Dr. Christopher Carver of Watauga Orthopaedics did a knee replacement for my wife and six months…read morelater also did a hip replacement for her. She had great results both times, not even needing physical therapy for the hip replacement. He is efficient, easy to talk with and provides great surgical work. I have a continuing problem with my left knee which is going to need a knee replacement as injections have provided only short term relief. I will certainly choose Dr. Carver for that knee replacement surgery as I have much confidence in him and Watauga. I had a total shoulder replacement which was done by Dr. Wells of Watauga six years ago and his work was also perfect. After years of shoulder pain the shoulder replacement that Dr. Wells provided for me has been a great relief and improved my quality of life. From the office staff to the physical therapy that I received to the surgical teams who work with Dr. Carver and Dr. Wells, everything was top notch. My wife and I can highly recommend Watauga Orthopaedics. David P. Kingsport

There supposed to be pain management and the refuse to help you whit anything .i went there for…read morehelp and got none

I went broken and they fixed me right up! I was in complete terrior! And they were able to handle…read morea patient that was in complete Distress! Hat Off! Karen Cox

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I am beyond angry at Twin City Medical. I've been going there for a couple of years, and started to…read morereconsider after Dr. Katie Olubowale declined to provide me any type of real pain relief after I had a terrible case of shingles (from having small pox as a child). She treated me as though I hadn't been a patient for years, like I was a junkie attempting to find my next score THROUGH A DOCTOR. Real bright, that one. She was the one that confirmed my shingles in the first place and prescribed me Tylenol. TYLENOL. Shingles are extremely painful, btw. If you haven't yet, I encourage you to get vaccinated for shingles and don't wait until you're 50 like the commercial states! You can get it sooner than that. I arrived at my appointment on time and texted "arrived" as instructed by the text message sent to me, stated as follows: Hi (patient name), please text us "ARRIVED" when you arrive at the facility. Please wait in your car and we will let you know when to come inside. Please remember to wear a mask and maintain social distancing. Only parents and caregivers may accompany patients to their appts. Please arrive at 8:25am and bring all medications with you. I'm not given any further instructions, so I sit in my car and wait for them to let me know when to come inside, as per the texted instructions. I wait and wait until I start getting nervous. I go inside without being told and take a seat. I see patients come and go, and I'm still sitting there.. waiting. After the third patient goes back, I finally ask the receptionist (if you can call her that) why I haven't been seen. Turns out she somehow didn't know I was there, despite my following their text message directions! Apparently, the rest of the patients just ignore the directions and go right on in and up to the window... points for being ignorant of directions, I suppose. At this point I'm fuming, having wasted 45 minutes waiting unnecessarily due to poor instructions. I ask what's taking so long and she replies ""Dr. Katie bumped you down a couple of spots." Wait, WHAT?!? I'm being punished for following THEIR PROTOCOL?!? Unless I have to drive an hour out of my way, I'm done with Twin City Medical and am looking very, very hard for a doctor who has enough common sense to either respect patients that follow clear, laid out instructions even when her staff can't manage to, or can get their staff in line to actually give a crap about patients and their valuable time. I'm so tired of doctors acting like their time is more important than the people they make their living off of.

I've been to Twin City Medical twice since moving back to Bristol in June. I have a myriad of…read morehealth issues. I found the staff to be courteous, if not overly friendly, but then they put up with people all day, so I imagine that takes a toll. Dr. Roy Andrews was exceptionally nice and on my first very encouraging about getting me in to see a neurologist and pain management. I left the office feeling encouraged that someone seemed to know what needed to be done. However, he had failed to see something in my paperwork. My next visit, 2 weeks later, burst my bubble. He couldn't recommend me to neurologist or pain management as I have no insurance and virtually no income. But none of that was Dr. Andrews fault and he was still very kind. So, in all, the worst thing I can say is that they can't perform miracles or provide no cost healthcare. Their sliding scale payment was still affordable for me. But, for now anyway, nothing can be done but maintenance, pretty much like the past five years.