111 South 11th Ave.
Yakima, WA 98902
509.248.3954
Overview
Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center is proud to have some of the best neurosurgeons in the country. Our surgeons are able to perform procedures that only a few doctors and hospitals are equipped to, including endovascular coiling for the treatment of aneurysms and the treatment of arterio-venous malformation, or AVM.
Injections
Several types of spinal injections are offered. These injections can relieve pain by reducing inflammation and irritation. Injections can also help to diagnose more serious problems that may require surgery. Injections offered include:
- Facet Joint Injection
- Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection
- Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection
- Medial Branch Block
- Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection
Spinal Procedures
The Central Washington Neurosciences Clinic also offers a wide array of surgical procedures to alleviate pain and abnormalities of the spine. Surgical procedures for the spine include:
- ALIF: Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Anterior Cervical Corpectomy
- Anterior Cervical Discectomy
- Cervical Micro Endoscopic Discectomy
- Cervical Posterior Foraminotomy
- Dekompressor Discectomy
- Herniated Disc Surgery
- Inter-Body Fusion (IBF)
- Intraoperative Monitoring (IOM) of the Nerves
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminaplasty Laminectomy
- Lumbar Corpectomy
- Lumbar Disc Microsurgery
- Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- PLIF: Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spinal Tumors
- TLIF: Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- Vertebroplasty
- XLIF: Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
- X-Stop
Cranial Procedures
Our staff includes a world-class endovascular surgeon trained in several complicated brain surgeries. Our neurosurgeons have the most up to date equipment, including the BrainLab navigation system, state of the art surgical facilities and some of the best imaging techniques in the world. Brain treatments include:
- Aneurysms
- Arterio-Venous Malformation (AVM)
- Chiari Malformations
- Cranial Trauma
- Craniotomy
- Endovascular Coiling
- Primary and Metastic Brain Tumors
- Stereotactic Biopsy
- Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Tumors
Other Procedures
- Carpal Tunnel
- Discography
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Peripheral Nerve Tumors
- Ulnar Neuropathy
- Vagus Nerve Stimulators for Epilepsy
Our Providers
Peter Gilmore, MD
Dr. Gilmore attended the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC, and completed his residency at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is board certified in Neurology.
Seshurao V. Kruthiventi, MD
Dr. Kruthiventi received his medical degree from Osmania Medical College, in Hyderabad, India. He completed a Neurology Residency at University Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and completed a Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He has a special interest in the treatment of stroke and epilepsy.
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Eduardo Meirelles, MD
Dr. Meirelles graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Urbana, Illinois. He completed residencies at Yale University and Yale-New Haven Hospital, both in New Haven, Connecticut, and at the University of Tornonto in Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Meirelles is a board certified neurosurgeon.
Sören Singel, MD
Dr. Singel graduated from Freie Universitat Berlin, in Berlin, Germany. He completed residencies at Freie Universitat Berlin and the Universtiy of California San Diego Medical Center. Dr. Singel completed a fellowship at Baptist Memorial Hospital, in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Singel is trained in the treatment of AVMs and Endovascular Coiling.