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Rochester Neurosurgery Partners

The region’s most advanced and compassionate neurosurgery care.

If you need brain or spinal surgery, it’s not unusual to feel a great deal of stress. You may think you need to make important decisions quickly. And you may be concerned that you don’t have all the information you need.

So it’s good for you to know the following: Rochester Neurosurgery Partners offers the most advanced treatments in our region.

• We have the area’s most respected and experienced neurosurgeons.
• We provide state-of-the-art treatments, many of which are not available at any other hospital in the region.
• We make brain and spinal care convenient, by serving you at many locations throughout the Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Western New York.

Rochester Neurosurgery Partners is pleased to announce the opening of our Southern Tier Neuromedicine location in Big Flats.

Introducing Dr. Richard Welles and Dr. Linda Welles

Dr. Richard Welles specializes in non-surgical diagnosis and treatment of adult neurological and neuromuscular disorders such as dementia, ALS, Alzheimer’s Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, tremors and seizures. He is board certified in Neurology, Neurorehabilitation, and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Dr. Richard Welles is a graduate of Hahnemann Medical College (now Drexel Medical University) and completed his residency at the Cleveland Clinic Education Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr. Linda Welles specializes in Gait and Balance Disorders. Additional interests include evaluating and treating patients with vertigo/dizziness. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. Dr. Welles’ past include Director of Gait and Balance at Guthrie Clinic in Sayre, PA. She is a graduate of Hahnemann Medical College (now Drexel Medical University) and completed her Internal Medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic Education Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.

Learn more about Rochester Neurosurgery Partners

• Why our higher volume means better outcomes.
• The most advanced technology in the region.
• More locations to make your care convenient. Click here for an updated listing of our practioners specialty and contact information.
• The most experienced neurosurgeons.
• Leading neurosurgery at all Rochester area hospitals.