophisticated procedure performed by neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists and radiation physicists utilizing 3-D computerized imaging to target and deliver a high dose of radiation to an affected area. Through robotic control of both the radiation source and the treatment table, converging radiation be...
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19 July 2018

Important Things to Know About Brain Tumors

What is Brain Tumor? Of the nearly 80,000 brain tumors diagnosed in the U.S. each year, approximately 32% are considered malignant – or cancerous. Overall, the chance that a person will develop a malignant tumor of the brain or spinal cord in his or her lifetime is less than 1%. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the deadliest type of brain cance...
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19 July 2018

The Snap, Crackle, Pops of Aging and Spine Health

About 80% of adults experience low back pain at some point in their lifetime. Both men and women are affected equally. Pain can be abrupt from an injury, or it can develop slowly over time due to age-related changes of the spine. What are the causes? The majority of back pain in seniors is mechanical and related to the normal wear and tear on ...
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19 July 2018

Subdural Hematoma

I am often asked what are the most common problems that a Neurosurgeon sees in the Emergency Room. Given that Neurosurgeons see such a wide spectrum of patients with many different diagnoses, I thought the readers of Golden Life might be interested in one of the most common Neurosurgical emergencies that affects senior citizens: Subdural Hematom...
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