Active, healthy and physically fit, Michaela Martin never expected a life-threatening health crisis. In March 2025, everything changed when she experienced a sudden intestinal blockage. But with Covenant Health’s Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville, TN, and Premier...
By Knoxville News Sentinel Staff Shannon Beierle, 39, general surgeon, Premier Surgical Associates Shannon Beierle, MD, FACS, brought advanced bariatric and robotic surgery to under served communities in Cleveland, Tennessee. Her list of achievements is long,...
News form Parkwest Healthy LIfestyles Last December, Lisa Dockery of Knoxville, woke up with stomach cramps that she had never felt before. After a trip to the emergency department at Parkwest Medical Center, she discovered she had appendicitis and underwent emergency...
General Surgeon Shannon Beierle, MD, FACS, has joined the Premier Surgical Associates office at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville. Dr. Beierle has been a partner physician with the Premier Surgical office in Cleveland, TN, since 2019. Dr. Beierle will serve as a...
News from Parkwest Healthy LIfestyles Working as a nurse practitioner and parenting three small children with her husband, the last thing on Jamie Turner of Knoxville’s mind was breast cancer. When she felt a small lump in her breast one day in May of 2021, she...
