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    • SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
    Surgeons Use High-Def Technology for Greater Accuracy

    Surgeons Use High-Def Technology for Greater Accuracy

    Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) surgeons are getting more detail and greater accuracy during surgeries using the Visera 4K Ultra High Definition system.  This state-of-the-art system provides four times the resolution, better light, and twice the color as high-definition monitor systems that are normally used during surgical procedures.  In fact, this technology is the same as

    • SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
    PMC’s Surgeons Bring Nearly 100 Years Experience to the OR

    PMC’s Surgeons Bring Nearly 100 Years Experience to the OR

    General surgery is a specialty that focuses on the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix, and more. Pikeville Medical Center’s (PMC) Amy Johnson, MD, FACS, Oon Leehanachoke, MD, FACS, Grady Stephens, MD, and Timothy Wright, DO, FACOS are highly skilled surgeons who collectively bring 99 years of experience to the operating

    • SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
    PMC Conducts Training for “Healthy at School” Telehealth Program

    PMC Conducts Training for “Healthy at School” Telehealth Program

    PIKEVILLE, KY – On Thursday, September 24th Pikeville Medical Center staff conducted a hands-on training for school nurses and other designated staff of the Pike County School System on the PMC Healthy at School Telehealth Program. With the telehealth platform in Pike County schools, students who are attending in-person classes and become sick will have

    • SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
    Minimally Invasive Procedures for Heart Bypass and Valve Surgery

    Minimally Invasive Procedures for Heart Bypass and Valve Surgery

    Pikeville Medical Center (PMC) is taking an advanced approach to heart surgery, offering qualifying heart patients a minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (a surgical procedure that is designed to replace a poorly working aortic valve with an artificial valve). The aortic valve is one of the heart’s four valves. The valves help blood flow through