Meet Dr. Katherine D. Kazen: Bringing Global Surgical Experience Home to Johnson City When patients meet Katherine D. Kazen, MD, they quickly discover a surgeon who combines advanced surgical training with a deeply personal approach to patient care. From treating...
Meet Dr. Elissa Falconer: Q&A with Premier Surgical’s New Colon and Rectal Surgeon Premier Surgical Associates is proud to welcome Elissa A. Falconer, MD, a Colon and Rectal Surgeon at Fort Sanders Regional in Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Falconer specializes in...
General Surgeon Dr. Josh Hamilton is now seeing general and breast cancer surgery patients at the Premier Surgical Turkey Creek office located at Tennova Turkey Creek Medical Center at 10810 Parkside Drive, Suite G-9, Knoxville, TN, 37923. Dr. Hamilton’s primary...
KNOXVILLE, TN – General Surgeon, Dr. David Harrell of Premier Surgical Associates, is among the first surgeons in Tennessee -and the first in East Tennessee to perform robotic-assisted surgery for pancreatic cancer. The Whipple procedure, also known as a ...
As a Premier Surgical Associates LPN, Melissa Smith answers a lot of questions from patients before and after surgery. She works with Premier General Surgeon Dr. David Harrell, and helps prepare and follow up with patients requiring a variety of surgeries related...
Laparoscopic surgery, sometimes called “keyhole” surgery or band-aid surgery, is a minimally invasive procedure using small incisions of around 0.5 to 1.5 cm. A laparoscope, which is a small tube with a camera at the tip, is passed through the incision to the surgical...
