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Phone: (276) 679-0321 Souhail Shamiyeh is a board-certified internist with added qualifications in geriatric medicine who practices as one of the Medical Associates of Southwest Virginia, a multi-discipline practice. Medical Associates of Southwest Virginia is affiliated with the Wellmont Health System. Born November 5, 1958 in Beirut, Lebanon, Dr. Shamiyeh is a citizen of the United States. He is married to Dany T. Shamiyeh and they have two children, George and Caline. In 1981, Dr. Shamiyeh took a BS degree in Biology-Chemistry from American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon. He earned an MD degree from the same university in 1985. Dr. Shamiyeh moved to the United States in 1985 and spent a year studying clinical immunology at Georgetown University and infectious diseases at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D. C. In 1987, he completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, a program affiliated with the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Shamiyeh completed his Internal Medicine training in 1989 at Salem Hospital in Salem, Massachusetts. He was employed by Medical Management Services, a multi-specialty primary care practice affiliated with St. Mary's Hospital (now Mountain View Regional Medical Center) in Norton, between 1989 and 2000. He has been with Medical Associates of Southwest Virginia since 2000. Dr. Shamiyeh held several positions at St. Mary's at one time or another, including Chief of Staff, Medical Director, Chairman of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, and Director of Home Health. He was Director of Long Term Care at the hospital from 1994 to 2000. Dr. Shamiyeh is a member of the tactical response team for the Wise County Sheriff's Department. Dr. Shamiyeh was the vice-president, then president, of the medical staff of Wellmont-Lonesome Pine Hospital until 2006.
Dr. Shamiyeh sees an average of 20 patients a day in the office. About 5% of his patients are adolescents, 45% are adults under the age of 65, and 50% are senior adults. About 60% of his patients are covered by Medicare or Medicaid, 35% have commercial insurance coverage, and 5% are uninsured.
Special professional interests for Dr. Shamiyeh include geriatrics, rheumatology, diabetes, osteoporis, medical management, and sports medicine. He is a certified Bone Densometrist and EKG board certified. He is a soccer coach, collector of coins and stamps, and former Cub Scout troop leader. Dr. Shamiyeh plays basketball 2-3 times a week. He also enjoys photography, hiking, and spending time with his wife and children. Dr. Shamiyeh is an experienced preceptor, having hosted medical students, PA students, and nurse practitioner students for rotations in his office for several years. In 1998 and 1999, he received the Outstanding Clinical Preceptor Award for teaching nurse practitioner students from the University of Virginia. In 2000, Dr. Shamiyeh received the Preceptor of the Year Award from the College of Health Sciences in Roanoke, Virginia for teaching PAs. Residents who train with Dr. Shamiyeh can expect to see patients with many complex problems and stubborn illnesses that would prompt internists in less isolated places to refer patients to subspecialists for evaluation and treatment. In rural areas like Norton, Dr. Shamiyeh says that internists must practice more cardiology, endocrinology, and psychiatry. He says that making money is not the best part of practicing medicine. Greater rewards come when physicians develop long-standing friendships with patients. Dr. Shamiyeh really likes his patients, and his patients esteem him highly. Given enough notice, GMEC can locate a furnished house or apartment for residents who rotate with Dr. Shamiyeh. Residents may also choose to stay in area motels - Holiday Inn, Country Hearth Inn, Best Western, or Super 8. Alternately, residents may choose to stay in accommodations provided by the local hospital. Wellmont Lonesome Pine is a 60-bed hospital with a wide range of services - emergency, inpatient and outpatient care, intensive care, surgery and anesthesia, obstetrics, radiology, imaging, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, laboratory, nutrition, physical therapy, pharmacy, home health, and occupational medicine. Wellmont Health System is a non-profit integrated care delivery network that includes two tertiary level hospitals - Bristol Regional Medical Center (377 beds) and Holston Valley Medical Center (540 beds) along with Lonesome Pine and Hawkins Community Hospital. Norton lies in a long hollow shadowed by the northern face of spectacular Stone Mountain. The city is surrounded by land forever altered by surface (coal) mining, and its boundaries extend to those of the neighboring Town of Wise. The two municipalities share a population of around 12,000. The local economy is based on personal services, retail trade, manufacturing, communications, and transfer income (retirement pensions, disability income, and welfare benefits). In 1995, major employers included Mountain View Regional Medical Center, Wal-Mart, Norton Community Hospital, the school board, and a Pepsi-Cola bottling plant. Two four-lane highways - US 23 and US Alternate 58 - intersect in Norton and offer easy access for travelers in Southwest Virginia and Southeast Kentucky. There are three shopping centers in the Norton/Wise area with any number of department stores, groceries, discount stores, and specialty boutiques. There is a two-screen cinema in one of the shopping centers. American, Chinese, Mexican, and Italian "sit-down" restaurants compete with many fast food vendors for dining dollars. The Virginia/Kentucky "Opry" in downtown Norton showcases bluegrass, gospel, and country music acts on weekends. Norton has two parks with well-equipped playgrounds in the downtown area. On Stone Mountain, high above the city streets, are the Flag Rock and High Knob recreation areas with facilities for hiking, biking, swimming, picnicking, and fishing. From a fire tower on High Knob, visitors can enjoy a breathtaking 360-degree view of the surrounding countryside. Just on the other side of Stone Mountain are Bark Camp Lake and High Knob Lake, both created by dams built to store municipal water supplies and prevent flash floods. On the same mountain range are the dramatic Falls of the Little Stony, Guest River Gorge, and Hanging Rock Trail. For more information about Norton and neighboring counties, please see our county/city profiles. |
Souhail George Shamiyeh, M.D. 
Dr.
Shamiyeh's office hours are 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays
and 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. on Fridays. His practice is located in a
spacious new medical office building in Norton. He has exclusive use
of three exam rooms and there are additional rooms available for use
by residents. There is a laboratory of high complexity on the premises.
The facility is equipped for simple x-rays, echocardiography, ultrasound,
and bone density scans. Minor surgical procedures performed by Dr. Shamiyeh
include the removal of skin lesions, cryo-therapy, joint aspirations,
and all sorts of injections. The practice has a management information
system that can track the number and diagnoses of patients seen by residents.
Dr. Shamiyeh has a computer connected with the Internet in his office.
Dr.
Shamiyeh maintains Medicine and ICU/CCU privileges at Wellmont Lonesome
Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, where he rounds on 2-5 patients
a day. He is on call no more than every sixth week and every fourth weekend.
Dr. Shamiyeh admits those who need long term to Heritage Hall, a 180-bed
nursing home located next to the hospital. He has no call expectations
for residents.