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Summit Medical Group has opened the Summit Extensivist Clinic to serve Knoxville-area patients through an efficient, lower-cost model for acute illness or chronic disease exacerbations. Summit patients who visit a primary care physician or Summit Express Clinic may be referred
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Summit Express Clinics expand hours to 8 a.m-8 p.m. daily to serve urgent care needs of Knoxville area
Oct. 01, 2019Summit Express Clinics now are open every day from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. to serve the urgent care and walk-in medical needs of the Knoxville area. Operated by Summit Medical Group, East Tennessee’s largest primary care organization, Summit Express Clinics provide
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Nationwide surveys: Summit Medical Group locations top in patient experience
Mar. 04, 2019Summit Medical Group locations excel in overall patient experience, according to patient surveys conducted by SurveyVitals. In 2018, 15 Summit Medical Group locations ranked in the top 10 percent for patient experience among healthcare providers nationwide. In addition, Summit Medical
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Summit Medical Group to offer free smoking cessation classes for public in support of Tennessee Quit Week
Jan. 31, 2019Summit Medical Group will offer free classes to help East Tennesseans stop smoking as part of the organization’s support of Tennessee Quit Week. An annual statewide healthcare initiative led by the Tennessee Department of Health, Tennessee Quit Week encourages people
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Children’s Faith Pediatrics joins Summit Medical Group
Jul. 02, 2018Children’s Faith Pediatrics in Knoxville has joined Summit Medical Group, East Tennessee’s largest primary care organization, as Summit expands its pediatric care services in addition to adult and family medicine across the region. “Children’s Faith Pediatrics has an outstanding reputation
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Hamblen Pediatric Associates joins Summit Medical Group
Mar. 26, 2018Hamblen Pediatric Associates has joined Summit Medical Group, East Tennessee’s largest primary care organization, as Summit continues to integrate pediatric care in addition to adult and family medicine. “Partnering with Hamblen Pediatric Associates extends Summit Medical Group’s growing network of
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Summit Medical Group expands into pediatrics
Jan. 10, 2018Shults Pediatrics has joined Summit Medical Group, East Tennessee’s largest primary care organization, as it begins to provide pediatric care in addition to adult and family medicine. Pediatrician Stephanie Shults, M.D., cares for children from birth to age 21 in
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Summit Medical Group promotes Ranee Guard to chief operating officer
Jan. 04, 2018Summit Medical Group has promoted Ranee Guard to the position of chief operating officer (COO). Guard joined Summit Medical Group in 2012 as director of Integrated Health Services and has served the organization as vice president of Diagnostic and Therapeutic
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Officials break ground on corporate headquarters for Summit Medical Group and Summit Strategic Solutions
Nov. 10, 2017Summit Medical Group and Summit Strategic Solutions officials broke ground Nov. 10 on a new facility at the Middlebrook Pike medical corridor in Knoxville. The two-story, 50,000-square-foot building project is being constructed on an 8-acre site at 1275 Dick Lonas
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Summit Medical Group to open three new primary care clinics
Sep. 07, 2017New Summit clinics will serve Tellico Village, West Knoxville and Maryville communities The region’s largest primary care organization is expanding. Summit Medical Group is opening three new primary care clinics this fall to serve patients in East Tennessee. Summit Medical
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