Office space is filling up at the Hartford HealthCare Waterford location, where a new oncologist and two APRNs specializing in headaches recently started seeing patients.
Kelly Heilman, APRN, and Linda Poteau, APRN, of the Headache Center, part of the Hartford HealthCare Ayer Neuroscience Institute, bring specialized care for headache sufferers the Waterford location.
“With 36 million migraine sufferers in the country, one in every 10 to 12 people suffer,” says Brian Grosberg, MD, medical director of the Headache Center. “The demand for headache services far outstrips the supply of specialists. The care we offer through the Hartford HealthCare Headache Center is unlike any available across the country.”
Patients coming to the Waterford office will have access to the full range of services available through the Headache Center, which also has locations in West Hartford and Meriden. This includes:
• State-of-the-art imaging.
• Physical therapy geared toward helping relieve the pain of headaches.
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
• Biobehavioral treatment such as biofeedback and cognitive behavior therapy, both of which are non-medication treatments.
• Medication treatments including Botox and nerve blocks.
• Research studies, including a ground-breaking study into status migrainosus, whereby patients experience prolonged bouts of migraine lasting three or more days in a row, with colleagues at Harvard Medical School.
“Ours is a very patient-centric approach and the care we give is tailored to the individual patient, not a cookie cutter approach,” he says. “We look at each person, their medical history, preferences, medication list, and the context of what’s going on in their life to come up with a treatment plan.”
Referrals for appointments in Waterford can be made by calling 860.696.2925. To learn more, visit hartfordhealthcare.org/services/headache-center.
Breast health
Sapna Khubchandani, MD, MPH, joined the Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Oncology and Hematology. Interested in breast cancer as well as other solid tumors and blood-borne cancers, she is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, hospice and palliative medicine and speaks English, Hindi and Sindhi.
The Waterford clinical team — which includes Drs. Jeffrey Gordon and Valmarie Ramos and Nicole
McKenzie, APRN — offers:
• Diagnosis and treatment services
• Guidance for those hoping to prevent cancer, including genetic testing
• Advanced chemotherapy
• Specialized services for the diagnosis of blood diseases and cancers such as iron-deficiency anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma.
The entire team is accepting new patients. Referrals can be made by calling 860.443.4455.
Rehabilitation
The Waterford office of the Backus Hospital Rehabilitation Network offers physical therapy services that include:
• Headache
• Orthopedics
• Work injury rehab
• Postpartum
• Healthy back program
• Osteoporosis
• Balance and falls
• Pain management
The facility is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last appointment at 5 p.m.), and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (last appointment at 3:30 p.m.). For appointments, call 860.447.0417.
But wait, there’s more
The Waterford location at 196 Parkway South offers a primary care practice and, in the upcoming months, specialists in urology, general surgery and gastroenterology will also begin seeing patients there. In addition, there is a ribbon cutting on Nov. 16 at a new ambulatory surgical center nearby. Specialists in orthopedics, ophthalmology and urology will offer outpatient surgery at that convenient location.