Quick Vascular Intervention Saves Knox Man’s Foot

Just after Thanksgiving weekend 2023, South Knoxville native Mike Campbell felt sudden numbness and pain in his right foot. His wife, Amy, recalls watching Mike’s foot grow visibly worse over the weekend. She says, “His foot was gray and cold, and he was in pain. A...

Care at Home Program Helps Knox Woman After Surgery

One evening in May 2023, west Knoxville resident Kathy Parlon experienced excruciating abdominal pain. “I have celiac disease, so until I was doubled over in pain, any symptoms I had were kind of like I ate something that disagreed with me — but worse,” she recalls....

Surgery “Game Plan” Leads to Successful Appendectomy Recovery

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...

Harriman Veteran Receives Curative Cancer Care

Fort Sanders Healthy Lifestyles Determined. Motivated Resolved. When Harriman resident Rich Robertson was diagnosed with early-stage rectal cancer, he knew he would do whatever it took to tackle it. Through two years of radiation, chemotherapy treatments and an...

Robot-assisted Esophageal Surgery Helps Doctors Restore Lives

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...