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Cars & Coffee Event Benefits United Way Nov. 16

Join Us for a Free Family-Friendly Event at Fort Sanders West! Covenant Health will host a free “Cars and Coffee” car show with coffee and food trucks on Saturday, Nov. 16, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Fort Sanders West campus near the intersection of Kingston Pike and Pellissippi Parkway. The event will raise […]

Welcome M. Wendell Lawson, MD

We’re proud to welcome board-certified cardiologist M. Wendell Lawson, MD to our heart care team! Learn more about Dr. Lawson.

Navigating the Way – One Patient’s Journey

How nurse navigators help patients through their cancer journey Resource. Support System. Friend. Superhero. These are all words used to describe a nurse navigator, or a healthcare professional specially trained to help patients who are facing complex health issues such as a cancer diagnosis. Covenant Health’s Thompson Cancer Survival Center offers patients helping hands, listening […]

Peninsula/Artsclamation!

In this edition of Full Circle, I’d like to discuss an ongoing need in our community: the need for additional mental health services and resources. This critical situation impacts a growing number of people in our area, and it is a community challenge that requires a community solution. Peninsula, the behavioral health division of Parkwest […]

Covenant Health CFO Receives THA Senior Executive of Distinction Award

Congratulations to John Geppi, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Covenant Health, who was one of nine healthcare leaders recognized by the Tennessee Hospital Association during the organization’s 2019 annual meeting held recently in Nashville. Geppi received THA’s Senior Executive of Distinction Award for his financial leadership and expertise, along with his commitment […]

Amazing Gracie

A Patricia Neal Outpatient Clinic Success Story  “Everything has a purpose,” Gracie Hyde says as she sits with her parents at the Patricia Neal Outpatient Clinic at Roane Medical Center. “Even if you can’t see it.” Wise beyond her years and with a fighting spirit, Gracie, 15, has a condition called complex regional pain syndrome […]

Welcome Joshua Harkey, PA-C

We are proud to welcome certified physician assistant Joshua Harkey, PA-C to our heart care team! Learn more about Joshua below. Joshua Harkey, PA-C Clinical Interest: Interventional cardiology Education: Bachelor of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University Starkville, MS Master of Medical Science in Physician Assistant Studies, Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Medicine Harrogate, TN […]

Welcome Ally Colvin, PA-C

We’re proud to welcome certified physician assistant Ally Colvin, PA-C to the medical team at Urology Specialists of East Tennessee.