GREELEY — Banner Health is expanding its neurosurgery program by hiring neurosurgeon Sam Haider to work at Banner North Colorado Medical Center.

Haider has advanced training in spine and brain surgery and specializes in minimally invasive procedures that use incisions smaller than one inch, according to a press release announcing his hire. He most recently completed residency training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, a Level 1 trauma center. Using minimally invasive techniques can often shorten recovery time, Haider said in the press release.

“We are not overly aggressive with surgical recommendations; we try to fix the problem in a way that doesn’t compound future problems,” Haider said in the release.

The expanded neurosurgery program at the medical center at 1801 16th St. serves pa

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