News Release
NORTH PLATTE, Neb.-Great Plains Health is proud to announce its most recent expansion of services with the opening of Great Plains Health Brain & Spine and the addition of Board-Certified Neurosurgeon W. Lee Warren, MD, FACS.
“Great Plains Health Brain & Spine is the first neurosurgery service line in North Platte and we couldn’t be more excited for the patients of our region,” said Mel McNea, Great Plains Health CEO. “Patients will no longer have to travel out of town for this much-needed medical-surgical specialty.”
The clinic will open June 15 and is located at 516 W. Leota Street in North Platte, across from the hospital.
“Neurological disorders, brain tumors, back and neck pain and injuries to the brain and spine are some of the most painful, devastating and often life-threatening problems people can encounter,” said Dr. Warren. “I am honored to be able to close the neurosurgery gap in North Platte and surrounding communities and bring my experience to the area. My wife Lisa and I are extremely excited to move to the community and feel blessed to be given this opportunity.”
Dr. Warren is a board-certified neurosurgeon and a retired Major of the United States Air Force. He is an Iraq War veteran and performed over 200 brain and spine surgeries in a tent hospital at Balad Air Base in 2004-5. He served 14 years in the military, retiring as chairman of neurosurgery at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Warren holds a bachelor of science in biochemistry from Oklahoma Christian University and a medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He received his neurosurgery training, including a fellowship in epilepsy surgery, at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He most recently practiced at The Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming.