Sanford Health Bismarck welcomes new neurosurgeon
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Erin Horn
Senior Media Relations Specialist
701-516-4903 / erin.horn@sanfordhealth.org
BISMARCK, N.D. (Feb. 23, 2022) –Artur Szymczak, MD, recently joined the neurosurgery team at Sanford Health in Bismarck. As the region’s only fellowship trained pediatric neurosurgeon in the region, Dr. Szymczak provides expert care for adult and pediatric patients. He specializes in evaluating, diagnosing and treating conditions of the brain.
“We are excited to welcome Dr. Szymczak to the Bismarck region and offer more treatment options for patients with medical conditions or injuries that affects the brain and nervous system,” said Mike Salwei, executive director of neurosciences. “We are continuing to build our neurology program and bring resources to Bismarck-Mandan to meet the needs of the communities we serve.”
Dr. Szymczak specializes in:
- Traumatic brain injuries/concussions
- Brain bleeds, stunts, craniology, removal of tumors
- Spasticity, spina biffida, tethered cord, and defects of the spine
- Neuro-Oncology
- Neuroendoscopy
- Chiari malformations
- Hydrocephalus
Dr. Szymczak is now seeing patients at the Sanford Clinic, 222 N. Seventh St., Bismarck.
Dr. Szymczak received his doctorate from the University of Alberta, completed his neurosurgery residency program at the University of Western Ontario, and completed his pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Most recently, he worked as a pediatric and adult neurosurgeon at Mercy Health Physicians Brain and Spine Center in Rockford, Illinois.
For more information, visit sanfordhealth.org and search: neurosurgery.
The Sanford Bismarck region provides health care to central and western North Dakota, eastern Montana and northern South Dakota. It includes 21 clinics in Bismarck, Mandan, Minot, Dickinson and Watford City, as well as a Level II trauma center located in Bismarck.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, one of the largest health systems in the United States, is dedicated to the integrated delivery of health care, genomic medicine, senior care and services, global clinics, research and affordable insurance. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization includes 46 hospitals, 1,500 physicians and more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations in 26 states and 10 countries. Learn more about Sanford Health’s transformative work to improve the human condition at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
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