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Fort Sanders

Trustees Tower
501 19th Street, Suite 501
Knoxville, TN 37916
(865)  524-3695

 

Baptist Hospital

Baptist Medical Center
101 Blount Avenue, Suite 430
Knoxville, TN 37920
(865) 524-3695

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30-5:00

Our Fort Sanders physicians perform surgery at Baptist Hospital and Fort Sanders Regional Hospital.

 

Richard A. Brinner, M.D.

Dr. Brinner was born in St. Louis, Missouri.  He attended Washington University in St. Louis and Tulane University Medical School.  He received his general surgery training at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta.  He went on to complete a vascular surgery Fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta.  He began his practice in Knoxville in 1979.

 

Randal O. Graham, M.D.

Dr. Graham was born in Stuttgart, Germany.  He attended Austin College in Sherman, Texas and received his medical degree from Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.  He completed his general surgery training at the University of Texas in San Antonio.  He went on to complete his Fellowship training in vascular surgery at Baylor University in Dallas. He began his practice in Knoxville in 1987.

 

Hugh C. Hyatt, M.D.

Dr. Hyatt was born in Memphis, Tennessee.  He attended Vanderbilt University and received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee in Memphis.  He received his general surgery training at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta.  He went on to complete a vascular surgery Fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta.  He began his practice in Knoxville in 1976, after serving in the Navy for two years.

 

Micheal D. Kropilak, M.D.

Dr. Kropilak was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.  He attended St. Vincent College in Latrobe and received his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia.  He completed his general surgery training at the Cleveland and went on to complete a fellowship in vascular surgery there. He began his practice in Knoxville in 1988.

 

P.  Kevin Zirkle, M.D.

Dr. Zirkle was born in Knoxville, Tennessee.  He attended Duke University and completed his medical degree and general surgery training at Vanderbilt University.  He went on to complete his Fellowship in vascular surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. He began his practice in Knoxville in 1984.

 

 

Lemuel B. Kirby, M.D.

Dr. Kirby of Dunn, North Carolina, received his undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University in Raleigh and his medical degree from Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University. After his general surgery training at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, he went on to complete his Fellowship training in vascular surgery at Medical College of Georgia and Georgia Baptist. Board Certified, American Board of Surgery, Board Eligible in Vascular Surgery, and Fellow Candidate, American College of Surgeons, Dr. Kirby began his practice in Knoxville in 1999

 

Gregory P. Midis, M.D.

Dr. Midis was born in Richmond, Virginia. He attended Dartmouth College, New Hampshire and received his medical degree from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. He completed his general surgery training at the University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore. He went on to complete fellowships in surgical oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas and colorectal surgery at The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. He began his practice in Knoxville in 1997.

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