Here are some of the physicians who call Wellmont Health System home.
Doctors who choose Wellmont Health System can have the best of both worlds. They can practice in our large tertiary hospitals, or they can provide care in smaller community facilities. All the hospitals of the Wellmont Health System have the finest technology and expert medical staffs. Meet some of the physicians who have chosen to practice in our community hospitals.
"I’m the medical director of trauma services at Holston Valley Medical Center. My background is general surgery and trauma and surgical critical care. I really enjoy being able to mentor the younger surgical residents, and I try to give them an idea of what it means to be a complete doctor and to take care of the patient from the beginning of their stay in the hospital all the way through their rehab. And the part of Kingsport that I liked was that we’re associated with East Tennessee State University, and we have a tight relationship with the department of surgery there.”
Dr. Cory Siffring
"I’m a cardiothoracic surgeon here at Bristol Regional Medical Center. We have some of the best physician groups I’ve worked with anywhere in many of the specialty areas – critical care, anesthesia, pulmonary, cardiology, nephrology; go down the list. We really have an outstanding medical staff. And not only are they outstanding clinicians, they are outstanding people to work with.”
Dr. Bill Messerschmidt
“I’m a physician that practices neurosurgery at Holston Valley Medical Center. I think this is a place that you would choose to come and live and raise a family. And I get to practice really the way I want to. In neurosurgery, it’s common when you get into a larger city to kind of get niched into doing a certain thing. I’m able to do a wide breadth of practice within the realm of neurosurgery, and that’s important to me to keep my skills up.”
Dr. Rebekah Austin