Dr. Walter K Birkenhagen, MD



General Surgery   -  Idaho,  Pocatello

 Overview

Dr. Walter K Birkenhagen, MD works in Pocatello, Idaho is a specialist in General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery and graduated Letterman Genl Hospital in 1970. Dr. Birkenhagen is affiliated with Portneuf Medical Center and practicing for 54 years

 Specialties

  • General Surgery
  • Pediatric Surgery

 Conditions

• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Charcot Reconstruction
• Congenital Mitral Stenosis
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cupping Therapy
• Fear of Getting Married
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Genetic Testing
• Hypochondriasis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  ...
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Monoclonal Gammopathy of Uncertain Significance
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Thoracoscopy
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
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 Procedures

• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Colectomy
• Excision of Breast Tumor
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Open Diaphragmatic and-or Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia Repair
  ...
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Parathyroidectomy
• Port Placements or Replacements
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Thyroidectomy or Thyroid Lobectomy
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 Board Certifications

  • Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery

 Years Since Graduation

  • 54

 State License

  • Idaho

 Education & Training

Internship Hospital

Letterman Genl Hospital

San Francisco, CA, USA

Year completed: 1970

Residency Hospital

St Marys Hospital

Rochester, NY, USA

Year completed: 1977

Medical School

Temple University School Of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA, United States

Graduated: 1969

 Awards

1   ACS
2   AMA
3   AOS

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 Office Locations


Primary location

 Pocatello Surgical Associates
500 South 11th Avenue Suite 501
Idaho (ID)
Pocatello
83201
 Phone:(208) 233-8444
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center?    No
Office Volume:    30 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site?    No

Accepting New Patients

  • Yes
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 Map & Directions



Pocatello Surgical Associates, 500 South 11th Avenue Suite 501, Pocatello, Idaho (ID), 83201




 Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)

  • Aetna
  • Altius Health Plans
  • Assurant Health
  • Blue Card PPO
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross of Idaho
  • Blue Cross of Idaho PPO
  • Choice Care PPO
  • Choice Plus POS
  • Choice Plus POS II
  • Cigna
  • Cigna PPO
  • Commercial Insurance Company
  • Coventry Health Care
  • First Choice Health
  • First Health (Coventry Health Care)
  • Humana
  • Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Medicare MCR
  • MultiPlan
  • ODS Health Plan
  • Open Access
  • Options PPO
  • PacificSource
  • Preferred PSN
  • Principal Financial Group
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Traditional Participating Plan
  • Tricare
  • TriCare for Life
  • Union Pacific Railroad Employee Health Systems
  • United Healthcare
  • UnitedHealthCare

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 Affiliated Hospitals


Portneuf Medical Center photo


Portneuf Medical Center

651 Memorial Drive Idaho ID, Pocatello, 83201

Portneuf Medical Center is a Local Government owned hospital located in Pocatello, ID. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 10 of 11 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 9 of 11 procedures.



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