Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Program
Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Program (CLASP) at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC., offers minimally invasive surgery to improve the outcome of patients with disorders of the intestine, spine, solid organs heart and others. It combines talented medical personnel and state-of-the-art minimally invasive techniques and technologies of essentially all surgical disciplines under one program. CLASP is dedicated to patient care, performing quality research, measuring clinical and economic outcomes, and promoting education. Physicians who specialize in Laparoscopic procedure include Frederick L. Greene, MD, B. Todd Heniford, MD, Kent Kercher, MD and Timothy Kuwada, MD.

For more information, call 704-355-3168

McKay Urology
For urology patients, McKay Urology and CLASP combine medicine and technology to improve patient care and enhance patient comfort. Compared with open surgery, the benefits of laparoscopic surgery include:

• Shorter hospital stay
• Less pain
• Quicker recovery

Neuroscience and Spine Institute
Several of the programs within Neuroscience and Spine Institute at Carolinas Medical Center offer specialized surgical options:

		Adult Spasticity Clinic - The goals of the Adult Spasticity Clinic are to improve mobility, increase independence, reduce pain and frequency of spasm, improve range of motion, and postpone or avoid need for surgical intervention. Treatment options for patients include EMG biofeedback, nerve/motor point blocks, medications, exercises, surgical procedures, and implantable drug delivery systems. For more information about the Adult Spasticity Clinic, call 704-355-2382
		Pediatric Neurological and Neurosurgery Program - This program treats unique disorders of the brain and spinal cord of children. The Pediatric Spasticity Clinic which offers surgical and nonsurgical interventions to support a child's continued growth and development. The Rhizotomy Program, a highly specialized surgical procedure designed to reduce spasticity in the lower extremities and to allow greater freedom of movement for the child.
		The Cerebrovascular Disease Program - This program diagnoses and treats acute stroke and vascular diseases of the brain and spinal cord. Patients are evaluated to determine whether their symptoms are due to a limitation or interruption of blood flow to the brain. Surgical procedures are performed in dedicated neurosurgery operating rooms equipped with the latest microsurgical instrumentation. Neurophysiological monitoring is available at all times to provide precise evaluation of brain and spinal cord function during surgery. Advanced procedures are available including endovascular treatment of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and carotid occlusive disease.
		The Brain Tumor Program - The Brain Tumor Program is a coordinated effort between one of the largest healthcare systems in the Southeast and the largest neurosurgery practice in the region. Carolinas HealthCare System and Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates provide comprehensive medical care for adult and pediatric patients with primary benign tumors, malignant tumors or brain metastasis from another part of the body. We are located within Carolinas Medical Center, the only hospital in this region to offer stereotactic radiosurgery. This innovative technology allows our stereotactic team to treat localized lesions previously considered inoperable. Through the use of CT scans, angiography, MRI, specialized radiation delivery systems, and three-dimensional computer modeling, areas of abnormal tissue can be precisely mapped and treated by finely defined radiation beams.
		Carolinas Epilepsy Center - This center has the most comprehensive, on-site services for diagnosing and treating epilepsy in the region. Our on-site specialty procedures include MRI, PET, SPECT and CT scans; WADA testing; intracranial electrode monitoring; brain mapping; and frameless and frame-based stereotactic surgical techniques.
		For more information about the Carolinas Epilepsy Center, call 704-355-3949.

For more information about Neuroscience and Spine Institute, call 704-355-7410.

The Transplant Center
The Transplant Center at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., is one of the 261 transplant centers in the United States. We offer kidney, heart, liver, kidney/pancreas and pancreas-after-kidney transplant programs.

Carolinas Hernia Center at CMC
The physicians and staff of Carolinas Hernia Center are nationally and internationally recognized experts in innovative hernia surgery and research in bioprosthetics. Our physicians have trained more than 500 surgeons from more than 30 states and nine countries in the methods to approach and perform both simple and extremely complex hernia procedures.

Physicians from all over the Southeast refer their patients to Carolinas Hernia Center for the most advanced care. We have three fellowship- trained minimally invasive surgeons with a special interest in hernia repair and biomaterials as well as a dedicated plastic surgeon with 20 years of experience in abdominal wall reconstruction. The physicians of Carolinas Hernia Center are dedicated to advancing hernia treatments. Our physicians have published extensively in the medical literature on inguinal, ventral, diaphragmatic and hiatal hernias and have lectured on four continents and around the United States about hernias and hernia repair.