The Stryker system for neurological surgery at Palmyra Medical Center is the only one of its kind in Georgia.
By Terry Lewis
The Albany Herald
December 6, 2010
ALBANY, Ga. — Harry Weiser is not your typical brain surgeon, but like most typical boys, he likes his toys — big toys.
As head of Palmyra Medical Center’s new Brain and Spinal Center, Dr. Weiser has some state-of-the art toys at his disposal.
When he returned to Albany this past summer after two years at Gulfport Memorial Hospital in Mississippi, Weiser and Palmyra CEO Mark Rader collaborated to bring to southwest Georgia something the region severely lacked — a world-class neurological facility.
But to achieve that goal, Weiser and Rader needed a big toy, and they got it in the form of the Stryker Navigation Suite — a new computer-assisted surgical technology. The $1.5 million suite is the only one of its kind in the state and is one of just 30 nationwide.
“I love my toys and this is a great one,” Weiser said. “Now people don’t have to leave town anymore for brain surgery. Think of this system as a global positioning system for the brain. This technology is accurate to one millimeter. It is very safe. We need this new technology in south Georgia and no one else in the state has it.
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