General Practitioners

• Primary Care
  1. Treatment. We will use your medical information to treat you. For example, we may disclose your medical information to other doctors, nurses, technicians, medical students, or other members of our staff who are involved in taking care of you or to other care professionals for additional treatment or follow up care such as home health services. We also may disclose your medical information to people outside our medical practice who may be involved in your care such as your primary care physician or family members.
• Emergency Care
  Emergencies do occur, and everyone in our office will do their best to respond to your problem quickly. In the event of a severe situation, or one in which you are in doubt, go immediately to the Emergency Room and ask them to contact one of our physicians. If the situation is not severe, but one where you wish to contact the doctor, please telephone the office and the doctor will be in touch with you either directly or through his staff, giving you instructions on how to best handle your problem.

Neurologists

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  Dr. Thambuswamy is a Neurosurgeon at OBSI, in Tulsa, Sallisaw, and Claremore Oklahoma. As a board certified neurosurgeon, he provides safe and effective care for a wide range of conditions, including head trauma, carpal tunnel, back pain, and brain cancer.

Radiologist

• MRI
• X-Rays
• Computed Tomography

Surgeons

• Minimally Invasive Surgery
  As a key member of the Oklahoma Spine & Brain Institute, Dr. Harwell dedicates himself to providing the highest quality of neurological care. He takes an integrative approach, working with his patients and fellow physicians to develop the most effective care plans. Dr. Harwell has a special interest in several areas, including the treatment of brain and spinal tumors, degenerative spine conditions, minimally invasive surgery, complex spine surgery, cervical artificial disc replacement, and spinal computer navigation.
• Neurosurgery
  After graduating with his Doctor of Medicine, Dr. Harwell completed his surgical internship and residency at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, He then attended post-graduate training at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he completed his neurosurgery residency and fellowship training in complex spine surgery.

Physical Therapists

• Physical Therapy
• Back Pain
• Orthotics and Prosthetic Therapy
  20. Organized Health Care Arrangement. Oklahoma Spine and Brain Institute (“OSBI”), its physicians, and other health care providers provide care in a clinically integrated care setting and constitute an organized health care arrangement under HIPAA. As of the date of this Notice, the “other health care providers” who provide services to the patients of OSBI within the clinic include First Step Orthotics and Prosthetics, LKM Enterprises, and RX Medical, and their employees. The organized health care arrangement involves participation of legally separate entities in which no entity will be responsible for the medical judgment or patient care provided by the other entities in the arrangement. All entities, however, have agreed to abide by this Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) while working in the clinic setting known as OSBI. If you see a representative of one these named providers outside OSBI, you will receive another NPP from each of them upon your first encounter in their offices, which may be different from this NPP and which will govern the protected health information maintained by that provider. The physicians and other health care providers at OSBI will be able to access and use your Protected Health Information to carry out treatment, payment or health care operations for the clinic.