Kingsport, Tenn.-based Ballad Health’s Bristol Regional Medical Center fired cardiothoracic surgeon Nathan Smith, MD, after he offered and let the CEO of Bristol Regional make the first cut in a ...

It was Dr. Nathan Smith, a cardiothoracic surgeon. He was fired Thursday. In a statement, the hospital's now former CEO Greg Neal said he was watching a surgery when the Smith offered for him to ...

The Courier reported that Dr. Smith had only been with Bristol Regional Medical Center since July, the same month he graduated from the cardiothoracic surgery fellowship program of Albany (N.Y ...

Nathan Smith, country doctor, famous surgeon, backwoods wit, educator of four thousand doctors, builder of four medical schools, politician, friend of the famous and friend of the poor, ...