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Phone: (276) 386-9771 Larry Wilson, M.D. is a family physician in practice with Holston Medical Group in Weber City, Virginia. He partners with three other family physicians - Allen Chan, M.D., Steve Adkins, M.D., and Bob Geer, M.D. The practice also includes a family nurse practitioner, Mitzi Musick. Dr. Wilson graduated from Hampton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989. He moved to Dekalb, Illinois, where he earned a M.S. in Cellular Physiology at Northern Illinois University in 1992. In 1998, he received a M.D. degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Camden, New Jersey. He completed medical training in 2001 at the Family Practice Residency Program of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina - Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. Wilson has been with Holston Medical Group in Weber City since completing his residency in 2001.
Dr. Wilson maintains admitting privileges at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center and Indian Path Medical Center in Kingsport, Tennessee. He is on call an average of three nights a month and one weekend every eight weeks. Dr. Wilson serves as a fill-in hospitalist for the practice and sometimes staffs an after hours clinic for Holston Medical Group in Kingsport. Dr. Wilson also has admitting privileges at the Brian Center in Weber City, a 60-bed long-term care facility just up the street from his office. Minor surgery is of particular interest to Dr. Wilson and he performs many procedures in the office, including endometrial biopsies, colposcopies, flexible sigmoidoscopies, removal of lesions and sebaceous cysts, and laceration repair. He is also very interested in geriatric medicine. Dr. Wilson is married and resides in Gate City, Virginia. Larry is a former national champion in bowling (1990) and he continues to enjoy the sport. He also enjoys fishing, collecting comic books, and spectator sports. Residents who train with Holston Medical Group can expect to learn the ropes of both inpatient and outpatient management in settings that challenge the intellect. A rotation with Dr. Wilson will hone residents' differential diagnosis and physical examination skills while exposing residents to patients with a broad range of acute and chronic complaints. Indian Path Medical Center is a 330-bed hospital with a full range of outpatient services. Premiere services include a nationally recognized stroke center, an emergency department with Level III trauma designation, a family-focused birthing center, geriatric psychiatric services, a fertility center, and a full range of behavioral and addiction services. Indian Path is an integral member in the eight-facility Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA). Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center is a 540-bed hospital that offers comprehensive services and includes the following centers of excellence: Christine LaGuardia Phillips Cancer Center, James H. Quillen Regional Heart Center, Regional Children's Center, Lung Center, and a Level I Trauma Center. The Wellmont Health System includes Bristol Regional Medical Center (377 beds), Holston Valley Medical Center, and Lonesome Pine Hospital (49 staffed beds). Weber City is an incorporated town with a population of about 1,350. It is in Scott County, Virginia, which has a population of 23,403. Weber City is situated in a natural break or "gap" in the Clinch Mountain range near the Virginia/Tennessee border. The four lanes of U.S. Highway 23/58/421 merge into Interstate 181 just over the Tennessee border past Weber City. Scott County employment is based on manufacturing (21.3%), educational, health and social services (18.7%), retail and wholesale trade (16.9%), and construction (8.9%). In 1995, the largest employers in the county were the school board, Mascotech Industrial (automotive stampings), Joy Technologies (mining equipment), Ridgecrest Manor (nursing home), and KVT Food Stores (grocery distributors). Weber City lies between Gate City, Virginia and Kingsport, Tennessee. Without signs pointing out the town limits, drivers are unable to tell when they pass from one community to the next. Gate City is a town of 2,160 people; the population of Kingsport is 44,905. Given the many restaurants, shopping malls, cinemas, city parks, specialty boutiques, discount stores, and arts groups located in Kingsport, there is no shortage of recreational opportunities within a 20-minute drive of Weber City. There are two purely local points of interest: the Carter Family Fold is the home of the legendary Carter-Cash family where Jannette Carter hosts country music performances every weekend; the Homeplace Museum is a mountain farmstead (circa 1840-1850) with buildings reassembled from original log structures brought in from throughout Southwest Virginia. For more information about the local area, see the GMEC profile of Scott County.
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Larry
T. Wilson, M.D.
Dr.
Wilson sees patients in an office setting from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday. Holston Medical Group occupies a modern, well-equipped
facility with 18 exam rooms, three for each provider, including the
nurse practitioner. There is a CLIA Level I medical lab on clinic premises
along with standard x-ray equipment. Most lab specimens go by courier
to a large laboratory in Kingsport, Tennessee. Patients who need other
diagnostic studies are referred to the hospital of their choice.
On
average, Dr. Wilson sees 22-26 patients a day in the office. He estimates
that 5% of his patients are infants or children, 20% are adolescents
or adults under the age of thirty, 35% are adults between thirty and
sixty-four, and 40% are geriatric adults. About 25% of Dr. Wilson's
patients are covered by Medicaid or Medicare, 5% are self-pay, and 70%
are covered by commercial insurance or managed care organizations.