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Dr. Roberts follows an unusual path to medicine
You often hear people who become top professionals in their field say they dreamed of being that from an early age, but that wasn’t the case with Dr. Greg Roberts.
It’s not a stretch to say he came to be with Cookeville Regional Medical Center and Tier 1 Institute in Cookeville through an unusual path.
Dr. Roberts, an Upper Cumberland native, decided to pursue a medical degree after three years in a completely different major. The rest of the story
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New hip replacement technique at CRMC helps woman walk pain-free
A new surgical technique practiced by Cookeville orthopedic surgeon Dr. Greg Roberts is greatly reducing pain and recovery time for hip-replacement patients.
Dr. Roberts, a physician with Tier 1 Orthopedic and Neurosurgical Institute in Cookeville, affiliated with Cookeville Regional Medical Center, has been using the new technique for several months and has performed a couple dozen of them already.
One of his success stories is Crossville’s Susan Tabor, who underwent the new technique on September 24.
“I had been in pain for about five years,” Tabor said. “At one point, The rest of the story
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You can come home again!
Famous author Patricia Neal Lanza grew up in Crossville, spent
the rest of her life traveling around the country, but now she’s home.
The story you are about to read is true. The names have not been changed to protect the innocent. It’s a real American short story, told to me by a lady I met just a few weeks ago, a lady who has moved back to her home county. The rest of the story
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Walk-in clinics are quickly changing the face of medicine
BY DON NAPIER Crossville Life Publisher In 2012, there were nearly 130 million emergency room visits in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s a staggering number. Many people relied on emergency departments for … The rest of the story
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Crossville Life Magazine Feb. – Mar., 2016
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