Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge is one of the first hospitals in East Tennessee to offer cutting-edge treatments and technologies that benefit people with life-threatening aneurysms; severely damaged knee, hip and shoulder joints; sudden heart failure; and non-healing wounds.

The medical center is among the first hospitals in the nation to open comprehensive chest and breast clinics that have reduced the waiting time between suspicion of cancer and beginning of treatment from weeks or months to days.   It was also the first hospital in the area to implement a hypothermia protocol which lowers a patient’s body temperature after cardiac arrest to reduce the risk of brain damage.  Methodist is also the only medical center in East Tennessee to offer left ventricular assist device support for cardio septic shock and in high-risk heart procedures.

A 301-bed regional medical center, Methodist serves an area that includes nearly 200,000 people in Tennessee and Kentucky. Doctors trained in more than 30 specialties ranging from open heart and neurosurgery to orthopedics and vascular care provide care. This staff represents one of the highest percentages of board-certified physicians in the region.

Nationally Recognized Care and Service 

• Ranked Knoxville's #1 Hospital by U.S. News & World Report

• One of only 28 out of 1,350 hospitals across the country to receive VHA, Inc.'s Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence

• Recognized in 2009 and 2010 by Forbes.com as one of America’s safest hospitals

• Ranked in the top 11% across the nation for core measures

• Ranked among the top hospitals nationwide by HealthInsight

• 2011 Gold Performance Award from American College of Cardiology ACTION Registry for urgent heart care that is 25 minutes faster than the national benchmark

• Joint Replacement Center ranks in the top 10% nationwide for overall quality of care by Patient Research Consulting (PRC)

Methodist offers an array of comprehensive services including:

• New 30-bed ortho-neuro unit with specialty joint destination center for hip and knee replacement patients
• New electrophysiology services for minimally invasive cardiac procedures and diagnostic technology such as a 64-slice CT which can capture images of the heart and coronary arteries in as little as five heartbeats.
• Fully accredited sleep diagnostic center staffed with a multi-boarded and fellowship-trained physician and a clinical team comprised 100% of registered polysomnographic technicians
• The first dedicated wound treatment center in the greater Knoxville area to offer hyperbaric oxygen technology to treat chronic non-healing wounds
• Fully deployed surgical robotics program featuring the latest technology for heart, lung, gyn and prostate procedures
• Critical care program offering leading-edge and life-saving treatments for bloodstream infections and brain injuries associated with heart attacks
• One of the first comprehensive chest clinics of its type in the nation--now reducing the time between discovery of possible cancer and treatment from weeks to days
• Individualized occupational, physical and speech therapies, including neurological, orthopedic, vestibular and pediatric rehab 
• Regional cancer center offering image-guided radiation therapy, a nationally recognized disease management program, access to clinical trials, personalized patient navigator assistance and formal pain management program and the most experienced provider of high dose rate brachytherapy for women with cervical, uterine and vaginal cancer

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