SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb., - Regional West Medical Center and Panhandle Health Services are pleased to announce that Omar Jimenez, MD and Alan Dixon, MD will be joining Western Plains Neurosurgery effective July 1st and August 1st respectively. Their arrival reinforces Regional West’s commitment to its Level II Trauma Center designation and ensures continuous neurosurgical coverage for the community.

Dr. Jimenez holds a medical degree from George Washington University and completed his neurosurgery residency at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, in Florida. He has been practicing since 2000 in the Atlanta, Georgia area.

Dr. Dixon holds a medical degree from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario and completed his neurosurgery residency at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. He has practiced in various Canadian and American locations since 1985, most recently in Santa Ana, California.

Regional West Health Services, with over 1,300 employees, provides comprehensive and innovative health care services for the people and communities of western Nebraska and the neighboring states of Colorado, South Dakota and Wyoming. With over 110 active physicians, 95 percent of whom are board certified or board eligible, plus an additional 25 consulting specialists, we offer care that spans more than 40 medical specialties. Regional West Medical Center, a subsidiary of Regional West Health Services, is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is one of only three Level II Trauma Centers in the state of Nebraska.