Partnership with St. Mary’s
Saginaw Valley Neurosurgery has a long and rich history of association with St. Mary's of Michigan Medical Center in Saginaw. For over 30 years, SVN physicians and surgeons have worked together with St. Mary's of Michigan to develop the medical center into a mecca for neurosurgical care and the neurosciences. No other health care system in the region has the specialized facilities, equipment, technology, and knowledge to offer seamless neurological care.
- St. Mary's of Michigan has developed a trauma team second to none with years of experience
- FlightCare air ambulance service, based on the downtown campus of St. Mary's of Michigan was the regions first accredited air transport program
- The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has awarded the medical center Primary Stroke Center Certification which is the Gold Seal of Approval for stroke care
- First dedicated neurological intensive care unit in the region
- First in the nation to use YAG laser in neurosurgery
- First artificial disk implant in the region, performed by SVN physician
- First brain aneurysm coiling in the region, performed by the only fellowship-trained specialist
- State-of-the-science neurodiagnostics department with complete intraoperative monitoring capabilities
- One of the largest spinal surgery programs in the state
- Neurological rehabilitation program helps transition patient from acute care to outpatient setting
- Neuro-oncologists on-staff with the latest technology, including CyberKnife and TomoTherepy
- Advanced treatment for brain tumors with stereotactic brain surgery
The dedication an range of our neuroscience team is evident. Our staff consists of board-cerfified neurologists, neurosurgeons, neurodiagnostics, neuropsychologists, trauma surgeons, emergency room physicians and physiatrists. In step with these physicians are specially trained and certified nurses and technicians who have devoted themselves solely to neuroscience care.
Because of our proven abilities to handle the most complex and challenging of cases, St. Mary's of Michigan is entrusted with the greatest number of neurological acute care patients of any hospital in the region.
- In The News
- St. Mary's of Michigan neurosurgeon Gerald Schell is performing minimally-invasive spinal fusion surgeries that require just two tiny incisions.
Watch the video from the operating room. 
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