As seen on a recent national marketing campaign, the WATCHMAN device is used with patients who meet certain criteria regarding an Atrial Fibrillation (AFIB) diagnosis. PMC has two Electrophysiology specialists, Dr. Chase Reynolds and Dr. Michael Antimisiaris, who regularly implant WATCHMAN devices in patients who are identified as high risk for stroke. The WATCHMAN is
Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) is excited to announce the development of a new dermatology service line and the addition of Brooke Hensley, DO, FAAD. Dr. Hensley is seeing patients in the PMC Plastic Surgery and Dermatology Center across the street from the main hospital in the river fill. Dermatology is a branch of medicine concerned
Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) has earned national recognition for its efforts to increase organ, eye and tissue donor registrations across the state through the Workplace Partnership for Life (WPFL) Hospital Organ Donation Campaign. The WPFL is a national initiative that unites the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Recently, PMC welcomed David Carter, DO to the Sleep Services team after R.V. Mettu, MD, FCCP, FAASM, announced his retirement. Dr. Carter is a graduate of Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency at PMC before completing a fellowship in Sleep Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist. “I am excited to be able
