- Dr. Michael R Puumala, MD
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Dr. Michael R Puumala, MD
Neurosurgery - South Dakota, Sioux Falls
Overview
Dr. Michael R Puumala, MD works in Sioux Falls, South Dakota is a specialist in Neurosurgery and graduated Mayo Grad School Med/mayo Fndn. Dr. Puumala is affiliated with Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center, Sioux Falls Surgical Hospital and practicing for 33 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
• Dystonia 3, Torsion, X - Linked
• Elbow Or Upper Arm Arthritis
• Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome
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• Food Additive Allergy - Annatto
• Functional Hemispherectomy
• Functional Movement Screening
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for AVM
• Implanon® Placement
• Isolaz System Acne Treatment
• IV Sedation
• Joint Fluid Test
• Joint X-Ray
• Lattice Corneal Dystrophy, Type 1
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Mycobacterial Infections
• Neurological Injuries
• Pediatric AIDS
• Pediatric Chronic Infection
• Pediatric Thoracic Disorders
• Pediatric Voiding
• Pelvic Support Problems
• Pneumatic Dilations (PD)
• Recurring Pneumonia
• Rheumatic Diseases
• Sinus Node Disease
• Surgical Mesh Removal
• Syndactyly
• The treatment of complicated hypertension
• Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)
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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)
• Cervical Spine Fracture
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• Cervical Spine Myelopathy
• Chiari's Deformity
• 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 Sheath Tumors
• Neuroplasty
• Neurostimulation
• Neurostimulation, Spinal
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Osteoarthritis of Spine
• Pathological Spine Fracture
• Radiculopathy (Not Due to Disc Displacement)
• Scoliosis
• Secondary Malignancies
• Spina Bifida
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Spinal Fusion
• Spinal Nerve Block
• Spinal Reconstructive Surgery for Deformities
• Spinal Stenosis
• Spine Deformities
• Spine Fractures, Traumatic
• Spondylolisthesis
• Stroke
• Thoracic Spine Fracture
• Thoracic Spine Myelopathy
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 33
State License
- South Dakota
Education & Training
Residency Hospital
Mayo Grad School Med/mayo Fndn
Medical School
Mayo Medical School
Rochester, MN, USA
Graduated: 1990
Rochester, MN, USA
Graduated: 1990
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Office Locations
Primary location
Avera Neurosurgery
1100 East 21st Street Suite 610
South Dakota (SD)
Sioux Falls
57105
Phone:(605) 322-8860
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Avera Neurosurgery, 1100 East 21st Street Suite 610, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (SD), 57105
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- American Enterprise Group
- American Republic
- Blue Cross Accord
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- First Choice Health
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- HealthPartners
- Humana
- Medica
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- Medico
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- State Farm
- Thrivent Financial
- Tricare
- Ucare
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center
800 East 21st Street
South Dakota SD,
Sioux Falls,
57117
Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center is a hospital located in Sioux Falls, SD. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 7 of 9 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 7 of 9 procedures.
Sioux Falls Surgical Hospital
910 East 20th Street
South Dakota SD,
Sioux Falls,
57105
(605) 334-6730
he Sioux Falls Surgical Center (SFSC) was organized in October 1985 to provide same day surgery for its patients. "Same day surgery" patients are admitted, receive treatment and are discharged the same day.In October 1996, the Surgical Center expanded its services to include a Recovery Care departme...
(605) 334-6730
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