Central Minnesota Neurosciences has been in continuous operation since 1984. Dr Reginald Watts, a Neurosurgeon, was the original owner. Dr. Jeff Gerdes joined the clinic in 1995. Dr. Gerdes purchased the entire practice
in August of 2000. Over the years, our staff of specialists has continued
to change and grow. Dr. Hector Ho was with the practice from 2001 until 2006. Dr. Leslie Hillman, a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist, joined the clinic in 2003. Dr Lynn Miller, an adult and pediatric neurosurgeon, joined us in 2008. Several of our
staff members have been with the clinic for 20 years or more.
Our first clinic was located at 1400 W. St. Germain, in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
The practice remained there until June, 2006 when we developed a 40-acre
Regional Medical Arts Campus in nearby Sartell. As part of this campus,
we created the Center for Neurosurgery and Spine and invited other
spine care providers to relocate to our campus and join us in forming the
nucleus of a Spine Center serving all of Central Minnesota. The development
of that Spine Center is ongoing.
From its inception, Central Minnesota Neurosciences was a practice that
combined neurosurgery and neurology. Currently our clinic provides neurosurgical
and physiarty services with a combined staff of two neurosurgeons, one
physiatrist, and three mid-level practitioners. We see approximately 3,000
new patients per year and our physicians perform approximately 1,000 surgical
procedures annually, the vast majority of them being spine procedures.