Neurosurgeons bring experience, expertise to FirstHealth program
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“I didn’t have to worry about her,” Tillison says. “That was a big help.” Both Moore and Tillison have stayed at Clara’s House several times since, returning for checkups Cynthia Z. Africk, M.D. and, in February of this year, for another procedure – this one performed by FirstHealth Neurosurgery’s Dennis Campbell, M.D. They always feel welcome and at home. “We absolutely love it there,” says Moore, “and we like the hospital a lot.” Tillison, who has posted a picture of the house on Dennis Campbell, M.D. her Facebook page, agrees, describing the facility and its staff as “amazing, absolutely amazing.” “It’s not like you’re alone,” she says. “There are people there who are going through similar situations, but there also are rooms where you can go and be alone.”
Patients can seek assistance at FirstHealth Neurosurgery with the assurance that they will be cared for by specialists with a total of 47 years of combined experience to their credit. The latest addition to the FirstHealth Neurosurgery team is Michael D. Fromke, M.D., who earned his medical degree, with high honors, from the University of TennesseeCollege of Medicine in Memphis. After completing an internship in the Department of Surgery, he served Michael D. Fromke, M.D. a residency, as chief administrative resident, in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee-College of Medicine. Dr. Fromke is certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The two other members of the FirstHealth Neurosurgery team are Cynthia Z. Africk, M.D., Dr. Fromke’s former colleague at the Clinical Neurosciences Institute in Dayton, Ohio; and Dennis Campbell, M.D. A native of California, Dr. Africk earned her medical degree from the Loyola University of Chicago-Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois. She completed an internship in general surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, a post-doctoral fellowship in neurosurgery at the UCLA School of Medicine and a residency in neurosurgery at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria. In addition to her position with The Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Dr. Africk served as a clinical professor of surgery and an assistant clinical professor of neurology at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Campbell earned his medical degree from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in WinstonSalem. He completed an internship in general surgery at Wake Forest Baptist Health before completing his neurosurgical residency, as chief neurosurgical resident, also at Wake Forest Baptist Health. He is a resident member of the Tumor, Cerebrovascular, and Stereotactic and Functional sections of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The physicians at FirstHealth Neurosurgery specialize in the treatment of diseases and disorders of the brain, spinal cord and spinal column. For more information, call (855) 535-8700 toll-free or visit www.firsthealth.org/ neurosurgery.
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