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Pardee adds Southeastern practices on Jan. 1

By Lightning Reports, Published: December 23, 2015

Pardee Hospital will add to its orthopedics service line when Southeastern Sports Medicine and Orthopedics comes on board on Jan. 1, the hospital announced.

The addition will expand Pardee's orthopedics program, which received "high performing" ratings in hip replacement and knee replacement from U.S. News & World Report.

As a department of Pardee, Southeastern Sports Medicine and Orthopedics will provide comprehensive sports medicine and orthopedic care for the athletes, students and families in Western North Carolina. The practice is comprised of a team of medical professionals specializing in the treatment and care of bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons and joints. The physicians practicing in the Pardee clinics will include Keith M. Maxwell, M.D., Gregory S. Motley, M.D., Andrew Rudins, M.D., Richard B. Jones, M.D., R. Christian Estes, M.D., James Phelps, M.D., M.P.T., Andrew Kersten, M.D., and Amal K. Das, Jr., M.D.

"Southeastern Sports Medicine and Orthopedics is an excellent addition to our robust group of providers and surgeons working with Pardee," James M. Kirby II, CEO of Pardee Hospital, said in a news release. "With the addition of the Southeastern Sports Medicine and Orthopedics team, we look forward to providing high quality orthopedic care to even more people in Western North Carolina. We are thrilled to have them join the Pardee family."

The new Pardee practice will treat patients at Asheville Highway and Four Seasons Boulevard (next to Pardee's Urgent Care) in Hendersonville; at Turtle Creek in Asheville, the Mission Pardee Health Campus in Fletche and in Waynesville. To make an appointment, call (828) 274-4555 or visit pardeehospital.org.