LeConte Medical Center opened February 15

LeConte Medical Center is Building the Future of Healthcare

The new LeConte Medical Center is now open, and offers a full array of medical specialties and outstanding medical technology.  

The Dolly Parton Birthing Unit offers family-centered maternity care in beautiful new rooms, complete with views of the Smoky Mountains. Our spacious new Emergency Department is now open, providing excellent emergency care, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Our Surgery department features 4 expanded Surgical Suites, and 2 Endoscopy suites. Every area of the hospital offers private patient rooms for the privacy and comfort of our patients and their families.  

LeConte Medical Center offers outstanding diagnostic services including Laboratory Services, Cardiac Cath Lab, and Imaging Services such as MRI, Ultrasound, and CT Scan. The Dolly Parton Center for Women’s Services features the Breast Center where women can have their annual mammograms, biopsies if needed, as well as bone density exams. The Center also includes the county’s only hospital-based Sleep Disorders Center.  

Why travel elsewhere, when the care you need is available in your hometown. Come see why you and your family should Count on LeConte!

742 Middle Creek Road, Sevierville, TN 37862 Main hospital: 865.446.7000    ~ Physician Referral: 865.453.9355

The Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation is hosting its 17th annual Las Vegas Night fundraiser at the Music Road Convention Center in Pigeon Forge. Saturday, March 20, 2010, at 6 p.m., everyone is invited to join the festivities celebrating the success of a community campaign to raise $10 million, and the recent opening of LeConte Medical Center! 

Effective March 1, two more physician practices have relocated their offices into the Dr. Robert F. Thomas Professional Building, on the LeConte Medical Center Campus. Read More

Covenant Health Check, one of the area's largest and most comprehensive annual health screening events, kicks off this month in Pigeon Forge. The Pigeon Forge Health Check is sponsored by LeConte Medical Center, and will be held at the Pigeon Forge Community Center on Friday, March 19, 2010, from 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.

LeConte Medical Center and Covenant Health are teaming up to strike out stroke by offering a comprehensive screening package to identify a person’s risk for having a stroke so that steps can be taken to prevent it from occurring. The campaign is designed to save lives and increase public awareness of stroke.
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Friday, February 12, 2010, Dolly Parton visited LeConte Medical Center for the first time since its completion. The entertainment superstar has been a longtime friend of the hospital, and a generous financial contributer. Her contributions towards the LeConte Medical Center project, including monetary support and a benefit concert, totalled $1 million.

Sunday morning, February 14, 2010, staff from Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center moved patients into LeConte Medical Center.
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You’re invited to a sneak peek of the new LeConte Medical Center before it opens! Join us Thursday, February 4, 2010, from 2 p.m. – 7 p.m., to tour the new medical center and Thompson Cancer Survival Center.

Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center welcomes J. Michael Rothwell, MD, General Surgeon, to his new practice at 744 Middle Creek Road in Suite 208 of the Dr. Robert F. Thomas Professional Building on the LeConte Medical Center campus, where he is now accepting new patients.

Wednesday morning, January 13, 2010, the MRI machine was removed from Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, to be placed at the new LeConte Medical Center. 
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Do you want to quit smoking? Have you tried before, but were unsuccessful? Quitting smoking is difficult, and Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center wants to help.   Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center will sponsor “Freedom From Smoking” classes beginning Monday, January 11, 2010, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., Fort Sanders Sevier Senior Center.

The Covenant Kids Run kick-off event is Saturday, Jan. 23 at the Knoxville Zoo.  Join your friends there and run the first mile--of your 26.2-mile marathon--together! Read More

The marathon is fun for little ones, too! The Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Kids Run is fun and also reinforces the good habit of regular exercise. Read More

Nursing homes across the Volunteer State, including Fort Sanders Sevier Nursing Home, will celebrate Nursing Home Caregiver Appreciation Day Friday, Nov. 20. It is a day set aside to celebrate the more than 37,600 nursing home employees who provide care to nursing home patients in Tennessee.  Read More

Ellen Wilhoit, President and CAO, Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center was honored with the Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). She was honored for her strong support and commitment to ACHE and healthcare in Tennessee.  Read More

Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center is aiming to strike out stroke by offering a comprehensive screening package to identify a person’s risk for having a stroke so that steps can be taken to prevent it from occurring. The campaign is designed to save lives and increase public awareness of stroke.

Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center will offer the StrokeScore & More screening on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Read More

Join Carolyn Zibas, RN, BS, CDE, and Ellen McPherson, RD, CDE, from the Fort Sanders Diabetes Center, to learn more about Living with Diabetes. This lunch and learn presentation will be held Thursday, November 12, 2009, from Noon – 1 p.m., at the Fort Sanders Sevier Senior Center. Read More

Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center recognizes Mike Ray, PT, MS, OCS, and David Ellis, PT, MPT, OCS, ATC, both Physical Therapists at the Fort Sanders Sevier Therapy Center in Seymour, for becoming board-certified physical therapy clinical specialists in Orthopaedics. Read More

There’s still time to fight the flu! Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center and Covenant Senior Services are holding a Senior Flu Shot Clinic Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 9 a.m. – Noon, at the Fort Sanders Sevier Senior Center located at 1220 West Main Street in Sevierville. Read More

Halloween is a great time to remind children of all ages about safety concerns! Does your teenage babysitter know what to do in case of emergency? When a teenager accepts a babysitting job, they accept the responsibility for a child’s life. Read More

Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center is pleased to welcome Stephen Dill, MD, Cardiologist, to his new practice in the Dr. Robert F. Thomas Professional Building on the LeConte Medical Center campus, where he is now accepting new patients. Read More

Ellen Wilhoit, President and CAO of Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, has been named to BusinessTN magazine's list of 25 Top Hospital Operators in Tennessee. The list, which appeared in the 2009 September/October issue, is compiled from peer review and input from other sources across the state.
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Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center is pleased to welcome Dewey McWhirter, MD, to the Sleep Disorders Center at Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center, where he is now accepting new patients. Read More

Since 2004, area men have an easy way of getting checked during National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in September with “Eddie Check,” the Eddie Kirkland Memorial Blood Drive and free PSA screening for prostate cancer. This event combines a MEDIC blood drive with blood sample collection for PSA analysis in multiple convenient locations across east Tennessee. Read More

Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center (FSSMC) was recently awarded multiple patient satisfaction awards by nationally-known Professional Research Consultants (PRC) and Covenant Health, the parent company of FSSMC. Read More

Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center is aiming to strike out stroke by offering a comprehensive screening package to identify a person’s risk for having a stroke so that steps can be taken to prevent it from occurring. The campaign is designed to save lives and increase public awareness of stroke. Read More

Registration for the 2010 Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon was officially opened today at a bench dedication ceremony on the Third Creek Greenway entrance at Forest Park Boulevard in west Knoxville. The Knoxville Track Club (KTC) gave a park bench in honor of Covenant Health.
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Sabrina Taylor and Tabitha Hall of Gatlinburg, Tenn., set a new record with their $75,000 purchase of an unprecedented auction item donated by Dolly Parton to the Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation’s 20th anniversary Evening of Elegance fundraiser Saturday evening (Aug. 15) at Mills Auditorium in Gatlinburg.
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At the naming announcement event on August 12, 2008, guests were invited to sign steel beams that would later be placed inside the new hospital, leaving their mark on the future of healthcare in Sevier County. In the following months, the community was invited to sign the beams at various events and in the hospital cafeteria. This week those beams have been placed in the patient discharge exit area of LeConte Medical Center. Read More

Lifetime Membership is an honorary award bestowed upon Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center (FSS) Volunteers who have achieved specific milestones and demonstrated exemplary performance during their Volunteer service... Read More

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