Mission Health is pleased to announce the opening of a new, woman-centric obstetrics, gynecology, and midwifery practice in Sylva and Bryson City.
Elizabeth A. England, MD, has joined Mission Health and
Mission Medical Associates, effective Aug. 4. Dr. England currently sees
patients from the Mission Angel OB/GYN & Family Practice office located on
Mission Health’s Angel Medical Center campus at 190 Riverview
Street, Suite 2, in Franklin, which provides her the opportunity to offer
much needed additional obstetrics and gynecologic care to the Western counties
of our region. The Mission Women’s Care office
at 470 Center St. in Bryson City is scheduled to open in mid-September. The
Mission Women’s Care Sylva office is set to open this fall.
Dr. England is a graduate of East Tennessee State University
and the James H. Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, Tennessee, a
program that focuses on providing care to rural communities. She later
completed her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Mountain Area
Health Education Center (MAHEC) in Asheville. Dr. England’s personal care
philosophy places an emphasis on patient-centered, compassionate care and
minimally invasive surgery.
To provide the most complete range of obstetric and
gynecologic services, Dr. England will be joined this fall by three certified
nurse midwives (CNM) under the practice name of Mission Women’s Care. Working
in close collaboration with OB-GYN physicians, CNMs offer a holistic approach
to women’s care. The three CNMs joining Mission Women’s Care Sylva are Anne
Karner, Judi Layton and Cynthia Noland, all previously affiliated with Smoky
Mountain OB-GYN and long-time practitioners in the Sylva area. They will
continue to serve the community as they have been while now being connected
with the larger Mission Women’s Health team of providers serving western North
Carolina. The inclusion of these talented CNMs by Mission Women’s Care
will allow the new local practice to offer a spectrum of care and an ideal
blend of personalized services close to home and immediate access to world
class sub-specialists, technology and facilities when needed.
“Reaching into the places that need increased access to care
– our rural communities – is very important to Mission, and to those in the
field of women’s services,” said Kellett Letson, MD, Mission Women’s Health
Medical Director. “This team will serve new and growing families at one of the
most important times in their lives. We are honored to be a part of that
special moment.”
Building on Mission’s BIG (GER) Aim of getting each patient
to the desired outcome, first without harm, also without waste and with an
exception experience for the patient and family, Mission Women’s Care Sylva
will bring the right care at the right place and at the lowest cost to women
who need specialized care.
“I’m delighted that we are able to expand our services in
the Sylva area with the addition of a dynamic new group of professionals who
will become Mission Women’s Care Sylva,” said Susan Mims, MD, Vice President
for Women’s Services at Mission Health. “The community will be served well by
this very special combination of practitioners.”
To schedule an appointment with
Dr. England or any of the three nurse midwives, please call (828) 349-8288.
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