Last summer, Jake Lopez was working on his ranch in Northern New Mexico when a run-in with an angry bull resulted in a life-threatening brain bleed, fractures to his face and other head injuries. He was extremely lucky that he didn’t have to leave New Mexico to receive the emergency neurosurgery that saved his life. As a rural state with limited healthcare resources and an aging population, New Mexico faces a growing need for wide-ranging neuroscience care to treat patients who suffer from strokes, brain aneurysms, neck, spine and low back pain, epilepsy and other neurological conditions. Thanks to Presbyterian’s expanding neuroscience program, less than a year after his accident, Jake was riding his horse, volunteering for the Santa Fe Sherriff’s Posse and driving. He and his wife Lisa attribute his full recovery to the quality care he received at Presbyterian.
“My wife Lisa and I have no doubt that the quality care I received is directly connected to my recovery.”
Presbyterian is building one of the leading neurological care programs in the Southwest. It will reduce the need for patients like Jake to travel out of state for this important specialty care, for which immediate medical attention is often essential. Thanks in part to donations to Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation, Presbyterian is providing additional tools for the growing neurosurgery team, including a hybrid operating room and tools for diagnosing and treating patients with stroke, aneurysms and other life-threatening ailments.
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