Jefferson Surgical Clinic is proud to announce that the physicians and staff of The Neurosurgical Center of Southwest Virginia  will join our practice on April 1, 2010.  The offices of Edgar N. Weaver, Jr. MD FACS and Raymond V. Harron, D. O. continue to be located at 5304 Indian Grave Road, Roanoke Va.  We welcome these excellent physicians and their patients to Jefferson Surgical Clinic- Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery.

On Monday, January 25th, 2010, Jefferson Surgical Clinic proudly opened our newest office at 1924 Braeburn Circle, Salem, Virginia 24153.  Our Ear, Nose and Throat physicians, Geoffrey T. Harter M.D. and Gregory C. Zachmann, M.D. will be available there and in our Roanoke office located at 1234 Franklin Road SW, Roanoke, Virginia 24016.  With the expansion to the new Braeburn Circle office, we will be able to offer our patients immediate access to a full range of Audiology and Allergy services, along with physician availability in the Salem office 8:30am to 5:00pm daily.  We believe you will find the parking and the location to be easy to access and convenient to the Lewis-Gale campus.

Phone:  (540) 266-3790

Fax:      (540) 444-7344

Driving Directions
From VA Route 419/220 (Electric Road), Turn onto Braeburn Drive.  Continue past Lewis-Gale Medical Center entrance, then turn RIGHT onto Braeburn Circle.  Office is located on LEFT, and occupies the same building as Braeburn Family Practice

Your Jefferson Surgical Clinic physician wants to let you know that we are NOT INCLUDED in the Carilion Clinic Medicare Advantage list of participating physicians.   We suggest that before you choose ANY health insurance plan, please be sure to check the Provider Directory for the doctors you choose.  Rest assured Jefferson Surgical Clinic DOES PROVIDE Medicare coverage to our patients and will continue to do so.  Watch for a letter in your mailbox containing more details.  Thank you.

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Jefferson Surgical Clinic’s Gregory C. Zachmann, M.D., FACS, has been elected president of the Virginia Society of Otolaryngology.  He is in practice at Roanoke’s Jefferson Surgical Clinic as a board-certified Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon.

The Virginia Society of Otolaryngology is the state’s society of Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) physicians.  The organization provides support and continuing education to its member doctors and also assists its patients in dealing with insurance and government issues affecting health care.  One of the group’s recent accomplishments was supporting passage through the Virginia Legislature of the state-wide restaurant smoking ban.

Jefferson Surgical Clinic proudly congratulates Michelle P. Liles, PA-C, MBA , the 2009 recipent of the Bradley Free Clinic’s Marie Cartwright Award.  Ms. Liles was recognized for (exhibiting a high standard of excellence in volunteering in the tradition of Ms. Cartwright, for which the award is named.”

Men will be men.  You are one – or love one – and know that most men seem to put off going to the doctor unless they have symptoms of something.  It’s a guy thing.

When it comes to your prostate, you have to be in the know.  And getting in the know about your body means you need to begin screening for Prostate Cancer at age 40.  Why?

You need a baseline.  And you and your doctor can easily follow any changes in your PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) which is a protein produced by your prostate.  If the numbers spike, you might have an issue.

Here’s the deal with Prostate Cancer: There are no symptoms, no signs.

So you have to get checked.  Yearly.  No big deal.

There are two simple tests that take 10 seconds each.  Your doctor will take a blood sample from your arm and a quick digital exam of your rectum.  Done.

And if you have Prostate Cancer, the great news is that early detection is likely to result in a cure.

So it’s cool to be in the know.  Get screened, get it done yearly.

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month…make it a point to get your prostate checked.

Jefferson Surgical Clinic’s team of urologists employs the latest technologies for screening.  Make an appointment for yourself – or the man you love – today.

Jefferson Surgical Clinic now offers a Vascular Screening option designed to evaluate your overall vascular health, as well as detect early stages of vascular disease before you experience any symptoms. Our screening program includes:

• Abdominal Aorta Ultrasound screening for detection of Aneurysm
• Carotid Artery Ultrasound for Stroke prevention
• Blood pressure testing to evaluate circulation in the legs

Each procedure will be offered at a cost of $50.00. If you schedule all three procedures, the cost will be $125.00. No Insurance claims will be filed. Jefferson Surgical accepts Cash, Check or a Major Credit Card.

Call 540.345.1561 to make your appointment, no doctor order is needed.

The Jefferson Surgical Clinic Vascular Lab is accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL)

Dr. Steven Harris has been performing mini-facelifts for 14 years. He is a board-certified plastic surgeon and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Harris graduated from Duke University Medical School in 1984 and completed his plastic surgery residency there in 1993. In between, he completed a general surgery residency at the University of Texas/Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.How can a mini-facelift help me?

Everyone over the age of thirty-five or forty has tried a “facelift” in the mirror by pushing upward on their cheeks. A mini-facelift can achieve this same effect by surgically securing the tissues in this higher position where they will remain for years, while avoiding many of the downsides of traditional facelifts.