Our Neuroscience & Spine Services
The brain is the conductor of the body’s symphony – directing all the organs, tissues, breathing and thinking we do in perfect timing.
Logan Health’s Neuroscience & Spine services offer complete neurological evaluation, treatment and follow-up for patients with conditions of the brain, spine and nervous system. Neuroscience services include evaluations and diagnostic testing for conditions such as stroke, seizures, headaches, Parkinson’s disease, dementias, motor neuron disease and a wide variety of other neurological conditions.
We place an emphasis on helping each patient maintain his or her quality of life, as well as providing education and support to patients, families and caregivers. In addition to providing these critical services close to home, our providers travel throughout the state via our outreach program.
Education and Events
Neuroscience & Spine’s skilled physicians and staff are here to help our community. Throughout the year we offer various professional development courses, conferences for advanced practice providers, and community education and training courses. Our neuroscience providers place great emphasis on education with our Stroke Prevention and Save the Brain programs.
Our department also offers an internship program, the Peter M. Sorini, MD Educational Endowment internship, created in the honor of the late Peter Sorini, MD. The summer internship program is funded by an endowment that has been started through the Logan Health Foundation. This program provides college students the opportunity to experience clinical neurosciences, with the anticipation of inspiring future career paths within the field. The interns have the opportunity to intern with departments of neurology, neurosurgery, and physical medicine & rehabilitation, for a five-week rotation.
Neurosurgical Boot Camp for Advanced Practice Providers
The course offerings are intended for advanced practice providers around the country. Teaching will occur over two and a half days and is comprised of didactic lectures, case studies and hands-on practical simulations. Specific focus is given to the multiple facets of medicine related to neurology, neurosurgery and physiatry.
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to demonstrate in a simulated setting:
- Arterial line placement
- Craniotomy surgical technique skills
- Clinical decision-making
- Deep brain stimulation experience
- External ventricular drain placement
- Imaging overview
- Spinal injections for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes overview
- Intracranial pressure monitor placement technique and interpretation overview
- Lumbar puncture technique/skill
- Simulation of intraoperative microscope use
- Hands-on review of surgical skill for lumbar pedicle screws including both navigated and non-navigated techniques
- Neurological evaluation of adult and pediatric patients
- Pain pump indications and reloading technique
- Perioperative pain management
- Shunt programming
- Shunt tapping
Sorini Endowment Summer Internship
The Logan Health Neuroscience & Spine established the Peter M. Sorini, MD Educational Endowment in 2016. Our internship program was originally created in the honor of the late Peter Sorini, MD. The summer internship program is funded by an endowment that has been started through the Logan Health Foundation. This program provides college students the opportunity to experience clinical neurosciences, with the anticipation of inspiring future career paths within the field. The interns have the opportunity to intern with departments of neurology, neurosurgery, and physical medicine & rehabilitation, for a four-week rotation.
Students who intern participate in the following, but not limited to, clinic observation with providers, operating room observation, and a neuroscience-related research project. Students interested in participating in the Peter M. Sorini, MD Educational Endowment can apply with the Neuroscience & Spine below.
This internship is paid at minimum wage.
Logan Health Concussion Program
Save the Brain
Our Logan Health Concussion Program provides comprehensive concussion management to help student-athletes recover safely and return to play with confidence. Our concussion program is a nonprofit initiative to Save the Brain! The mission is to develop and promote a coordinated community system for concussion education, evaluation, and treatment, ensuring consistent, high-quality care for all patients.
Meet Our Team
Locations
Logan Health Neuroscience & Spine
A department of Logan Health Medical Center
Logan Health Specialty Care – Great Falls
Logan Health Specialty Care – Helena
Logan Health Specialty Care – Missoula
Logan Health Specialty Care - Whitefish
Logan Health Wellness & Pain Management
A department of Logan Health Medical Center
Logan Health Surgery Center – Polson
Contact Us
Neuroscience & Spine
200 Commons Way
Kalispell, MT 59901
Department of Neurology
200 Commons Way, Suite C
Phone: (406) 752-5095
Fax: (406) 751-3079
Hours: Monday – Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Department of Neurological Surgery
200 Commons Way, Suite B
Phone: (406) 752-5170
Fax: (406) 752-5210
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
205 Sunnyview Lane
Phone: (406) 758-7035
Fax: (406) 758-7069
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Logan Health Wellness & Pain Management
245 Windward Way, Suite 101
Phone: (406) 756-8488
Fax: (406) 758-3234
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Logan Health Neuroscience & Spine is designated as a ‘provider-based’ billing location. The services rendered from this location may be split into two separate bills: a practitioner bill for professional services provided and a facility bill for the use of equipment and resources. Learn more about ‘provider-based’ billing here.