Mountain View Regional Hospital

Mountain View Regional Hospital is home to the surgical team from Central Wyoming Neurosurgery. Central Wyoming Neurosurgery is the largest and most experienced neuroscience and spine medical practice in the state of Wyoming. They offer the most advanced surgical treatments available.

YOUR surgeons

Robert A. Narotzky, MD
Thomas A. Kopitnik, MD, FACS
Debra L. Steele, MD
Todd A. Hammond, MD

YOUR team

Mountain View Regional Hospital has an incomparable vision for service excellence. This vision has led a highly motivated leadership team to hand-select individuals for service to our patients. It is a privilege to work at Mountain View Regional Hospital. We have an awesome team of highly trained clinicians, compassionate care givers and exceptional non-clinical support personnel.

Our hospital is unrivaled. It is our team that makes us different. From the welcoming face at the admissions desk to the discharge nurse, our patients will experience a team effort that is unparalleled. These individuals believe it is an honor and a privilege to work with and care for our patients and their families, and they share the vision for superior patient-centered care:

Our nurses chose their careers to help people. This elite group of professionals has come together to make a difference in their patient's lives. They believe in the healing power of human touch.
Our surgical team has one goal–to treat every patient like family. Their attention to detail is unmatched in their pursuit of safe surgical care.
Our multidisciplinary team approach to care begins each day with team rounding. Our exceptional physicians, pharmacists, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, registered dietician, social worker, certified nurse assistants, unit coordinators and nurses all play an important role in your care. No one person could give the care that is needed. It takes the knowledge and specialized skills of everyone on our team.
Our ancillary support staff of business office personnel, dietary personnel, housekeepers, plant operations personnel, materials manager and administrative team has been hand picked for this mission. Together our mission is to give our patients the five-star quality care they deserve.

Words alone cannot express the passion at Mountain View Regional Hospital. It is defined by the experience. When a patient receives care in our hospital, they will receive excellence. Excellence in medicine, excellence in care, excellence in everything we do.

PATIENT education

Understanding your disease or injury is important. It allows you to discuss issues with your doctor and ask the right questions.

Brain & Spine

Robert A. Narotzky, MD Neurological Surgery Dr. Robert “Bob” Narotzky founded Central Wyoming Neurosurgery in 1999 in Casper after twenty years as a successful neurosurgeon at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Narotzky is Board Certified in Neurological Surgery. As a former President of the Wisconsin Neurosurgical Society, Dr. Narotzky has always been committed to building and growing trauma programs. Here in Wyoming, he is an integral part of the trauma program and is a frequent instructor for Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Advanced Trauma Life Support around the state. Dr. Narotzky has been a Principal Investigator on many medical studies including the North American Symposium Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET), Aspirin Carotid Endarterectomy Study (ACE), COMPASS Frameless Stereotactic Study (Regulus Navigator), and BAK Spine Tech Anterior Cervical Spine Fusion Study. Most recently, he was a Principal Investigator on the Prestige Artificial Cervical Disk Study. Residency in Neurological Surgery Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine Rochester, Minnesota Internship in General Surgery Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine Rochester, Minnesota Medical School Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois Dr. Narotzky resides in Casper, Wyoming with his wife and family. He enjoys outdoor activities and is an avid bow hunter. Dr. Narotzky has bow-hunted big game around the globe, including most recently Red Stag in New Zealand and a Brown Bear (Grizzly) in Alaska. If you like hunting, be sure to ask him if you can look at his photo book from Africa or ask about his close encounter with a grizzly in Alaska. Dr. Narotzky has always worked tirelessly for the benefit of kids and is a large supporter of kids education and injury prevention programs around Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain Region. His favorite cause is the prevention of equine accidents and Dr. Narotzky regularly provides horse riding helmets for kids in the community through "Safe Kids" Day, held annually in the community.

Thomas A. Kopitnik, Jr., MD, FACS Neurological Surgery One of the leading neurosurgeons in the field of microvascular neurosurgery and stroke, Dr. Thomas Kopitnik is an internationally renowned specialist in the surgical treatment of intracranial aneurysms, vascular malformations, occlusive cerebrovascular disease, and trigeminal neuralgia. He has authored 65 publications and one comprehensive textbook on cerebrovascular disease. Formerly, Dr. Kopitnik was the Birsner Family Professor of Neurological Surgery and directed the cerebrovascular surgery section in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He has surgically repaired over 1,200 intracranial aneurysms, removed over 300 cerebral vascular malformations, and performed over 100 extracranial-to-intracranial bypass procedures over a 14-year period. Dr. Kopitnik also directs the trigeminal neuralgia support group for north Texas and has performed over 200 microvascular decompressions for trigeminal neuralgia. Dr. Kopitnik is establishing a referral center for cerebrovascular disease and Trigeminal Neuralgia in the Rocky Mountain region. Residency in Neurological Surgery University of West Virginia Morgantown, West Virginia Internship in General Surgery University of West Virginia Morgantown, West Virginia Medical School University of West Virginia Morgantown, West Virginia Dr. Kopitnik resides in Casper, Wyoming with his wife and three children. He enjoys outdoor activities including river rafting, boating, and hiking, and is an excellent marksman with both a pistol and a rifle. Additionally, he is a black belt in judo. Dr. Kopitnik holds patents on many of the specialty surgical instruments used for clipping aneurysms and is a frequent lecturer and guest speaker at medical conferences around the world.

Debra Steele, MD Neurological Surgery Dr. Debra Steele joined Central Wyoming Neurosurgery in August 2005 directly from New York, New York, where she completed a Fellowship in Surgical Neuro-Oncology at the prestigious Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She is the only physician in the state of Wyoming with this advanced Fellowship training. Prior to living in New York, Dr Steele was Chief Resident at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, where she trained with Dr Kopitnik. She is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Currently, Dr. Steele is the Medical Director of Neurological Surgery at United Medical Center in Cheyenne. Fellowship in Surgical Neuro-Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York Residency in Neurological Surgery University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas Internship in General Surgery University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas, Texas Medical School University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, Nebraska A Nebraska native, Dr Steele loves the outdoors and is an accomplished rock climber who enjoys keeping fit in the Wyoming mountains. Dr Steele has traveled extensively around the world including recent trips to Spain, Switzerland, and the Greek Islands.

Dr. Todd Hammond, MD Pain Management Dr. Todd Hammond is an experienced anesthesiologist who chose to leave the operating room and dedicate his career to pain management. Dr. Hammond is Board Certified in Anesthesiology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pain Medicine (ABPM)—the only Diplomate in the state of Wyoming and one of less than 2,000 in the country. Dr. Hammond has received extensive specialized training in pain management and performs a complete array of interventional pain management procedures for Central Wyoming Neurosurgery. Residency in Anesthesiology University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, Nebraska Medical School Creighton University School of Medicine Omaha, Nebraska Dr. Hammond is a Wyoming native, originally from Cheyenne. He now resides in Casper, Wyoming, with his wife and three childern. Dr. Hammond enjoys outdoor activities with his family including skiing, fly fishing and coaching childrens' sports. He is also an avid golfer. Every summer Dr. Hammond participates in several golf tournaments around the state.