Surgeons filling need

Dr. Remi Nader is the first neurosurgeon Greenwood has had in three years. He has set up shop with Dr. Jimmy Miller at the North Central Mississippi Neurological Surgery Center on River Road near Greenwood Leflore Hospital.

Miller, 51, a 1979 graduate of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, practiced in Tupelo and Southaven before making his move to Greenwood.

Nader moved from Galveston, Texas, where he completed a six-year residency. He trained at McGill University in his native Canada. He originally chose engineering as a career but later opted for medical school.

In October, Greenwood Leflore Hospital will be getting a "brain lab" that allows doctors to be much more precise during surgery. The equipment allows the surgeon to see on a screen exactly where an instrument is in the head and spine during surgery.