Congratulations to MHSI neurosurgeons and physiatrists named again in 2018 as leaders in their field.  Each year, HOUR Detroit magazine solicits opinions from area physicians about who should be selected for this list of  TOP DOCS to share with their readers.  Each year, MHSI neurosurgeons and physiatrists make the list.

Seated: Tejpaul Pannu, M.D., Karl Freydl, D.O.

Standing:  Fernando Diaz, M.D., Fredrick Junn, MD, Holly Gilmer, M.D.,  Robert Johnson, M.D., Henry Tong, M.D., and Richard Fessler, M.D.

Back Standing:  John Marshall, M.D.

To schedule an appointment with an MHSI TOP DOC, please call 248-784-3667.

Nicholas Lorenz is a certified physician assistant and specializes in neurosurgery. He has extensive clinical experience in trauma, medical and surgical care.

Working along side of  Dr. Pradeep Setty, D.O., Nicholas is trained to perform comprehensive physical exams, to order and interpret diagnostic testing, formulate patient diagnoses and create treatment plans, including medication management.

Nicholas also assists Dr. Setty in the operating room and sees patients in the Pontiac and Royal Oak offices.

Holly Gilmer, M.D. and Detroit Pistons Legend, Earl “The Twirl” Cureton spoke at the Conquer Chiari Walk America – Shelby Township fundraising event on Sept. 22, 2018. The annual Walk raises funds to provide awareness, research and education about Chairi.

Renowned for her work in raising awareness and treating Chairi Malformation, Dr. Gilmer is cheered on as she crossed the finish line!

On any given day in metro Detroit, a MHSI neurosurgeon can be found treating an ill and critically injured patient in a local emergency department.  It could be a serious injury that caused brain trauma, crushed vertebra in the neck or spine, a brain hemorrhage, a concussion from an injury while playing a sport or bike riding.  Even the weekend warrior can experience a herniated disk.

No one plans to end up in the emergency department, yet should that happen to you or a loved one, there’s no doubt you want the right doctor there to deliver the best and right care possible.

Because MHSI has one of the largest neurosurgical practices in the country, chances are that when someone suffers a brain or spine injury, or is at the brink of death, an MHSI neurosurgeon is on-call in nearly every emergency department in southeast Michigan, to help an injured person through the worst day of their life.

These patients shared their stories of injury and recovery :

Josh was riding his prized motorcycle when a minivan turned in front of him, laying in the street he wasn’t sure just how injured he was, then he met Dr. Tejpaul Pannu in the Emergency Department at Beaumont-Dearborn.

Holly Gilmer, M.D. was selected by Women Thrive Conference Program, a program of Michigan Business & Professional Association, as a distinguished leader in her profession and work place! Dr. Gilmer accepted her award on Monday, February 12, 2018, along with six other distinguished women leaders. These distinguished women leaders were chosen by an advisory committee of leading businesswomen and community leaders for excellence in their professions, place of employment and volunteerism.

Dr. Gilmer was asked: What has been your stand out greatest personal achievement that advanced your career? Watch this video clip to see what her answer is.

Holly Gilmer, M.D.

Every year, Conquer Chiari hosts a walk to raise awareness of Chiari Malformation. All funds raised helped support research, education and awareness of Chiari. If you’re not familiar with Chiari, Chiari is a disease of the brain causing brain tissue to be pushed into the spinal canal. It affects approximately 300,000 people in the United States.  While there is no cure, decompression surgery to improve cerebrospinal fluid flow is the common treatment.

The past few years, Holly Gilmer, M.D. has been a participant in this walk, supporting many of her patients, and also a guest speaker to educate those in attendance of Chiari.

To find out more information on Chiari, please visit our website at: http://www.mhsi.com/brain/chiari-malformation-2/

Congratulations to MHSI’s doctors named ‘Top Docs’ in the October 2017 issue of HOUR Detroit.  Each year the publishers of HOUR Detroit provide area doctors an opportunity to select the doctors they consider to be ‘Top Docs’. The doctors receiving the greatest number of nominations from their peers are then listed in the magazine as being the best among their colleagues.

For Neurosurgery, Doctors Fernando Diaz, Richard Fessler, Robert Johnson, Fredrick Junn, and Tejpaul Pannu were named, and for Pediatric-Neurosurgery is Holly Gilmer, M.D.

For Pain Management, Doctors Karl Freydl, John Marshall, and Henry Tong were named.

‘Top Docs’ is an honor and shares what their patients already know.

Whether you call them electronic medical records (EMRs) or electronic health records (EHRs), physicians were required by the U.S. government to implement an EMR system within their practice by 2014.  EHRs were meant to provide a higher level of patient safety and interconnectivity between physicians and hospitals.

Fast forward to 2017, and it is time for many physician practices and some hospitals to update to more robust EHRs, basically because the use of EHRs has out grown the initial capability of the software.

The MHSI team has been working behind the scenes for the last year to prepare a new EMR system that works better for patients, physicians and billing.  “We have targeted Monday, Aug. 28 as our ‘go live’ date,” explains Mary Martin, RN, clinical director at MHSI.  “Our patients will really like what this new EMR system can provide them.”

Coming up: Patients will need to input identification, insurance and health history into the new system. There will be several different ways to enter the information, including online and via an app.  “One important message we want our patients to know at in this stage of implementation is they should not be concerned, all previous medical records remain in-tact and appointments and surgeries will not be interrupted, ” says Ms. Martin.

Stay tuned…Over the summer the MHSI staff are training to use the new EMR. In August, complete instructions for patient’s use of the new system will be provided through newsletters and blogs like this and on the website as the ‘go-live” date gets closer.