In 2024, the Brain Injury Association of America has made survivor awareness the focus of its annual awareness efforts. It is estimated that over 2.5 million Americans suffer traumatic brain injuries every year and 5.3 million adults and children in the United States are living with some sort of brain-injury-related disability. Each spring, time is
When a person is involved in a serious accident or is critically injured, having higher level care at a nearby trauma center is reassuring. Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) is proud to be the home of Kentucky’s only level II trauma center, offering specialized life-saving trauma care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. PMC’s
On April 5th, Pikeville Medical Center Urologists were the first in the region to perform the Aquablation procedure to treat lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Aquablation is a minimally invasive procedure using waterjet technology performed by the AquaBeam Robotic System, the first FDA-cleared, surgical robot utilizing automated tissue resection
Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) Chairman, President and CEO Donovan Blackburn was on hand Friday, April 12th, for a ceremonial bill signing of Senator Phillip Wheeler’s Senate Bill 280. SB 280 successfully created the Kentucky Medicaid Assistance Program (KMAP), which will be revolutionary for Kentucky residents’ access to quality care and will bolster Kentucky’s rural hospitals.
