North Oaks Health has welcomed neurosurgeons Dr. Dani Terrell and Dr. S. Garrett Whipple-Bones to the North Oaks Neurosurgery Clinic in Hammond.
They are accepting new patients ages 18 and up.
Terrell and Whipple-Bones both recently completed neurosurgical oncology fellowships at the Moffit Cancer Center in Tampa. Terrell specializes in robotic-assisted surgery and the treatment of complex brain and spine conditions, while Whipple-Bones specializes in advanced surgery for brain, spine and nerve tumors. In addition to their specialties, they will also both practice general and emergency neurosurgery at North Oaks Health.
Terrell is passionate about early intervention, patient education and advancing highly specialized brain and spine tumor care in the community so patients can stay close to home while receiving the best care, a news release said.
Terrell earned her undergraduate degree in biology-physiology with an emphasis on neuroscience from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and a master’s degree in public health from Southern Illinois University. She earned her medical degree from Loyola University Chicago in Chicago and completed her neurosurgery residency at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. During her residency, she co-authored the neurotrauma protocol for Ochsner LSU Shreveport and co-founded the Ochsner LSU Neurosurgical Tumor Bank.
“Brain cancer treatment will drastically change in the next 10 years. Spine surgery is at the forefront of technological advances that make surgery safer and better tailored for each individual patient,” Whipple-Bones said. “I’m excited because this directly impacts my patients and, even more important, we are bringing those advancements to our patients here at North Oaks.”
Whipple-Bones earned his undergraduate degree in biology with a minor in chemistry from Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport and his medical degree from Louisiana Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He completed his neurosurgery residency at LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, during which he received the Dean Echols Award for Best Laboratory or Research Presentation from the Louisiana Neurosurgical Society and served as a Congress of Neurological Surgeons Resident Fellow for two years.
He is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons.
They see patients at the North Oaks Neurosurgery Clinic, at 15795 Paul Vega M.D. Drive, Building 3, Suite 202 in Hammond. The clinic is open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.