Meet Our Providers

Dr. Behrmann is board certified in Neurosurgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. He received his medical degree from Indiana University and served his internship at Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his neurosurgery residency and received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from The Ohio State University.

Dr. Behrmann’s areas of specialization include minimally invasive surgical techniques, spinal disorders with instrumentation and tumors of the central nervous system. He is a Gamma Knife certified neurosurgeon.

Dr. Behrmann is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the Neurotrauma Society and served as Chairman for the Department of Neurosurgery at Florida Hospital. 2009-2017

Dr. Shuler provides patient focused Orthopedic and Sports Medicine care for patients in Central Florida.  His lifelong philosophy is that if something is worth doing, it is worth doing right and he combines it with the Golden Rule.

Dr. Shuler is board certified in both Surgical Sports Medicine and General Orthopedic Surgery with a focus on joint replacement, arthroscopy, hand, and upper and lower extremity surgery.  He derives great satisfaction from being able to improve other people’s lives by helping them overcome a broad spectrum of orthopedic conditions.

Dr. Shuler received his Board Certification in Orthopedic Surgery in 2003 and his additional Board Certification in Orthopedic Sports Medicine in 2010.  He has been a member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) since 1998 and completed an AANA mini-fellowship in Shoulder Arthroscopy.  Dr. Shuler has utilized his training and experience to educate medical and physicians’ assistant students, and instruct operating room personnel in the use of Orthopedic instruments and techniques.

For 13 years prior to coming to Central Florida in 2013, Dr. Shuler was in practice in Wisconsin.  He and his wife have enjoyed continuing to raise their 4 children in the Ocoee / Winter Garden area.

When he is not with his family or enjoying his favorite activities: waterskiing, swimming, biking, and camping, Dr. Shuler can be found “tinkering” and fixing things.

Dr. Shuler grew up with an appreciation for orthopedics stemming from first-hand experience during his childhood.  Though he ultimately returned to his childhood interest in Orthopedics, he once wandered down a different career path.  Dr. Shuler graduated Summa Cum Laude from Michigan Technological University with a degree in Electrical Engineering.   Having been awarded a scholarship from General Motors, he worked for them during college and after graduation performing advanced product development and systems applications engineering.

In 1992 he returned to Michigan State University College of Human Medicine to obtain a M.D. and subsequently completed an affiliated General Surgical Internship and Orthopedic Surgical Residency

Dr. Cooper is Board Certified in Anesthesiology. He received his Medical Degree from St. Georges University School of Medicine and served his internship at Lakenau Hospital in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He completed his Anesthesiology Residency at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Cooper’s areas of specialization are lumbar, thoracic and cervical epidurals, caudal epidurals, sacroiliac injections, lumbar facet blocks, radiofrequency ablations and occipital nerve blocks.

Dr. Cooper is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Florida Society of Anesthesiologists and American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He has served on the Board of Directors at Orlando Anesthesia Consultants and from 2012-2013, 2014-2017. Dr. Cooper was Chief of Staff at Health Central Hospital.

Dr. Ramirez is a fellowship trained in General Neurosurgery and Critical Care, and has an enfolded fellowship in Spine Surgery. Dr. Ramirez is committed to offer you the safest and most effective procedures in neurosurgery.

On the national level, Dr. Newton is an advocate and educator on alternatives to opioids for patients with acute and chronic pain. He has trained at multiple level one trauma centers, not limited to UNC, Duke, George Washington, University of Vermont, University of Maryland Baltimore County. Additionally, he is board-certified in Anesthesiology and has completed continuing medical education at Harvard University and multiple other institutions throughout the country. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology at the University of North Carolina and an interventional pain fellowship at the University of Vermont.

He has held several teaching positions throughout his career, and serves as a medical director for one of the largest medical cannabis organizations in the country. Dr Newton has performed thousands of patient consultations and interventional procedures for spine and joint injuries, post-traumatic headaches, and a variety of other pain conditions. Languages: Primarily English and proficient in Spanish.