Gerig Surgical Associates PC

Gerig Surgical Associates PC is an oral surgeon practice in Goshen, Indiana, though its website describes a general, vascular and bariatric surgery group serving patients across northern Indiana. The practice provides abdominal surgery, anti-reflux surgery, cancer surgery, endoscopy, minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, vascular surgery and wound care, with a stated focus on the least invasive, individualized procedures in an integrated medical environment. The team includes surgeons Nathaniel T. Dew, Daniel A. Diener, Thomas W. Etter, Denise C. Murphy, Mark R. Ranzinger and Levi Y. Smucker, all MDs and Fellows of the American College of Surgeons, along with nurse practitioner Brittany Hembree and physician assistant Brianna Latisnere-Blosser. Dr. Dew and Dr. Diener are both board certified by The American Board of Surgery, trained at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, and hold memberships in the American Medical Association, the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, the Indiana State Medical Association and the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. The practice traces its roots to Dr. Eldon Lavern Gerig, who founded Gerig Surgical Associates in 1989 after decades in private practice in Mishawaka beginning in 1961. He earned his BA from Goshen College, completed medical school in Iowa, served two years in rural Puerto Rico where he discovered his surgical calling, and finished his surgery residency in Indianapolis. He was known for setting fractures, performing gynecologic, thoracic, vascular and abdominal surgery, and even making house calls. The Goshen office sits on South Main Street, with State Road 15 just steps away. The surrounding area includes Memorial Garden about a tenth of a mile south, College Mennonite Church Memorial Garden a short distance further, Witmer Woods nature preserve nearby, and the Historic Racemere Peninsula neighborhood within a few hundred metres. The practice holds a rating of 4.7.