Stormont-Vail HealthCare Welcomes Second Neurosurgeon to Medical Staff

 (Topeka, Kan., Sept. 28, 2007) -- Cotton-O’Neil Clinic, a division of Stormont-Vail HealthCare, announces the addition of a second neurosurgeon, Matthew J. Wills, M.D., to the medical staff. He joins Shawn P. Moore, M.D., at Cotton-O’Neil Clinic, located at 823 S.W. Mulvane in Topeka.

Dr. Wills received his medical degree at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1993. He finished an internship in General Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, in 1994. Dr. Wills completed his residency in Neurological Surgery also at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in 1999, and a fellowship in Neurological Spine Surgery, in 1998 at the same institution.

As a neurosurgeon, Dr. Wills treats surgical conditions of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system. Some of his surgical experience includes treating the following diseases or injuries to the body: intra-cranial aneurysms and vascular malformations, brain tumors, intervertebral disc disorders or fractures; spinal fluid disorders, spinal tumors, and trauma to the head and spine. He has an interest in minimally invasive spinal surgery and revision spinal surgery.

For more information about Dr. Matthew Wills, call the Cotton-O’Neil Clinic at (785) 354-9591.