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Physician Spotlight: Dr. Billy S. Arant Jr.
Dr. Billy S. Arant Jr. knew at age five what he wanted to be when he grew up.
"I never looked to the right or the left," he said. "From then on, my whole goal was to become a doctor."
JOHN M. HAYS |
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Kimberly B. Fortner
KNOXVILLE — Dr. Kimberly Fortner completed an exhausting nine-month continuing medical education course on March 16, 2007. It's no coincidence that on that same day, she signed up for an on-the-job training program that will last a minimum of 18 years.
ANN METZ |
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Mark Wilkinson
JOHNSON CITY — Not many physicians take to the skies to bring care to their patients, but for Dr. Mark Wilkinson, it's all part of the job.
An emergency medicine physician in East Tennessee for more than a decade, Wilkinson stretched his skills over many counties, and at times, many states. He is a senior partner and COO with Johnson City Emergency Physicians, PC,
JAMES WATSON |
A Conversation with Darrell Moore
Editor's Note: Welcome to a new feature being launched this month in East Tennessee Medical News. The East Tennessee Hospital Leadership Series is designed to introduce our readers to key hospital decision makers and explore their philosophies on everything from the delivery of care to staffing and workplace issues to off-the-clock passions.
Darrell W. Moore assumed his duties as president and CEO of Parkridge Medical Center, Inc., part of TriStar Health, in November 2006. Seven months into the job overseeing the three-campus system, he took the time to reflect on what he has learned so far and to discuss his vision for the future with East Tennessee Medical News.
CINDY SANDERS |
Aloha Connection Making Positive Waves
Just as in Thomas L. Friedman's book, "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century," the world no longer seems like the huge planet it once did. It used to be that speaking with someone overseas was a really big deal and going to some exotic far away place was even more so.
GLORIA BUTLER BALDWIN |
Coming to Terms
TMA, BCBST Settle Lawsuit
On April 27, when involved parties announced a preliminary settlement to the class action lawsuit filed four years ago, a major step was taken in ending the long-running battle that pitted nearly 900,000 physicians and their representative medical societies against the BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS) Association and individual BCBS plans nationwide.
CINDY SANDERS |
Grand Rounds June
Sangster Part of New National Bird Flu Center
KNOXVILLE — A University of Tennessee microbiologist will play a key role in a new wave of research to help prepare the nation for the threat of a global flu pandemic.
UT professor Mark Sangster's work fighting a potential pandemic flu has earned him a place in a $26 million research center funded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID).
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Keeping Track of Trauma
The National Trauma Data Bank® (NTDB) contains more than two million records from trauma centers across the United States and Puerto Rico.
"It's the largest aggregation of trauma data in the world," stated Dr. Richard Fantus, FACS, a member of the Committee on Trauma (COT) for the American College of Surgeons.
CINDY SANDERS |
Knoxville Firm Teaches "Customer Service" to ER Staffs Nationwide
A mystery patient enters the emergency department of an undisclosed hospital at 7:06 a.m., scans the empty waiting room and walks over to the registration desk, where a registered nurse is furiously jotting down notes.
After a few awkward seconds, the patient says, "Excuse me," before the startled nurse looks up and asks: "What's going on with you?" After being told the patient's stomach hurts, she disappears into another room, apparently searching for assistance.
LYNNE JETER |
Legal Matters:
Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader (on Medical Legal Issues)?
As a practicing physician, the majority of your professional time is likely spent in the clinical realm with your patients and, hopefully, to a far lesser extent, performing required administrative tasks associated with the business end of your medical practice. Unless you are a glutton for punishment, an alcoholic, or just plain weird,
Gary G. Spangler |
Occupational Therapy: What's in a Name?
CHATTANOOGA — Along with physical therapy and speech pathology and audiology, occupational therapy remains one of the three primary disciplines in the field of physical rehabilitation.
Occupational therapy, or OT as it is commonly known, is often a misunderstood profession because the title of this discipline implies that its primary goal is to train individuals to pursue or return to a designated occupation.
In part, this is true. However, the primary goal of occupational therapy is to help children and adults increase their independence. It is from this baseline philosophy that OT branches out in many directions to serve individuals who are in need of rehabilitation programs.
CARL RAUS |
Radiologists Expanding into Rural Areas
University Radiology in Knoxville has taken its business practice beyond the city. Physicians, subspecialized in every radiation modality under the rainbow, are now providing their expertise to rural East Tennessee at Wellmont Health Systems' Hawkins County Memorial Hospital and its newest 10-bed critical care hospital in Hancock County.
GLORIA BUTLER BALDWIN |
Tennessee Plans Four New Colleges of Pharmacy
Students wishing to practice pharmacy will now have a much better shot at getting enrolled now that pharmacy schools are popping up all over the state.
East Tennessee State University (ETSU), which began classes in January, Lipscomb University, Union University and Belmont University will each be opening new colleges of pharmacy. Prior to the announcement, the University of Tennessee, Memphis, had the only pharmacy school in the state.
GLORIA BUTLER BALDWIN |
THE BOTTOM LINE: Dream Builders Will Benefit
Individuals with a desire to fund public and charitable works with IRA assets may be in for a big lift.
Both sides of the isle, Republicans and Democrats, are in favor of extending and improving the charitable giving rules to allow a tax-free contribution of IRA assets.
The current IRA Charitable Rollover Act allows..
Bill Morris |
Zzz!
Fort Sanders Docs Want Patients to Fall Asleep While Waiting
Serving the Knoxville area for more than 20 years with three offices, the Sleep Disorders Center at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center heightens the quality of life for patients suffering from a myriad of sleep-related complications. A Covenant Health facility, Fort Sanders, which is supported by the Parkwest Sleep Disorders Center and the Methodist Sleep Diagnostic Center in Oak Ridge, assists patients with
JOHN SEWELL |
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