Jan 15, 2021 | Bariatrics, Uncategorized
News From Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Despite regular physical activity, Josh Ellis has struggled his whole life to find and maintain a healthy body weight. Ellis lives in South Knoxville with his wife and two daughters, and in addition to his full-time job,...
Jan 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Foothills Weight Loss Surgeons’s Dr. Mark Colquitt can perform bariatric surgeries using robot-assisted technology at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. Unlike the traditional bariatric surgery, the da Vinci Robotic surgical system only uses small...
Dec 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Many bariatric surgery patients know that in order to lose weight and keep it off, they have to change their eating and activity habits. However, big lifestyle changes like these don’t come easily for many people. Plus, bariatric surgery is a major life change...
Jun 11, 2020 | Uncategorized, Weight Loss Surgery
News from Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Even before they tied the gastric knot, they had seen the best and worst of one another. In one photo, there was Dwayne Linger – all 387 pounds of him. In another, there he was at 180. Likewise, Allenna Mullins had posted...
Jun 11, 2020 | Weight Loss Surgery
News From Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center The gastric bypass surgery Dwayne Linger had in 2018 did more than just shrink his stomach and expand his wardrobe options. It also freed him from a body that had condemned him to a sedentary lifestyle and a shorter life...
