ETSU Health Sports Medicine Brings High-Quality Care To The Tri-Cities

From East Tennessee State University:

August 18, 2021

JOHNSON CITY – ETSU Health’s three Family Medicine clinics now offer comprehensive Sports Medicine care for all generations, from injury treatment and prevention to orthopedics care and ultrasound-guided joint injections.

Ralph L. Mills, M.D., is now accepting patients at ETSU Health Family Medicine clinics in Johnson City, Kingsport and Bristol.

Mills is the team physician for East Tennessee State University Athletics and Daniel Boone and David Crockett high schools, treating players and coaches alike. Growing up in Madisonville, Mills admired the local doctor’s dedication to players and the community, noticing how he always had his doctor’s bag ready on the sidelines. Mills aspired from an early age to follow in the doctor’s footsteps.

His goal for patients is to help them maintain prime health or return to health.

“I also like to think of patients the way I think of my family,” Mills said. “Some of them have been my patients for going on 30 years. They are very important to me, and I have always wanted to have them feel that they are treated with kindness and respect.”

Mills is board certified in sports medicine and family medicine. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.

To schedule an appointment, call 423-439-4044. For more information on services and locations, visit ETSUHealth.org/SportsMed.

With 30 clinical sites and more than 250 healthcare providers, ETSU Health is on the front lines of efforts to improve the health of Northeast Tennessee by offering leading-edge healthcare in dozens of specialties.

ETSU Health is the outward-facing brand that includes the pursuits of ETSU’s thriving Academic Health Science Center and the clinical components of ETSU Physicians & Associates and Northeast Tennessee Community Health Centers Inc. For more, visit ETSUHealth.org.

This press release was produced by East Tennessee State University. The views expressed are the author's own.