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Caring for the Human
Frame, from Head to Toe
John Abbott
Dr. Joseph Zuckerman, chair of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Dr. Gail Chorney,
medical director of the Center for Musculoskeletal Care, tour the new facility.
New Center for Musculoskeletal Care Builds on NYU Langone’s
Firm Foundation in Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Rehabilitation
From the moment the elevator doors open, you can tell
that this building has, as they say in real estate, “good
bones.” NYU Langone Medical Center’s new Center for
Musculoskeletal Care (CMC)—located on the fourth,
fifth, and sixth floors of 333 East 38th Street—is domi-
nated by rows of the original concrete columns, 2 feet
square and 11 feet high, that punch through the ceiling,
their splayed capitals disappearing into recessed panels.
Sandblasted, restored, and revealed in all their gritty
glory, these imposing skeletal members of a structure
built to last in 1929 send a powerfully subtle message:
in every sense, this place is rock solid.
Indeed. More than 100,000 outpatients are
expected to visit this state-of-the-art facility annually
for the full spectrum of bone and joint care—preven-
tion, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. When
they choose N YU Langone, it’s no doubt because of
the Medical Center’s long-standing reputation for
excellence in orthopaedics, rheumatology, and reha-
bilitation. In these musculoskeletal specialty areas,
U.S. News & World Report
ranks N YU Langone among
the top 10 programs in the country. Moreover, NYU
Langone’s Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine,
the birthplace of comprehensive care for the disabled,
Another Kind of Marathon
Lauren Kent Was Young, Healthy, and Fit—until the Stroke That Changed Her Life
(continued on page 7)
A spunky and spirited 28-year-old, Lauren Kent
added her own touch of funkiness to the 2010 New
York City Marathon: an aquamarine wig, metallic
goggles, a hot pink running outfit, and a brown
shoulder bag she made herself. It’s unlikely that
fellow runners paid her much attention, though,
cocooned as they were in their own thoughts prior to
the start of the grueling 26.2-mile race across the five
boroughs. Three days later, Kent drew
lots
of attention
in the Comprehensive Stroke Care Center of Tisch
Hospital at N YU Langone Medical Center, where she
found herself at the starting line of quite another kind
of marathon.
The first signs of a problem showed up partway
through the world-famous race. “Around the 10th
mile, I began noticing little blind spots in my right eye
but didn’t think much of it,” she recalls. “I was in the
best shape I had ever been in, and stroke was the last
thing on my mind.”
Joshua Bright
After a stroke that largely paralyzed her left side, Lauren Kent received “just about everything we could offer,” says Dr. Ira
Rashbaum, her physiatrist at Rusk. But she made incredible progress. “It was what you’d expect from a marathoner.”
It wasn’t until Kent was at work—she’s an I T
specialist for a global investment firm in midtown
Manhattan—that the blind spots returned, with a fury.
She blacked out for about 10 minutes at her desk. When
she regained consciousness, she had no feeling in her
left arm and her speech was slurred. She sent an e-mail
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