|
Phone: (276) 546-4894 John Scott Litton, Jr., M.D. is a board certified family physician with a private practice at Lee Regional Medical Center in Pennington Gap, Virginia. He is assisted in his practice by Nurse Practitioner, Rita Brown. Although he was born on June 23, 1973 in Middlesboro, Kentucky, Dr. Litton is a lifelong resident of Lee County, Virginia. He grew up in a rural community called Dot and attended local schools, graduating from Lee High in 1991. Dr. Litton is married to the former Leigh Anne Roth of Warner Robins, Georgia. The Littons have two daughters, Mary Elizabeth "Libbey" and Caroline Raley, and they reside in the Flatwoods neighborhood of central Lee County. They are members of the First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap. Dr. Litton enrolled at the University of Virginia's College at Wise in 1991 and graduated with B.A. degrees in Chemistry and Biology in 1995. He spent a year in a post-baccalaureate program at the University of Virginia before enrolling in the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Litton received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the UVA School of Medicine in 2000 and immediately began his post-graduate medical training in Family Medicine at the Spartanburg Family Medicine Residency Program in Spartanburg, South Carolina. While in Spartanburg, Dr. Litton undertook additional training in the performance of endoscopy and worked extra hours in the emergency rooms of local hospitals to sharpen his acute care skills. He completed residency training in 2003 and moved to Pennington Gap to begin practicing medicine. Certified by the American Board of Family Practice, Dr. Litton is trained in Advanced Trauma and Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Life Support for Obstetrics, and Basic Life Support. Dr. Litton is also a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Many of the GMEC preceptors are board certified, but fellowship is maintained by less than 25 percent of all active AAFP members. Dr. Litton is a member of the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Association, and the Christian Medical and Dental Society. He is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and a preceptor for the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine. In addition, Dr. Litton is Medical Director of the Center for Wound Care at Lee Regional Medical Center and Medical Director for Wound Care at Ridgecrest Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Litton Family Medicine is open from 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. till 8:00 p.m. on Monday. Dr. Litton sees approximately 40 patients a day and the nurse practitioner sees 15-20 patients per day. The practice includes patients of all ages and from all walks of life.
The management information system at Litton Family Medicine is fully automated, with electronic medical records, tablet personal computers, internet service, and patient billing systems. Lee Regional Medical Center has a telemedicine connection with the University of Virginia Health System for medical education and subspecialty consultations. Dr. Litton has pediatric, medicine, and intensive care admitting privileges at Lee Regional Medical Center. He is credentialed to perform colonoscopies and EGDs there and is performing an average of 8-10 colonoscopies and EGDs per week in the endoscopy suite. Dr. Litton occasionally works in the hospital emergency department. Dr. Litton rounds on 3-5 patients a day in the hospital and shares call with five other primary care physicians on staff at the facility.
Dr. Litton enjoys the daily challenge of Family Medicine. With a healthy child in one room for a check-up, an elder in the next room with a complexity of vague symptoms and chronic illnesses, and a waiting room full of people with problems of their own, family practice requires the application of every skill learned over the course of medical education. Spending time with his family is Dr. Litton's favorite personal pursuit. He also enjoys playing golf, jogging, lifting weights, drawing, and football. GMEC can usually locate a furnished apartment or home for residents who rotate with Dr. Litton. However, we can offer no guarantees because short-term rentals are extremely difficult to secure in rural areas. If no furnished homes are available, residents may stay in area motels - Convenient Inn, Jonesville Motor Lodge, Comfort Inn or Travel Inn. GMEC will pay the cost of residents' lodging. The Town of Pennington Gap is home to 1,781 people. The population of Lee County is 23,589. Pennington lies at the base of Stone Mountain in a gap carved by the north fork of the Powell River. U.S. Highways 421 and 58A intersect in Pennington, offering two-lane access to the community from all directions. In or near the town are several discount stores, groceries, restaurants, cinema screens, specialty boutiques, a roller rink and a bowling alley. For fine dining, live theater, and serious shopping, most people drive to Kingsport, Tennessee, about 40 minutes to the southwest. Lake Keokee, Cave Springs, the Jefferson National Forest, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, and Natural Tunnel State Park are within 30 minutes of the Pennington area, offering hiking, biking, swimming, camping, hunting, fishing, and similar outdoor recreations. Lee County's landscape is a study in contrasts. The broad and beautiful valley of the Powell River crosses the mid-section of the county and includes fields as flat as the plains. To the north is all-but-impassable Stone Mountain and to the south is the spectacular Powell Mountain range. Forests in the northeast mask a landscape marred by coal mining, but the pastured lands to the east and west are unrivaled in terms of natural beauty. The Nature Conservancy has purchased and is preserving rare environments and endangered species in The Cedars and along the Powell River in central Lee County. A golf course and country club borders on The Cedars nature preserve. Major sectors of the local economy are educational, health and social services (25%), retail and wholesale trade (13%), manufacturing (12%), construction (10%), and agriculture, forestry, mining, fishing and hunting (10%). In 1995, the county's largest employers included the public school system, Lee Regional Medical Center, DeRoyal Industries (surgical appliances and supplies), Christiansburg Garment Company, and the Virginia Department of Transportation. See GMEC's city/county profiles for more information about Lee County and Southwest Virginia.
|
John
Scott Litton, Jr., M.D.
The
office is located in Suite 7, Lee Medical Plaza East, a medical office
building attached to Lee Regional Medical Center. There are three exam
rooms in the suite, along with staff offices, a nursing station, and
storage room. Dr. Litton's office also has a full service laboratory. The hospital's x-ray facilities
are just down the hall from Dr. Litton's office.
Lee
Regional Medical Center is an 80-bed acute care hospital with a standard
range of services: emergency, inpatient and outpatient care, intensive
care, surgery and anesthesia, obstetrics, radiology, imaging, laboratory,
cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, nutrition, physical therapy, pharmacy,
and home health. Dr. Litton serves as Medical Director for the hospital's
home health agency.