- Dr. Joel D Macdonald, MD
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Dr. Joel D Macdonald, MD
Neurosurgery - Utah, Salt Lake City
Overview
Dr. Joel D Macdonald, MD works in Salt Lake City, Utah is a specialist in Neurosurgery and graduated Carolinas Med Center in 1990. Dr. Macdonald is affiliated with Intermountain Medical Center, Lds Hospital and practicing for 34 years
Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Conditions
• Acute Urinary Retention• Adrenal Gland Diseases
• Amniotomy
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Colic
• Cranial Trauma
• Elbow Or Upper Arm Arthritis
• Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome
• Food Additive Allergy - Annatto
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• Food Allergy - Codfish
• Functional Hemispherectomy
• Functional Movement Screening
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for AVM
• Helminthosporium Fungus Allergy
• Implanon® Placement
• Isolaz System Acne Treatment
• IV Sedation
• Joint Fluid Test
• Joint Fusion
• Joint X-Ray
• Lattice Corneal Dystrophy, Type 1
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Mycobacterial Infections
• Neurological Injuries
• Pediatric Thoracic Disorders
• Pediatric Voiding
• Pelvic Support Problems
• Pneumatic Dilations (PD)
• Pneumoconiosis
• Recurring Pneumonia
• Rheumatic Diseases
• Sinus Node Disease
• Surgical Mesh Removal
• Syndactyly
• The treatment of complicated hypertension
• Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)
• Women's Health Rehabilitation
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Procedures
• Acoustic Neuroma• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Cancer
• Brain Injury
• Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
• Cerebral Hemorrhage
• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak (CSF Leak)
• Cerebrovascular Disease
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• Cervical Spine Fracture
• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Cranial Trauma
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
• Epilepsy
• Herniated Disc Surgery
• Hydrocephalus
• Intervertebral Disc Herniation
• Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
• Low Back Pain
• Lumbar Spine Fracture
• Meningiomas
• Myelopathy
• Nerve Destruction by Neurolytic Agent
• Nerve Sheath Tumors
• Neuroplasty
• Neurostimulation
• Neurostimulation, Spinal
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Osteoarthritis of Spine
• Osteosarcoma
• Pathological Spine Fracture
• Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
• Pseudotumor Cerebri
• Radiculopathy (Not Due to Disc Displacement)
• Scoliosis
• Secondary Malignancies
• Spinal Fusion
• Spinal Reconstructive Surgery for Deformities
• Spinal Stenosis
• Spine Deformities
• Spine Fractures, Traumatic
• Spondylolisthesis
• Stereotaxis
• Stroke
• Thoracic Spine Fracture
• Thoracic Spine Myelopathy
• Vertebral Column Tumors
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 34
State License
- Utah
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Carolinas Med Center
Charlotte, NC, USA
Year completed: 1990
Charlotte, NC, USA
Year completed: 1990
Fellowship Hospital
University Of Fla/shands Hospital
Gainesville, FL, USA
Year completed: 1996
Gainesville, FL, USA
Year completed: 1996
Medical School
University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School Of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Graduated: 1989
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Graduated: 1989
Residency Hospital
University Of Utah/uumc
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Year completed: 1995
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Year completed: 1995
Awards
1 AANS
2 Congress Neuro Srgn
3 Rcky Mountain Neurosrgcl Society
4 Utah State Neurosrgcl Society
5 W Neurosurgical Society
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Office Locations
Primary location
University Of Utah Neurosurgery
175 North Medical Drive
Utah (UT)
Salt Lake City
84132
Phone:(801) 581-6908
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 100 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? No
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
University Of Utah Neurosurgery, 175 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah (UT), 84132
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Altius Health Plans
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Heritage Signature
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Premera Blue Cross
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Lds Hospital
324 8th Avenue
Utah UT,
Salt Lake City,
84143
Lds Hospital is a hospital located in Salt Lake City, UT. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are above the state average in 4 of 9 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 2 of 9 procedures.
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