Three things to know:
1. The patient was a 75-year-old man who was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease.
2. Dr. Baker completed his residency in neurosurgery at The University of Louisville (Ky.) School of Medicine and a fellowship in spine and peripheral nerve surgery at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital.
3. Sanford Health features 44 medical centers and nearly 1,400 physicians. It opened SMC, a 284-bed hospital, in 2017.
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