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1 Ohio Physicians Neurosurgery Office UC Physicians Office - Clifton Expertise traumatic brain injury, intracerebral hemorrhage, stroke, carotid artery disease, moyamoya disease, brain tumors; spine surgery, including fusion, decompression, discectomy, kyphoplasty; minimally invasive cranial and spinal surgery; carpal tunnel syndrome, ulnar nerve neuropathy Physicians at-a-glance Offices Mercy Fairfield, UC Health Physicians Office North - West Chester Areas of expertise spine surgery, including kyphoplasty, minimally invasive discectomy, and spinal fusion; imageguided neurosurgery; brain tumors, hydrocephalus, trigeminal or occipital neuralgia, carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar neuropathy To make a referral, contact a Mayfield physician s office, or schedule an appointment, call or Regular business hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Areas of expertise open neurosurgery and endoscopic skull base surgery for malignant and benign disease, including primary and metastatic brain tumors, pituitary tumors and carotid artery disease; minimally invasive spine surgery, including discectomy, decompression and fusion spine surgery, robotic spine surgery, cervical disc replacement, cervical spine reconstruction, spine stabilization, stereotactic brain surgery, microvascular decompression, kyphoplasty; complex spinal deformities, disc herniations, tumors of the brain and spine, Chiari malformation, peripheral nerve disorders (carpal tunnel syndrome, ulnar neuropathy) Robert J. Bohinski, MD, PhD Offices Mayfield Clinic (Norwood/ Rookwood Exchange), Wellington Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine (Anderson) spine surgery, discectomy, decompression, spinal fusion, and artificial disc replacement; spine deformity surgery, including kyphosis and scoliosis; tumors of the brain, spine and pituitary gland, Chiari malformation Office UC Health Physicians Office North - West Chester spine surgery, including spinal fusion, decompression and discectomy; spine surgery for deformity correction in adults; image-guided neurosurgery formerly Michael C. Sharts, MD spine surgery, cervical discectomy, thoracic discectomy, lumbar discectomy, simple decompression, spinal fusion, minimally invasive outpatient spinal fusion, spinal oncology, spinal cord tumors, kyphoplasty, carpal tunnel and ulnar nerve decompression, spinal trauma Offices UC Health Physicians Office - Clifton, TriHealth Pavilion (Montgomery) Areas of expertise deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson s disease, essential tremor, dystonia, and other movement disorders; brain tumors, spine tumors; minimally invasive spine surgery, including discectomy and decompression; spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal pain pumps; trigeminal neuralgia and other facial pain; epilepsy

2 Offices Western Hills, UC Health Physicians Office - Clifton Areas of expertise brain tumors, spine tumors; stereotactic radiosurgery; decompression, spinal fusion, and kyphoplasty; research focus on glioblastoma multiforme Office UC Health Physicians Office - Clifton Areas of expertise endovascular coiling and surgical clipping of aneurysms; embolization of tumors and vascular malformations; angioplasty and stenting for intracranial artery stenosis and stroke; arteriovenous malformation embolization and surgery; carotid stenting and endarterectomy; kyphoplasty for spinal fractures; Chiari malformations Office Mayfield Clinic (Norwood/Rookwood Exchange) spinal fusion, decompression, artificial disc replacement, and outpatient minimally invasive lumbar spine fusion; tumors of the brain and spine; stereotactic and image-guided neurosurgery; endoscopic pituitary surgery; Chiari malformations Offices UC Health Physicians Offices - West Chester (North building), Clifton, Florence Areas of expertise brain tumors, brain lesions, hydrocephalus, image-guided neurosurgery, image-guided radiation therapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery Office UC Health Physicians Office - Clifton Areas of expertise aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations (AVM), intracerebral hemorrhage, stroke, vasospasm, carotid artery disease, moyamoya disease, cervical spine disease, brain tumors, and minimally invasive cranial surgery Consulting Neurosurgery Offices Mayfield Clinic (Norwood/ Rookwood Exchange), Western Hills Areas of expertise spinal injections for back and neck pain, including epidural spinal injections, facet injections, sacroiliac joint injections, medial branch blocks, and facet rhizotomy; neurosurgery consultation A. Lee Greiner, MD Office Mayfield Clinic (Norwood/Rookwood Exchange) Area of expertise neurosurgery consultation Interventional Neuroradiology Office UC Health Physicians Office - Clifton Areas of expertise endovascular coiling, stenting and embolization of hypervascular tumors, acute stroke, cerebral vasospasm, carotid stenosis, vertebrobasilar insufficiency, intracranial artery stenosis and intractable epistaxis Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Office(s) UC Health Physicians Office North - West Chester, Mayfield Clinic (Norwood/Rookwood Exchange), Crestview Hills (Kentucky) Areas of expertise interventional spinal treatments and therapies, such as transforaminal epidural steroid injections, facet injections, spinal cord stimulation; treatment of low back pain, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), herniated disc, spinal stenosis Jesse Portugal, MD Office(s) Trihealth Pavilion (Montgomery), UC Health Physicians Office North - West Chester, Mercy Fairfield Areas of expertise musculoskeletal and spine problems; electrodiagnostics for neuropathic, myopathic, and radicular dysfunctions; spinal injections for back pain, including epidural spinal injections, facet injections, sacroiliac joint injections and medial branch blocks

3 Kentucky Physicians Neurosurgery Areas of expertise spine surgery, including spinal fusion, decompression, and discectomy; surgical management of pain, including spinal cord and nerve stimulation, and intrathecal pain pumps; surgical management of facial pain and trigeminal neuralgia; image-guided neurosurgery; intracranial surgery for brain tumors and Chiari malformations decompression, spinal fusion; spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal pain pumps, kyphoplasty; brain tumors; carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar nerve neuropathy decompression, and spinal fusion; spinal cord tumors, brain tumors; intracerebral hemorrhage Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Office(s) UC Health Physicians Office North - West Chester, Mayfield Clinic (Norwood/Rookwood Exchange), Trihealth Pavilion (Montgomery), Crestview Hills (Kentucky) Areas of expertise interventional spinal treatments and therapies, such as transforaminal epidural steroid injections, facet injections, spinal cord stimulation; treatment of low back pain, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), herniated disc, spinal stenosis Steven Wunder, MD* *A Group Health Associates partner in spine care Areas of expertise musculoskeletal medicine, pain management, electrodiagnostics, electromyography (EMG), and nerve conduction velocity (NCV) tests Other Specialists at Mayfield Other specialists support our patients in a variety of ways. Neuroradiologists and body imaging radiologists work at our Imaging Center in Northern Kentucky. These physicians read our MRIs and other diagnostic test results and provide a rapid response/opinion back to our specialists.

4 Mayfield Office Locations Middletown Hamilton Fairfield Mason West Chester 74 Forest Park Blue Ash 4 2 North College Hill Cheviot Milford 2 Mariemont CVG Airport 8 - Fort Wright Batavia 9 Crestview Hills Florence 1. Mayfield Clinic 3825 Edwards Road, Suite 300 Cincinnati, OH The Christ Hospital Spine Surgery Center 4020 Smith Road Norwood, OH UC Health Physicians Office North - West Chester 7690 Discovery Drive, Suite 3400 West Chester, OH Precision Radiotherapy 70 Discovery Drive West Chester, OH UC Health Physicians Office 68 Cavalier Boulevard 52 Florence, KY Good Samaritan Outpatient Center 6350 Glenway Avenue, Suite 201 Cincinnati, OH UC Health Physicians Office - Clifton 222 Piedmont Avenue, Suite 3100 Cincinnati, OH TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion 6200 Pfeiffer Road, Suite 360 Cincinnati, OH Wellington Building Five Mile Road Cincinnati, OH Chapel Place & Mayfield Imaging Center 350 Thomas More Parkway, Suite 160 Crestview Hills, KY Mercy Center for Health & Wellness 3050 Mack Road, Suite 202 Fairfield, OH /15

5 Hospital Affiliations* To contact a Mayfield physician s office, or schedule an appointment, call or Regular business hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Atrium Medical Center Bethesda Butler Hospital Bethesda Surgery Center Bethesda North Hospital Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center Good Samaritan Hospital The Jewish Hospital Mercy Hospital Fairfield Surgery Center Jesse M. Portugal, MD Mercy Hospitals (Fairfield) (Anderson) (Fairfield) (Fairfield, Anderson) (Fairfield) Jesse M. Portugal, MD (Fairfield) St. Elizabeth Healthcare The Christ Hospital Spine Surgery Center Jesse M. Portugal, MD The Christ Hospital A. Lee Greiner, MD UC Medical Center Willian D. Tobler, MD Veterans Affairs Medical Center West Chester Hospital Precision Radiotherapy Center *Mayfield physicians are affiliated with most major hospitals in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. This list indicates primary hosptital affiliations for each physician. 07/15

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