Saint Thomas Medical Partners is hosting a welcome reception and community open house for new Saint Thomas Health general surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Lawhon and orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Adam Franson. The event is at Saint Thomas River Park Hospital Wednesday, May 3, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on the third floor of the MOB building at 1578 Sparta Street. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. Saint Thomas Health is part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system.
The event is a come and go format, and the first 50 in attendance will receive a free gift. Refreshments, a chance to meet the doctors, tour their offices and ask questions, and a blessing of the offices will be part of the event.
“As this region is growing, Saint Thomas Medical Partners is bringing in more physicians to care for our community,” said Saint Thomas Medical Partners River Park practice manager Thomas Beaven. “We are very excited that Dr. Lawhon, who has been practicing in the area for some time, is joining Saint Thomas, and that Dr. Franson, who recently moved here from Michigan, is also joining us.”
Dr. Lawhon lived in the McMinnville area, moved away, and has recently moved back to practice medicine. He is a board-certified general surgeon with interest in advanced minimally invasive techniques for breast, biliary and GI tract disorders including single site techniques and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP). He is fellowship-trained in Advanced Endoscopy and ERCP. Dr. Lawhon has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Western Kentucky University; a medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine; and completed his internship and residency at the Chattanooga Unit of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in Endoscopy and Interventional ERCP at the University of Louisville Department of Surgery. He also was a clinical instructor at the Chattanooga Unit of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and a clinical associate professor of Surgery at the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine Department of Surgery in Greenville, North Carolina.
Dr. Franson has recently relocated to McMinnville from Michigan. He is a general orthopaedic surgeon with special interest in operative and nonoperative fracture care; shoulder, knee and hip arthoplasty; knee and shoulder arthroscopy; hand surgery; and sports medicine. Dr. Franson has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah; a Doctor of Osteopathy from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri; and he completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Genesys Regional Medical Center in Grand Blanc, Michigan.
ABOUT SAINT THOMAS HEALTH
In Tennessee, Ascension’s Saint Thomas Health operates nine hospitals in addition to a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures, medical practices, clinics and rehabilitation facilities that cover a 68-county area and employ more than 8,000 associates. Across the state, Saint Thomas Health provided more than $78 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty in fiscal year 2016. Serving Tennessee for 15 years, Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. Ascension is the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, operating 2,500 sites of care – including 141 hospitals and more than 30 senior living facilities – in 24 states and the District of Columbia. Visit www.sthealth.com
