Jan 19, 2026
From Covenant Health Parkwest At Covenant Health, we know expert care starts with compassionate people. That’s why we’re proud to spotlight K. Robert Williams, Jr., MD, a board-certified bariatric and general surgeon at Covenant Health Parkwest and New Life Center for...
Jul 3, 2025
Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville provides long-term solutions for severe obesity. Patients are reclaiming their lives after weight-loss surgery that works. Just ask James Hamby of Wartburg, who underwent biliopancreatic diversion, also known as the duodenal...
Sep 23, 2024
At Parkwest Medical Center and New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery in Knoxville, Tennessee, bariatric surgery is changing lives. With expertise and experience, complex procedures like duodenal switch can lead to dramatic, lasting weight loss. “My starting weight...
Aug 25, 2021
From Parkwest Health & Lifestyles When your weight equals a quarter of a ton, day-to-day living is a lot of work. Jonathan Ward, a 46-year-old from Cleveland, Tennessee, was constantly considering how far he could walk while enduring the pain in his knees and how...
May 18, 2021
What is Gastric Bypass? Losing weight is more complicated than what other people perceive it to be. Some may easily do it through diet and exercise while others may not see a significant difference with these steps. If you’re one of the latter and your body mass index...
