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Phone: (276) 889-3700 Brian Easton, M.D. is a board certified family physician who practices in a group practice with Hughes Melton, M.D., and Ann Townsend, M.D. They have three nurse practitioner and one physician assistant. The practice opened in July 2000 and has two locations, with one office in Lebanon and one office in Honaker. Although born in Savannah, Georgia in 1969, Dr. Easton considers Virginia his home. He is married to Kathryn and has three children, Mary, John, and Hannah. The Eastons reside in Lebanon and enjoy church and family activities. He loves the outdoors and spends some of his free time hiking and going on picnics. Most of all, Dr. Easton enjoys spending time with his family. He coaches soccer, basketball, and baseball. Dr. Easton holds an interdisciplinary BA degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, awarded in 1991. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine with an MD degree in 1997. In 2000, Dr. Easton completed three years of training at the University of Virginia Family Medicine Residency Program in Charlottesville. Dr. Easton is a certified provider of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). He is also a member of the Southwest Virginia GMEC Board of Directors. Dr. Easton maintains medicine, pediatric, and ICU admitting privileges at Russell County Medical Center in Lebanon. C-Health physicians round on 10-15 patients a day in the hospital. The doctor visits patients at home as warranted by their health status and allowed by his schedule. He also sees patients at adult care facilities in Lebanon, and at Maple Grove Health Care Center, a 60-bed nursing home, also in Lebanon. Among Dr. Easton's professional interests are evidence-based medicine and pediatrics. In addition, he has gone on a few medical mission trips and enjoys serving the poor. He also loves to teach students and residents. Dr. Easton and his partners are involved in the efficient management of their practice, using a patient flow system called "advanced access." Dr. Easton encourages residents to train at C-Health. There, they will encounter hard-working young doctors who love to teach and who enjoy the full range of family practice, from pediatrics to geriatrics. Lebanon is a beautiful place with friendly people who show an obvious need for medical care.
There are twelve exam rooms and one treatment room in the clinic, along with a waived medical laboratory with microscopy. Specimens for non-waived tests are collected on the premises and sent to reference labs for processing. They perform X-rays, DEXA scans, soft tissue ultrasounds, and ECHO on site. The doctors solicit pharmaceutical manufacturers for donated medicines on behalf of indigent patients. Procedures done on the premises include the removal of skin lesions, toe nail removal, joint and soft tissue injections, colposcopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, LEEP, vasectomy, and simple fractures. Procedures done in the hospital include central lines, thoracentesis, paracentesis, spinal taps, stress testing, and circumcisions. C-Health is a completely computerized practice, with electronic medical records, an Internet connection, and automated patient accounts.
Russell County once boasted the largest cattle ranches east of the Mississippi, and the high mountain pastures of the Clinch River Valley are a legacy of those bygone days. Pastures surrounding the Town of Lebanon fade into forests in the northern and western parts of the county, which stretch across the coal-bearing hills of the Cumberland Plateau. The population of Russell County is about 28,500. The population of Lebanon, which is the seat of government for the county, is 3,399. Three highways - U.S. 19, Rte. 82, and Rte. 71 - converge in Lebanon, offering easy access to larger communities in the region. The town is situated less than 30 minutes from Interstate 81. Retail sales, manufacturing, transfer income (retirement pensions, disability income, and welfare benefits), personal services, coal mining, tobacco agriculture and stock farming are major elements of the Russell County economy. In 1995, the largest employers in the county were the Lear Corporation (automotive stampings), the public schools, Clinchfield Coal Company, Russell County Medical Center, Lebanon Apparel, Teleflex Automotive Division, American Electric Power, and Pittston Coal Management. Local residents are served by a number of restaurants, groceries, banks, churches, discount stores, and specialty shops. For fine dining, live theater, and serious shopping, most residents drive to historic Abingdon, about 30 minutes to the south. Outdoor enthusiasts can hike, bike, camp, picnic, fish, hunt, boat, and ride horses in a number of recreation areas within easy distance - Guest River Gorge, Falls of the Little Stony, Hanging Rock Trail, the Devil's Bathtub, the Clinch River, and the Virginia Creeper Trail. For more information about the community, please see our profile of
Russell County.
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Brian
Easton, M.D.
C-Health
operates from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and has evening
and weekend hours. Each physician sees between 25-30 patients a day.
In the first six months of practice, about 10% of patient visits were
with children, about 40% with adults under the age of 65, and about
50% with geriatric adults. Dr. Easton estimates that 60% of his patients
are covered by Medicare or Medicaid. Another 30% of his patients are
covered by commercial carriers and about 10% of them are uninsured.
Russell
County Medical Center is a 78-bed acute care hospital across the street
from C-Health. Hospital services include emergency
care, inpatient and outpatient care, intensive care, surgery and anesthesia,
radiology, imaging, laboratory, nutrition, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation,
physical therapy, pharmacy, and home health. Specialties represented
on the medical staff include: Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Emergency
Medicine, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine,
Oncology, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pulmonology, Radiology, and Surgery.