Alegent Health Midlands Rehabilitation Center 11111 South 84th St Papillion, NE 68046 Phone: (402) 898-2520 MapDirections
Alegent Health Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic 16940 Lakeside Hills Plz Suite 103 Omaha, NE 68130 Phone: (402) 898-2520 Fax: (402) 898-2522 MapDirections
Hospital Affiliation:
Alegent Creighton Health Immanuel Medical Center
Alegent Creighton Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center
Alegent Creighton Health Midlands Hospital
Alegent Creighton Health Lakeside Hospital
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Information
Physiatrists are physicians who specialize in physical medicine. Their primary focus is on maximizing restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function and alleviating pain.
Dr. Wesley L. Smeal specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with an emphasis on spine and
sports medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of
Medicine. He completed his residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Northwestern University
McGaw Center for Graduate Medical
Education, where he was recognized with several awards and served as chief resident. He also
completed a fellowship in spine and sports medicine, where he has extensive training in
interventional spine procedures for the management of various conditions. Dr. Smeal continued on
at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University as a faculty physician in the Spine
and Sports Division for two years before moving back to Nebraska.
Dr. Smeal provides a non-operative approach to the treatment of spinal conditions, including
fluoroscopically-guided injections of the cervical and lumbar spine. He also diagnoses and treats a
wide range of sports medicine and musculoskeletal conditions, including arthritis.
