What Sets Us Apart

Effective intraoperative monitoring comes down to a few key elements—neurophysiologist training, skill and experience. Though there is exact science behind every IONM technique, anesthesia and other factors can affect monitoring results. For that reason, we make certain that our neurophysiologist professionals have the in-depth understanding needed to provide knowledgeable monitoring and guidance by ensuring each one far exceeds the education standards required to perform intraoperative monitoring. Our neurophysiologists hold doctorate degrees in neuroscience fields, foreign equivalent MDs or CNIM certification.

Skill Through Experience

Even with an excellent educational foundation, understanding the nuances of IONM requires experience, which can only be gained in the operating room. For that reason, we have a comprehensive training program that includes participation in more than 75 surgeries, in addition to classroom instruction. Our staff includes six of the nation's 144 ABNM diplomats, the highest standard of professionalism in the field. We maintain an active continuing education program, as well, to facilitate discussions and knowledge sharing across the practice.

Confidence and Communication

Another important ingredient to supporting surgeons is the ability to speak up clearly and knowledgably when there is cause for concern and offer solutions to resolve problems whenever possible. Our neurophysiologists understand how to protect patient safety by creating no operating room distractions, while being calmly assertive when monitoring results indicate the need to speak up.

Excellent Equipment

We use Cadwell Instruments 16-channel IOM equipment exclusively. These state-of-the-art systems provide excellent sensitivity and allow for networking to remote viewing stations when required. All instruments are FDA and UL approved and available for inspection by hospital-based biomedical engineering departments prior to surgery.

Good Business Practices

The final, often overlooked, ingredient to IONM practice is operating under the same principles that you'll find in any successful business—offering prompt, dependable and friendly service to the people we serve. We provide easy scheduling, including a two-hour response time to urgent calls, and our neurophysiologists arrive on time, ready to get to work.

Sum of All Parts

While each aspect of our capabilities and practices is important in its own right, it's the combination that continues to earn us a place in operating rooms throughout Northern California, Nevada and parts of Utah.

In a recent survey, we asked the surgeons we serve to rate us on a scale of one to 10 in five areas: satisfaction with our services, our ability to meet their scheduling needs, interaction in the operating room, and our training and knowledge. Of a possible 50 points, we scored an average of 48.6 across all surgeons surveyed.