Press release
From Mission Health
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 26, 2012) – Mission Health is pleased to announce its partnership with Carolina Spine and Neurosurgery Center. With six locations, Carolina Spine and Neurosurgery Center has been providing specialized treatment of spinal and neurological disorders to the western North Carolina community for over 30 years.
Carolina Spine and Neurosurgery Center is dedicated to providing the most technologically advanced spinal and neurosurgical services to its patients. With a staff of 19 clinicians, the practice employs a broad array of expertise in patient care. Its comprehensive offering of services includes the treatment and rehabilitation of spinal, cranial, peripheral nerve and pediatric disorders. With on-site MRI and physical therapy services, their multidisciplinary spine specialists provide a thorough examination of each patient’s unique case. If surgery is required, their highly-trained spine specialists offer the most minimally invasive options available.
“We are pleased to establish this partnership with Mission Health,” said James J. Hoski, MD, Managing Partner of Carolina Spine and Neurosurgery Center. “We remain deeply committed to serving the community of western North Carolina. We have been working collaboratively with Mission Health for many years and feel that this new and innovative partnership will enhance neurological care in western North Carolina.”
“Access to world-class neurosurgeons is at the essence of our trauma, neurology and oncology programs,” said Ronald A. Paulus, MD, President and CEO of Mission Health. “In conjunction with the superb orthopedic spine surgeons and other excellent clinicians, our partnership with Carolina Spine and Neurosurgery Center will support our goal of keeping our patients close to home, receiving state-of-the-art care all in support of our BIG(GER) Aim: to get each patient to the desired outcome, without harm, without waste and with an exceptional experience.”
Carolina Spine and Neurosurgery Center will continue to see patients at its current office. For more information about Carolina Spine and Neurosurgery Center, visit www.csandnc.com.
About Mission Health
Mission Health, based in Asheville, N.C., is the state’s sixth-largest health system and the region’s only not-for-profit, independent community hospital system governed and managed exclusively in western North Carolina. In 2012 Mission Health was named one of the nation’s Top 15 Health Systems by Thomson Reuters – the only health system in North Carolina to receive this recognition.
Mission Health, which traces its roots in the region back to 1885, operates five hospitals, numerous outpatient and surgery centers, and the region’s only dedicated Level II trauma center. Its medical staff consists of more than 1,000 physicians and is certified in over 50 medical specialties and sub-specialties. Mission Health has seven Centers of Excellence: Cancer, Heart, Mission Children’s Hospital, Neurosciences, Orthopedics, Trauma and Women’s Health. Mission Hospital, located in Asheville, is the system’s flagship hospital and is licensed for 730 beds. It is the regional referral center for tertiary and quaternary care and is the busiest surgical hospital in North Carolina. It also includes Mission Children’s Hospital– the region’s only children’s hospital. Other Mission Health member hospitals include Angel Medical Center in Franklin, Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, McDowell Hospital in Marion and Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard. With approximately 8,800 employees and 700 volunteers, Mission Health is dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the people of western North Carolina.
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