News Releases

NORTON, Va. – Wellmont Health System is expanding its highly successful family medicine residency program to Mountain View Regional Medical Center, creating even more training opportunities for young physicians.

BRISTOL – Cancer research trial opportunities at Blue Ridge Medical Specialists and Bristol Regional Medical Center have been strengthened through their alignment with a prestigious regional oncology organization.

KINGSPORT – Spring is graduation season. And at Kingsport’s flagship hospital, graduates and alumni range from newborns to 25-year-olds.

Wellmont Health System’s Marsh Regional Blood Center will conduct public blood drives at the following locations in the coming days:

JOHNSON CITY – The Wellmont Breast Center in Johnson City, which provides potentially lifesaving mammograms, has been accredited by the American College of Radiology.

Women who are looking to update their wardrobe and men who want to buy something special for a family member can also help make miracles happen for sick and injured children.

KINGSPORT – Reinforcing its support to Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, Wellmont Health System invested more than $90 million to benefit the community’s health and well-being in the last fiscal year, including the delivery of $75 million in unco

KINGSPORT –Prospective high school athletes for the upcoming school year can access free sports physicals offered at Sullivan Center Rehabilitation and Therapy on Saturday, May 12.

KINGSPORT – Performing a prostatectomy used to be a much more invasive surgery for Dr. James Herman, whose patients faced a much longer recuperation after the operation.

Wellmont Health System’s Marsh Regional Blood Center will conduct public blood drives at the following locations in the coming days:

BRISTOL – Dr. Nelson Gwaltney has experienced many transforming changes in the delivery of health care in the 34 years he has improved patients’ lives.

No matter what occasion is being celebrated, ice cream cakes from Dairy Queen are always a cool, tasty treat. And from May 6-13, they’ll be part of a miracle.

BRISTOL – Patients at Bristol Regional Medical Center benefit from high-quality care delivered by physicians, nurses and, sometimes, a furry volunteer.

LEBANON, Va. – Wellmont Health System is helping students, faculty and staff of the Russell County school system who have diabetes safely dispose the sharps and lancets they use to manage their disease.

Wellmont Health System’s Marsh Regional Blood Center will conduct public blood drives at the following locations in the coming days:

     KINGSPORT – When shoppers at area Walmart and Sam’s Club stock up on goods over the next six weeks, they can also make a positive difference in area children’s lives.      From Tuesday, May 1, until Thursday, June 14, employees who work the ...

BLOUNTVILLE – Children who have experienced the death of a loved one will receive comfort and support while learning how to accept this change and embrace the future at Wellmont Hospice’s annual Camp Caterpillar.

KINGSPORT – Another source of hope will benefit area cancer patients and family members with the opening of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Resource Center at Kingsport Hematology Oncology.

ABINGDON, Va. – Wellmont Health System is growing its highly successful services in Abingdon with the addition of computed tomography at Wellmont Urgent Care that will elevate care to an even higher level.

Wellmont Health System’s Marsh Regional Blood Center will conduct public blood drives at the following locations in the coming days: