Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta's Gamma Knife Center is one of the first in the country - and the only in Georgia - to install and utilize the Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion for the treatment of malignant brain tumors and other brain conditions.
The Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion is highly precise and accurate (192 beams of highly-focused radiation), which greatly reduces 'background' radiation outside the area being treated. The state-of-the-art system can also accurately deliver radiation much further down the spine than older machines. First, this results in reduced treatment times - by as much as 30 minutes. And it also makes it the ideal solution for a wide variety of conditions other than brain tumors and lesions, including spinal tumors, vascular malformations, head and cervical/neck cancers and more.
Is The Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion Right For Me?
At Saint Joseph's Hospital, all courses of treatment - as well as the care you received - is highly personalized. The experienced, caring and compassionate experts in our Gamma Knife Center at Saint Joseph's are ready and willing to assist you with any need as well as answer any question. Please contact us today to see if the Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion is the right course of treatment for you.
Rebecca O. Heitkam, RN, BSN, CCRN, nurse manager
Gamma Knife Center, Saint Joseph's Hospital
