About Dr. Immerman

Dr. Immerman started Evergreen Surgical in 1981. His practice has now grown to its present size of five general surgeons. Before moving to Eau Claire, Dr. Immerman received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Northwestern University in Chicago.

Following that, he completed a five year residency in general surgery at Northwestern University. As part of his surgical training, he completed an American Cancer Society Clinical Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL.

Dr. Immerman has published papers on cancer of the breast, lung, pancreas, parathyroid glands, and skin; and more recently on the cleft-lift procedure for pilonidal disease. He is board certified in General Surgery by the American Board of Surgery, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Starting in summer of 2019, he has limited his practice to only treating pilonidal disease, and with the cleft-lift procedure.

He has served as Director of Trauma for Sacred Heart Hospital,  chaired their Department of Surgery, currently serves on their Cancer Committee, and is chairman of the Performance Improvement Committee. He has special interest in the treatment of difficult pilonidal cyst disease utilizing the Bascom Cleft-Lift Procedure.  In 2016, he was Sacred Heart Hospital’s “Physician of the Year”. “Dr. Immerman is absolutely passionate about providing the very best care to our patients,” said Julie Manas, president and CEO of Sacred Heart Hospital.

He has spoken about his positive experience with the cleft-lift procedure at the first International Pilonidal Sinus Conference in Berlin, Germany to an international group of pilonidal surgeons, and to that organization again in 2019 at their meeting in Vienna, Austria.  He is currently on the executive council of the International Pilonidal Society.

Dr. Immerman was born and raised in the suburbs of New York City. He is married and has three boys and three grandchildren. His hobbies include photography (he has taken all the photos of Wisconsin scenery on this site) and kilnformed glass. His glass art is in galleries across the United States and can be seen at the Steve Immerman Kilnformed Glass web site or the Steve Immerman Kilnformed Glass Facebook Page.