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Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance provides specialized, dynamic care for virtually any orthopedic condition. We partner this professional care with a highly-trained, medical support team and advanced medical technologies, providing you a matrix of care that gets you back to daily activities as quickly as possible. Visit any one of our many locations in East Tennessee to receive the orthopedic care you deserve and the treatment you expect.
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Radio Frequency Ablation of the Genicular Nerves
Orthobiologics
Knoxville Firefighter Finds Fix To Extinguish Knee Issues
A firefighter for 23 years, Shawn Langley came to Fort Sanders Regional to have knee replacement surgery in hopes of returning to the job he loves. Ever since middle school, Shawn Langley wanted to...
Cindy Fritz Fugatt Shares Her After Hours Sports Clinic Experience
I took my 12 year old daughter to the after hours sports clinic for a foot injury. I was able to log in online before the visit and complete most paperwork. Easy! Staff was great! Friendly, helpful,...
Not Stopping For Anyone
Hip preservation allows avid runner to keep moving, weeks after surgery As the manager of LeConte Therapy Services, Kay Funderburg, 50, of Sevierville, knows the importance of staying active...
Orthopedic Urgent Care After Hours Clinic with Paul Brady, MD
Defining success differently
Parkwest orthopedic surgeon tackles rare joint disease Randall Duckett is going to walk his youngest daughter down the aisle this spring. Just two years ago, he was wheelchair-bound. “It had gotten...
A Picture Perfect Hip Replacement!
As a film editor for television and films for nearly 25 years, Gian Ganziano of Knoxville, 46, knows his way around digital special effects. Ganziano is currently the lead editor on the television...
When Getting Back On Your Feet Is The First Step
Imogene and Larry Cosby at their 50th anniversary celebration In early April 2013, Larry Cosby, 67, rode out on his ATV to check the cattle on his Claiborne County farm. “I was riding and going up...
Local Entrepreneur Receives ‘Excellent Care’ During Two Hip Surgeries
Amy Taylor, pictured here on vacation with her son, Bryce, came to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center earlier this year due to crippling hip, leg and back pain. Now, she’s back on her feet thanks...
Tina Ellis Celebrates 25 Years at TOA
Described by friends as a sweet, bashful, hard worker, Tina Ellis began working at Oak Ridge Orthopedics 25 years ago. It was October 1989 when she first started in the file room. After a few...
Replacing The Pain
Parkwest patient has two hip replacements in 92 days On a scale from 1 to 10, Steve Pettit ranked his hip pain “about a 3 or 4.” His Xrays said otherwise. “They were horrible,” Paul Naylor, MD, a...