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Nov. 14, 2019

Summit Extensivist Clinic opens to provide lower-cost acute intervention outside of hospitals

Summit Medical Group has opened the Summit Extensivist Clinic to serve Knoxville-area patients through an efficient, lower-cost model for acute illness or chronic disease exacerbations. Summit patients who visit a primary care physician or Summit Express Clinic may be referred
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Oct. 01, 2019

Summit Express Clinics expand hours to 8 a.m-8 p.m. daily to serve urgent care needs of Knoxville area

Summit Express Clinics now are open every day from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. to serve the urgent care and walk-in medical needs of the Knoxville area. Operated by Summit Medical Group, East Tennessee’s largest primary care organization, Summit Express Clinics provide
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Mar. 04, 2019

Nationwide surveys: Summit Medical Group locations top in patient experience

Summit Medical Group locations excel in overall patient experience, according to patient surveys conducted by SurveyVitals. In 2018, 15 Summit Medical Group locations ranked in the top 10 percent for patient experience among healthcare providers nationwide. In addition, Summit Medical
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Jan. 31, 2019

Summit Medical Group to offer free smoking cessation classes for public in support of Tennessee Quit Week

Summit Medical Group will offer free classes to help East Tennesseans stop smoking as part of the organization’s support of Tennessee Quit Week. An annual statewide healthcare initiative led by the Tennessee Department of Health, Tennessee Quit Week encourages people
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Jul. 02, 2018

Children’s Faith Pediatrics joins Summit Medical Group

Children’s Faith Pediatrics in Knoxville has joined Summit Medical Group, East Tennessee’s largest primary care organization, as Summit expands its pediatric care services in addition to adult and family medicine across the region. “Children’s Faith Pediatrics has an outstanding reputation
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Mar. 26, 2018

Hamblen Pediatric Associates joins Summit Medical Group

Hamblen Pediatric Associates has joined Summit Medical Group, East Tennessee’s largest primary care organization, as Summit continues to integrate pediatric care in addition to adult and family medicine. “Partnering with Hamblen Pediatric Associates extends Summit Medical Group’s growing network of
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Jan. 10, 2018

Summit Medical Group expands into pediatrics

Shults Pediatrics has joined Summit Medical Group, East Tennessee’s largest primary care organization, as it begins to provide pediatric care in addition to adult and family medicine. Pediatrician Stephanie Shults, M.D., cares for children from birth to age 21 in
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Jan. 04, 2018

Summit Medical Group promotes Ranee Guard to chief operating officer

Summit Medical Group has promoted Ranee Guard to the position of chief operating officer (COO). Guard joined Summit Medical Group in 2012 as director of Integrated Health Services and has served the organization as vice president of Diagnostic and Therapeutic
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Nov. 10, 2017

Officials break ground on corporate headquarters for Summit Medical Group and Summit Strategic Solutions

Summit Medical Group and Summit Strategic Solutions officials broke ground Nov. 10 on a new facility at the Middlebrook Pike medical corridor in Knoxville. The two-story, 50,000-square-foot building project is being constructed on an 8-acre site at 1275 Dick Lonas
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Sep. 07, 2017

Summit Medical Group to open three new primary care clinics

New Summit clinics will serve Tellico Village, West Knoxville and Maryville communities The region’s largest primary care organization is expanding. Summit Medical Group is opening three new primary care clinics this fall to serve patients in East Tennessee. Summit Medical
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