Service Areas & Statistics

Overview

The Walter E. Boehm Birth Defects Centers currently serves over 970 patients across the Southeast. Our patients have a primary diagnosis of a congenital birth defect of the brain and spinal cord, such as spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus. Our clients range in age from premature infants to adults in their late 50s and come from all socio-economic backgrounds. 

Areas Served

In 2022, the Center served 952 birth defects patients from the following counties:

Tennessee : Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Camden, Coffee, Cumberland, Dekalb, Fentress, Franklin, Gibson, Giles, Grainger, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Knox, Loudon, Macon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Montgomery, Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Rutherford, Sequatchie, Sevier, Shelby, Union, Warren, Williamson Georgia : Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Hall, Houston, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Taylor, Union, Walker, Whitfield Alabama : Calhoun, DeKalb, Etowah, Hamilton, Jackson, Marshall; Mississippi: Harrison North Carolina : Cherokee, Clay, Macon, Perquimans South Carolina : Oconee

Program Services

• 327 outpatient physician (neurosurgery and urology) clinic appointments
• 352 Diagnostic Tests (CT scans, shunt series, MRIs, lab work)
• 300 additional services related to patients' continuity of care
• 148 Units of financial aid (medical bills, meal vouchers and gas cards)
• 49 lifesaving surgeries related to neural tube defects
• 28 Units of pre and post-natal education services for new families