Clinical Assistant Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine

Neurosurgery

Hugh Smisson is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He went to medical school at Medical College of Georgia. He received awards:"Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow (FAANS)". Doctor Hugh F. Smisson, MD is also a published MD. He has 10 publication published. The most recent publication is: Quantitative estimation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve irritation by employing spontaneous intraoperative electromyographic monitoring during anterior cervical disce... Hugh Smisson accepts all Medicare patients.

Publications

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• Upper-limb somatosensory evoked potential monitoring in lumbosacral spine surgery: a prognostic marker for position-related ulnar nerve Injury.
• Quantitative estimation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve irritation by employing spontaneous intraoperative electromyographic monitoring during anterior Cervical disce...
• Long-term survival after glioblastoma multiforme.
• Anterior Cervical discectomy and fusion associated complications.
• Surgical treatment of acute type II and rostral type III odontoid Fractures managed by anterior screw fixation.
• Results of long-term follow-up in patients undergoing anterior screw fixation for type II and rostral type III odontoid Fractures.
• Correlation of the amount of Disc removed in a lumbar microDiscectomy with long-term outcome.
• Does intraoperative electromyographic monitoring in lumbar microDiscectomy correlate with postoperative pain?
• Intracranial temperature: is it different throughout the Brain?

Schools

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• Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine

• Med College Of Ga Hospital and Cli

Procedures Preformed

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• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
• Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
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Conditions Treated

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• Acoustic Neuroma
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Cancer
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Doctors Specialties

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• Neurosurgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
• Assurant Health
• Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Choice HMO
• Blue Choice Option POS
• Blue Open Access POS
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• CoreSource
• Coventry Health Care
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• HealthSmart
• Choice Care PPO
• Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
• Medicaid
• Medical Mutual of Ohio
• Medicare MCR
• MultiPlan PPO
• Mutual of Omaha
• State Farm
• Travelers
• Tricare
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare
• WellCare
• Wells Fargo Insurance

Awards

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• Fellow (FACS)
• Fellow (FAANS)

Education

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• Medical College of Georgia
• Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1922054998
NPPES Provider LastName		SMISSON
NPPES Provider FirstName		HUGH
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		312012100
NPPES Provider State		GA
Specialty Description		Neurosurgery
Total Claim Count		436.0
Distinct Opioid Count		2.0
Opioid Claim Count		200.0
Percent Opioid Claims		45.87

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1922054998
Last Name Of The Provider	SMISSON
First Name Of The Provider	HUGH
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