Palm Springs General Hospital

Larkin Community Hospital is a general surgical-psychiatric and teaching hospital. This 146-acute-care-bed hospital is located in South Miami, Florida. It is a physician-owned hospital and it is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).

Larkin Community Hospital is a participating member of the American Hospital Associations of Hospital Quality Alliance. The hospital has over 700 employees since January, 2012.

On October 15, 2010, Larkin Community Hospital was designated as Area of Critical Need Facility & Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and National Professional Services Corp Site (HRSA) by the Health Resources & Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services

Larkin Community Hospital provides high-quality comprehensive care in a wide array of medical specialties such as:

• Bariatric Services
• Cardiology
• Dental Care
• Emergency Medicine
• Family Practice
• Memory Disorders
• Occupational Health
• Outpatient Services
• Podiatry and Foot
• Pulmonary Disease
• Psychiatric
• Surgery
• Wound Healing

The Miami Neuroscience Center

Since January 3, 2012, Larkin Community Hospital is home to the Miami Neuroscience Center, a state-of-the-art facility with one of the nation’s premier Gamma Knife surgery programs. The Miami Neuroscience Center utilize the Gamma Knife Perfexion which is the only neurosurgical tool specifically designed for noninvasive brain and neck procedures as well an enhanced treatment option for the neck and cervical spine radiosurgery

The Miami Neuroscience Center in Miami, Florida is led by his Medical Director, Dr. Aizik L. Wolf, a leading authority on stereotactic radiosurgery. Dr. Wolf, a world class neurosurgeon for the last 18 years, has been treating patients from the United States, Latin America and Caribbean and has performed over 7,000 procedures since 1993.

Dr. Wolf graduated summa cum laude from Yale Medical School and trained at the University of Minnesota Hospital. Earlier in his career, Dr. Wolf served as Chief of epilepsy and skull-base surgery at the University of Maryland and assistant professor and neurosurgery. He received his Gamma Knife training at Brown University.

The Gamma Knife

Gamma Knife Perfexion is the only dedicated neurosurgical tool specifically designed for non-invasive brain and neck procedures as well as a treatment option for neck and cervical spine radiosurgery. This procedure is best known as “the Gold Standard” for its excellence.

The Gamma Knife treatment uses rays that are potent only at the intersection point without affecting surrounding healthy tissue. The procedure surpasses all modalities in terms of safety and effectiveness. Since this is a non-invasive procedure, it requires minimal anesthesia and does not involve the risk associated with open surgery, infection hemorrhage or other morbidities. The procedure takes less than 1 hour with few side effects and most patients can resume regular activities sooner. The patient, for the most part, can leave the hospital the same day or stay overnight for observation.