Harbor-UCLA Joint Venture Reception to Feature the Latest in Brain Injury Diagnostics and Research
Torrance, California The Harbor-UCLA Faculty Practice Plan has entered into a joint venture with Brain Matters, Inc., a Denver, Colorado based brain imaging company, to operate a state-of-the- art brain function imaging facility at the Harbor-UCLA Professional Building in Torrance, California.
Torrance, CA (PRWEB) June 18, 2005 -- The Harbor-UCLA Faculty Practice Plan
has entered into a joint venture with Brain Matters, Inc., a Denver, Colorado
based brain imaging company, to operate a state-of-the- art brain function
imaging facility at the Harbor-UCLA Professional Building in Torrance,
California.
The Harbor-UCLA Faculty Practice Plan is the private
practice arm of the full-time teaching physicians at the Harbor-UCLA Medical
Center. The Faculty Practice Plan is dedicated to making the expertise of these
board-certified, world renowned medical specialists available to private
practice patients seeking expert second medical opinions and other highly
skilled diagnostic and treatment services.
The June 30th kick-off
reception will feature keynote speaker, Ismael Mena, MD, Professor Emeritus of
the UCLA School of Medicine and former Chief of Nuclear Medicine at the
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Dr Mena has retained closes ties with staff at that
program from his current base of operations in Chile. His talk at the June 30th
kick-off reception will highlight leading edge applications of brain imaging
technology in the fields of Neurology, Psychiatry and other areas of medicine –
emphasizing practical applications for community physicians. The program will
unveil the joint-venture plans that will provide the communities of Los Angeles
and the nation the clinical benefits of high resolution brain SPECT functional
imaging. The clinic anticipates opening its doors to new patients in July 2005.
For more information please visit www.spectscan.com
This facility will utilize Brain
SPECT Imaging to evaluate patients for neurologic issues such as Traumatic Brain
Injury, Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia, Stroke and Seizures as well as complex
neurobehavioral concerns including ADHD, Autism, Depression, Bipolar and Anxiety
Disorders. High resolution SPECT brain scans assist physicians & clinicians
in properly evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients struggling with
neurological disorders and neurobehavioral issues – enabling physicians to
formulate effective treatment responses to many clinically challenging cases.
The new Brain Imaging program to be launched in Torrance employs high resolution
brain imaging software that has been successfully implemented by Brain Matters
at their Denver, Colorado facility, together with the high resolution Brain
SPECT camera currently based at the Harbor-UCLA Professional Building.
More than four hundred physicians and other professionals from the Los
Angeles area are expected to attend this reception event. Any community members
connected with brain health issues are welcome by R.S.V.P. and it is anticipated
that many professionals from other parts of the United States will also be in
attendance.
Event Date: Thursday, June 30, 2005
Time: 5:30 – 9:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m. Cocktail and Food
Reception
7:00 p.m. Introductions, by S. Gregory
Hipskind, MD, PhD and Theodore A. Henderson, MD, PhD
8:00 p.m. Keynote Speech
.by Ismael Mena, MD, Professor Emeritus of the UCLA School of
Medicine
Where: Hilton Torrance South Bay, Crystal Ballroom, 21333
Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance California 90503
RSVP: by June 23, 2005 – Call
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