Practice with the Best!
For those looking to practice in a progressive, rapidly expanding environment that demands and breeds quality and excellence, Pikeville Medical Center is the place for you!
In a recent patient satisfaction survey of over 200 hospitals, including many names internationally known for their excellence in medicine, Pikeville Medical Center's doctors ranked number one for their overall quality of care; for involving patients in decisions about care; for their instructions / explanations of treatments and tests; and for their communication with patient / family.
Pikeville Medical Center is not just another hospital. Over the past 10 years we have experienced phenomenal growth as a direct result of the vision of and action of our administration. Our vision is of a medical center that meets every need a patient may have, and one where the patient can receive the highest quality care available. In order to achieve this, we are building the facilities, frequently adding services, purchasing state-of-the-art equipment and, not to mention, recruiting top-notch physicians. Our staff includes doctors who have spent their entire careers serving the people of our region, and it also includes physicians who have moved their families, practices and lives here from all parts of the nation, and the world.
How do we recruit these top notch professionals? Once they see everything that Pikeville Medical Center, and our community has to offer, they want to live and work here.
About Pikeville Medical Center PMC is a 261-bed medical center that has grown with the needs of the area during its 80-year history. The May Tower opened in December 2000 which more than doubled the existing space and provided even more room for future growth.
The medical staff consists of more than 150 physicians, including primary care and specialists. More than 90% of the medical staff are board certified.
PMC has recently added open-heart surgery, neurosurgery, endocrinology, a wound care center, a medical detoxification unit and is working towards the goal of becoming a major trauma center for the region. This expansion of services has created opportunities for physicians in numerous specialties.
Pikeville Medical Center strives to provide physicians with state-of-the-art technology. With the tremendous growth occurring at the medical center and numerous technology advances in healthcare, you will find that PMC stays on the cutting edge. Mobile and wireless technologies are being used and the medical center is continually looking for new and improved methods that will provide physicians with tools that promote patient safety and clinical efficiency.
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