Advocate Brain & Spine Institute at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
The Advocate Brain & Spine Institute at Good Shepherd Hospital uses the latest technology to provide expert care for conditions of the brain, spine and nervous system. From neurologists and neurosurgeons to pain management and spine specialists, our team takes a multi-disciplinary approach so that you get the individualized care you need.
To schedule a consultation or second opinion, call 800-3-ADVOCATE of find a doctor online.
Certified primary stroke center
Advocate Good Shepherd has been recognized as a Primary Stroke Center since 2011 by DNV GL- Healthcare. In stroke care, the speed with which a victim is treated is essential. With certification, we at Advocate Good Shepherd have proved ourselves able to provide effective, timely care to stroke victims, which can significantly improve outcomes for stroke patients.
Gold plus recognition
In 2015 and 2016, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital received the "Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus" award from the American Heart/ Stroke Association.
Get with the Guidelines improves stroke care by promoting continuing dedication to the best and latest scientific treatments.
The importance of stroke alert
When a "Stroke Alert" is issued, members of the Advocate Good Shepherd Stroke Team (or Brain Attack Team) immediately jump into action. The team is comprised of trained clinicians who will deliver expert care to the patient experiencing a stroke.
- A "Stroke Alert" called from the Emergency Department indicates that a patient is arriving via ambulance which notifies the necessary trained personnel to respond.
- A "Stroke Alert" can also be activated for patients that are currently hospitalized. All Advocate Good Shepherd employees have been trained to respond.
For more information, call 847-842-7584.
Learn more about stroke care at Advocate.
Conditions we treat
Brain conditions:
- Traumatic brain injuries (head injuries)
- Pituitary tumors
- Brain tumors
- Glioblastoma
- Astrocytoma
- Oligodendroglioma
- Ependymoma
- Meningioma
- Pituitary adenoma
- Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma)
- Pseudo tumor cerebri
- Benign tumors
- Headaches
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Occipital neuralgia
- Multiple sclerosis
- Seizure disorder/epilepsy
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Myasthenia gravis
- Myopathy
- Hydrocephalus
- Hemifacial spasms
- Encephalitis and cerebritis
- Chiari malformation
Learn more about treatment for brain conditions at Advocate.
Spine conditions:
- Back pain
- Complex traumatic spinal disorders
- Compression fractures
- Degenerative spine disease
- Degenerative disc disease
- Disc herniation
- Neck pain
- Herniated disc (ruptured disc)
- Myasthenia gravis
- Myopathy
- Nerve injuries
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Kyphosis
- Scoliosis
- Spinal deformities
- Sciatica
- Spinal instability
- Spine fractures
- Spine infections
- Spine tumors
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylosis
- Spondylolysis (pars fracture)
- Flat-back syndrome
- Failed back syndrome
- Arm pain
- Myelopathy
- Cervical disc disease
- Lumbar disc disease
Learn more about treatment for spine conditions at Advocate.
Services & treatments
Brain treatment:
- Pain management
- Physical and occupational therapy
- Psychiatric care
- Neurology
- Neuroradiology
- Neurosurgery
- Minimally invasive neurosurgery
- Neurointervention
- Neuro-oncology
- Rehabilitation
- Intra-operative computerized image-guided navigation
- High field brain MRI (3 Tesla)
- Robotic surgery
- Stereotactic radiosurgery
- Awake brain surgery
- Microscopic brain surgery
Learn more about treatment for brain conditions at Advocate.
Spine treatment:
- Interventional radiology
- Pain management
- Rehabilitation
- Spine surgery
- Spinal radiation
- Neuroradiology
- Neurology
- EMG testing
- Neurosurgery
- Oncology
- Psychiatric care
- Physical and occupational therapy
- Outcome analysis
- Minimally invasive spine surgery
- Discectomy
- Outpatient discectomy
- Outpatient microdiscectomy
- Laminectomy (decompression surgery)
- Laminoplasty
- Vertebroplasty
- Kyphoplasty
- Corpectomy
- Spinal fusion
- Spinal reconstruction
- Revision of previous failed spinal surgery
- Artificial disc replacement
- Scoliosis surgery
- Spinal trauma and spinal cord injury surgery
- Spinal tumor surgery
- Spinal cord stimulator for pain
- Intra-operative computerized image-guided navigation and imaging
- EOS Imaging System
- Stereotactic radiosurgery
Learn more about treatment for spine conditions at Advocate.
Our location
Address:
Brain & Spine Institute
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
450 W. Highway 22
Barrington, IL 60010
Are you at risk for stroke?
Most strokes are preventable and many of the risk factors are controllable. Our stroke risk quiz helps you estimate your chance of experiencing a stroke, find ways to minimize your risk and get an idea of what to do next based on your results.
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