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Leonard Hirsh, Chief of Neurosurgery M.D.
Specialties: Neurosurgery
I strive to provide competent and compassionate care, and encourage patients to consider all their options and participate in the medical decisions. Patients who understand their problems can make better choices and so I try to educate besides providing medical services. I attempt to be attentive to my patients needs and concerns to build a firm doctor-patient relationship.
Office Locations: Upland,
Media
Gender: Male
Areas of Special Interests: spine surgery, brain tumors
Disease/Condition/Syndrome:
Age Group: Adults
Procedures: mimimally invasive spinal surgery/fusion, cyberknife radiation therapy
Current research:
Hospital Admitting Privileges: Crozer-Chester Medical Center,
Delaware County Memorial Hospital,
Taylor Hospital,
Springfield Hospital
Age Restrictions:
Accepting new patients: yes
Limited to physicians Referrals?:
Languages other than English:
Priorities of Care:
Building a long-term patient-doctor relationship,
Carefully listening to my patient's needs, questions and concerns,
Partnering with my patient in health care decision making,
Empathizing with my patient,
Using terminology that is appropriate for each patient's needs
Important Factors:
Meticulous attention to diagnostic evaluation and therapy planning,
Dealing with complex medical problems,
Staying abreast of breakthroughs and developments in my specialty,
Being sensitive to my patient's pain threshold,
Working with other specialties in the over all care of the patient