General Surgery
We offer a wide range of surgeries for your neck and torso, including laparoscopic and robotic options. Our minimally invasive techniques have shortened hospital stays and recovery times.
Surgery Overview
- Get to know our surgeons’ approach to care as well as their background in general surgery:
- We strive to do minimally invasive or robotic surgeries wherever possible. As a result, many surgeries that used to require a hospital stay are now same-day surgeries.
Surgical Options
Click on a surgery name to learn more and find out where it's offered.
The surgical removal of the appendix, often done on an emergent basis, due to inflammation.
Offered at:
- North – Maple Grove Hospital
- North – Robbinsdale Hospital
- Minnetonka Ambulatory Surgery Center
- North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove
Bowel resections are often done to remove a blocked or diseased portion of your bowel and connect the two healthy portions back together. These surgeries can be performed open, laparoscopically or robotically.
Offered at:
- North – Maple Grove Hospital
- North – Robbinsdale Hospital
We are able to do breast surgeries, whether elective, preventive or for cancer treatment. These include breast biopsies, lumpectomies or mastectomies.
Offered at:
- North – Maple Grove Hospital
- North – Robbinsdale Hospital
- Minnetonka Ambulatory Surgery Center
- North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove
Surgery to remove either troublesome gallstones or a malfunctioning gall bladder. This surgery can be performed open or laparoscopically and is done to alleviate pain and other related symptoms.
Offered at:
- North – Maple Grove Hospital
- North – Robbinsdale Hospital
- Minnetonka Ambulatory Surgery Center
- North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove
We do open, laparoscopic and robotic surgeries for ventral, hiatal and inguinal hernias. We are also able to surgically treat or correct diastasis recti.
Offered at:
- North – Maple Grove Hospital
- North – Robbinsdale Hospital
- Minnetonka Ambulatory Surgery Center
- North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove
When medication no longer works for your GERD or chronic acid reflux, we are able to surgically create a flap in your esophagus to help control your symptoms.
Offered at:
- North – Maple Grove Hospital
- North – Robbinsdale Hospital
The removal of a dysfunctional or diseased parathyroid or thyroid.
Offered at:
- North – Maple Grove Hospital
- North – Robbinsdale Hospital
- Minnetonka Ambulatory Surgery Center
- North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove
General Surgery Options & Locations
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
North – Maple Grove Hospital combines a soothing healing environment with high-tech, top-doc care. We offer a wide spectrum of surgical services, including obstetrics and gynecology and orthopedic joint replacement.
Holistic options are a part of our general surgery practice: North – Maple Grove Hospital offers mindfulness classes to help you minimize stress and pain.
General surgeries offered at this location:
- Appendectomy
- Bowel Resection Surgery
- Breast Surgeries
- Gall Bladder Removal or Gallstone Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Reflux Surgery
- Thyroid Surgery
Partnership Practices:
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Fairview's network of 5,000 providers, 56 clinics, 100+ specialties and 12 hospitals offers a full spectrum of health care services.
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We treat a variety of conditions, diseases, and disorders, from breast cancer and colon disease, to hernias and spleen disorders.
North Memorial Health – Robbinsdale Hospital
North – Robbinsdale Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center, which means our care teams can handle just about anything that comes through our doors, from appendectomies to vascular reattachments of limbs.
We’re always on call at North – Robbinsdale Hospital to take care of your emergencies when time is of the essence—there’s an in-house emergency general surgeon available 24/7, 365 days a year.
General surgeries offered at this location:
- Appendectomy
- Bowel Resection Surgery
- Breast Surgeries
- Gall Bladder Removal or Gallstone Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Reflux Surgery
- Thyroid Surgery
Partnership Practices:
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The clinics of the University of Minnesota Physicians provide a full range of services in general family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, dentistry, chronic and acute conditions, and social services.
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We treat a variety of conditions, diseases, and disorders, from breast cancer and colon disease, to hernias and spleen disorders.
Minnetonka Ambulatory Surgery Center
Minnetonka Ambulatory Surgery Center provides excellent, convenient same-day surgeries in a state-of-the-art facility, from Colon Rectal care to Ophthalmology to Urology.
General surgeries offered at this location:
- Appendectomy
- Breast Surgeries
- Gall Bladder Removal or Gallstone Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Thyroid Surgery
Partnership Practices:
Specialists in General Surgery Opens in new window
We treat a variety of conditions, diseases, and disorders, from breast cancer and colon disease, to hernias and spleen disorders.
North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove
North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove offers eight state-of-the-art surgical suites, with private pre-op and recovery rooms. We’re equipped to treat same-day surgical procedures from Breast to Ear Nose and Throat, Podiatry to Spine.
General surgeries offered at this location:
- Appendectomy
- Breast Surgeries
- Gall Bladder Removal or Gallstone Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Thyroid Surgery
Partnership Practices:
Specialists in General Surgery Opens in new window
We treat a variety of conditions, diseases, and disorders, from breast cancer and colon disease, to hernias and spleen disorders.
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
North – Maple Grove Hospital combines a soothing healing environment with high-tech, top-doc care. We offer a wide spectrum of surgical services, including obstetrics and gynecology and orthopedic joint replacement.
Holistic options are a part of our general surgery practice: North – Maple Grove Hospital offers mindfulness classes to help you minimize stress and pain.
General surgeries offered at this location:
- Appendectomy
- Bowel Resection Surgery
- Breast Surgeries
- Gall Bladder Removal or Gallstone Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Reflux Surgery
- Thyroid Surgery
Partnership Practices:
Fairview Opens in new window
Fairview's network of 5,000 providers, 56 clinics, 100+ specialties and 12 hospitals offers a full spectrum of health care services.
Specialists in General Surgery Opens in new window
We treat a variety of conditions, diseases, and disorders, from breast cancer and colon disease, to hernias and spleen disorders.
North Memorial Health – Robbinsdale Hospital
North – Robbinsdale Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center, which means our care teams can handle just about anything that comes through our doors, from appendectomies to vascular reattachments of limbs.
We’re always on call at North – Robbinsdale Hospital to take care of your emergencies when time is of the essence—there’s an in-house emergency general surgeon available 24/7, 365 days a year.
General surgeries offered at this location:
- Appendectomy
- Bowel Resection Surgery
- Breast Surgeries
- Gall Bladder Removal or Gallstone Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Reflux Surgery
- Thyroid Surgery
Partnership Practices:
University of MN Physicians Opens in new window
The clinics of the University of Minnesota Physicians provide a full range of services in general family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, dentistry, chronic and acute conditions, and social services.
Specialists in General Surgery Opens in new window
We treat a variety of conditions, diseases, and disorders, from breast cancer and colon disease, to hernias and spleen disorders.
Minnetonka Ambulatory Surgery Center
Minnetonka Ambulatory Surgery Center provides excellent, convenient same-day surgeries in a state-of-the-art facility, from Colon Rectal care to Ophthalmology to Urology.
General surgeries offered at this location:
- Appendectomy
- Breast Surgeries
- Gall Bladder Removal or Gallstone Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Thyroid Surgery
Partnership Practices:
Specialists in General Surgery Opens in new window
We treat a variety of conditions, diseases, and disorders, from breast cancer and colon disease, to hernias and spleen disorders.
North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove
North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove offers eight state-of-the-art surgical suites, with private pre-op and recovery rooms. We’re equipped to treat same-day surgical procedures from Breast to Ear Nose and Throat, Podiatry to Spine.
General surgeries offered at this location:
- Appendectomy
- Breast Surgeries
- Gall Bladder Removal or Gallstone Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Thyroid Surgery
Partnership Practices:
Specialists in General Surgery Opens in new window
We treat a variety of conditions, diseases, and disorders, from breast cancer and colon disease, to hernias and spleen disorders.