Premier Surgical Lawson Group General Surgeons Dr. Kenneth Cutshall and Dr. John (Trey) Robertson, III, have achieved accreditation as Master Surgeons in Robotic Surgery from Surgical Review Corporation (SRC). SRC is an independent, nonprofit patient safety...
News from Fort Sanders Regional Healthy Lifestyles For Caitlin Peterson of Knoxville, 32, eating had become nearly impossible last year. She suffered from severe gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and threw up every day. “I lost almost 90 pounds,” she said. “I...
Fort Sanders Regional Health & Lifestyles Judy Caldwell moved to East Tennessee after becoming enchanted with the Smoky Mountains. She enjoys tending the flowers on the property she recently purchased, playing music and buying and selling antiques. Most of all,...
News from Fort Sanders Health & Lifestyles Millions of Americans experience acid reflux every day. Most don’t know if it’s severe enough and lasts long enough, in the worst cases acid reflux can increase the risk of esophageal cancer. When that happens, the...
Surgical techniques have improved drastically over the last 60 years, and no one knows that better than Frank Hamner, 76, of Knoxville. Hamner has undergone three different hernia repairs over the years as a result of an inguinal (groin) hernia. This type of hernia...
General Surgeon Dr. David Harrell of Premier Surgical Associates successfully performed Tennessee’s first “hidden scar” robotic Thyroidectomy on March 5, 2020, at Tennova Healthcare’s North Knoxville Medical Center. Unlike traditional open thyroid surgery that...