General Practitioners

• Pediatric Care
  Ballad Health is removing restrictions to visitation in all facilities and will now welcome visitors between 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. This includes inpatient and outpatient units, Ballad Health Medical Associates offices, emergency departments and pediatric services.
• Primary Care
  We participate with most major insurance carriers. Please make certain that you obtain the necessary referral forms from your primary care physician prior to your appointment.
• Colonoscopy
  Symptoms & Description: Many patients that need a colonoscopy do not have symptoms. It is a screening test to look inside the colon and rectum to look for sources of pain, bleeding, or cancerous growths. Colonoscopy can detect inflamed tissue, ulcers, and abnormal growths.
• Constipation
• Diarrhea

Internists

• Endoscopy
  The Spectrum of General Surgery involves a wide variety of procedures including upper and lower endoscopy, open or minimally invasive (laparoscopic or robotic assisted) bowel or abdominal surgery, removal of skin lesions or soft tissue tumors and endocrine organs, such as the thyroid, parathyroid or adrenal glands.

Endocrinologist

• Thyroid

Radiologist

• Radiology
  Our offices are located in the Bristol Regional Medical Center campus (in the West Wing, above the Radiology Department). We are not owned/operated by Ballad Health.
• Chemotherapy
  Symptoms & Description: If you need frequent intravenous (IV) medicines or blood draws — or both — your healthcare provider may recommend a port-a-cath placement. A port is a small medical device that allows providers easy, reliable access to administer medicine (like chemotherapy) to you directly into your veins. It makes taking blood samples easier and is generally more comfortable for the patient than multiple needle sticks.
• Radiation Therapy
  Typical Recovery: Many patients will be able to go home the day of surgery after lumpectomy. Many mastectomy patients will be observed overnight, though this is a case by case decision. It is important to avoid strenuous activity of the arm on the side of the surgery for a few weeks after the procedure, particularly if a lymph node biopsy is performed. Following breast cancer surgery, it is important for patients to follow recommendations from the multidisciplinary tumor board such as radiation therapy and possibly chemotherapy when appropriate.

Surgeons

• General Surgery
  General Surgery is a specialized area in the broad field of surgery, which includes a wide range of procedures on the neck, chest, abdomen, and extremities. General surgery procedures can be grouped in to the following categories...
• Gangrene
  Symptoms & Description: This surgery is performed when the buildup of fatty deposits (plaque) in an artery has blocked the normal flow of blood that carries oxygen and nutrients to the lower extremities. A surgical bypass may help you if you have symptoms such as leg muscle pain while walking; pain at night, especially in the feet (rest pain); feet and leg sores that won’t heal; and dead tissue (gangrene).
• Vascular Surgery
  Vascular Surgery refers to surgery of the body’s blood vessels, excluding the heart. Vascular surgery procedures can be grouped in to the following categories...
• Vasectomy
  Description: A vasectomy is a surgical procedure to permanently sterilize a man. During the procedure the vas deferens, or the tube carrying the sperm, is cut and ties through a tiny opening in the scrotum. Follow up tests such as a sperm count are required about 4-6 weeks post procedure until there is a valid lab test showing that there is no sperm present. At this time a man is considered sterile.
• Ingrown Toenails

Plastic Surgeons

• Breast Surgery
  The Procedure(s): To make a diagnosis your surgeon may recommend surgical biopsy or image guided biopsy by a radiologist. The two main surgical approaches are breast conservation therapy ( lumpectomy ) in which only the tumor is removed from the breast, or mastectomy which removes all of the breast tissue. Deciding between mastectomy and lumpectomy can be difficult. Many patients will also need to have a lymph node biopsy at the time of the breast surgery to determine if there are any signs of spread to the lymph nodes beneath the arm. Your surgeon is here to help you make the best choice for you.

Dermatologists

• Skin Cancer
  Description: Excision biopsy is necessary when the mole is flat, or when a cancer is suspected (e.g., melanoma). The full depth of the mole is removed and the wound is sutured. The specimen is then sent to a lab for pathological examination.
• Ulcer
  Symptoms & Description: Patients with history of reflux, gastritis, or ulcer disease may need this procedure to make a diagnosis. Patients may also need this procedure to diagnose the source of their anemia.
• Lesions
  The Procedure: Surgical excision is used to treat all types of skin cancer. It can offer results that are both medically and cosmetically excellent. The surgeon begins by outlining the tumor with a marking pen. A “safety margin” of healthy-looking tissue will be included, because it is not possible to determine with the naked eye how far microscopic strands of tumor may have extended. The extended line of excision is drawn, so the skin may be sewn back together. The surgeon will administer a local anesthetic, and then cut along the lines that were drawn. The entire procedure takes about thirty minutes for smaller lesions. The tissue sample will be sent to a lab, to see if any of the “safety margins” has been invaded by skin cancer. If this is the case, it is assumed that the cancer is still present, and additional surgery is required.

Physical Therapists

• Back Pain

Podiatrists

• Ingrown Toenails
  Description: Minor ingrown toenails may require simply trimming back the protruding nail sliver or piece away from the nail fold. More aggressive, debilitating cases may require a minor surgical procedure called partial nail matricectomy. Surgery should be considered as last resort after conservative local treatments have failed. Nail surgery may cause permanent nail deformity, poor cosmetic appearance, and other possible complications.