Meet The Surgeons

of Bristol Surgical Associates

Providing Compassionate Care

Our group of surgeons are dedicated to the finest technical, compassionate, and personalized multi-specialty surgical care for the people of the Appalachian Highlands.

Meet Our Surgeons

Benjamin S. Scharfstein, Jr. | M.D., F.A.C.S.

General & Vascular Surgery

Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University; Bachelor’s of Science 1990-1994
Medical School: University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN 1994-1998
Internship: East Tennessee State University, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN 1998-1999
Residency: East Tennessee State University , James H. Quillen College of Medicine , Johnson City TN 1999-2003
Certification: American Board of Surgery, 2004; Recertification, 2015
Medical Director of Trauma Services at Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center
Chief of Staff Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center—2017
Certified Advanced Trained on da Vinci Surgical System and Single Site Platform, Intuitive Approved Proctor for General Surgery Robotics; 1 of top 4 proctors in the state of Tennessee.

Sidney W. Collins, Jr. | M.D., F.A.C.S.

General & Vascular Surgery

Medical School: University of Arkansas College of Medicine Little Rock, AR 2002
Residency: East Tennessee State University Department of Surgery, Johnson City, TN 2007
Certification: American Board of Surgery, 2007; Recertification 2018, 2020
Certified Advanced Trained on da Vinci Surgical System and Single Site Platform

Paige C. Furrow | M.D., F.A.C.S.

General & Vascular Surgery

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine-Charlottesville, VA 2004
Residency: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center-Winston-Salem, NC 2009
Certification: American Board of Surgery, 2011
Certified Advanced Trained da Vinci Surgical System and Single Site Platform

Eugene C. McClintic | M.D., F.A.C.S.

General Surgery

Medical School: University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 1984-1988
Residency in General Surgery: Memorial Medical Center, Savannah, GA 1988-1993
Certification: American Board of Surgery, 1994; Recertification 2003, 2013
Private Practice, General Surgery at Surgical Associates, PC 1993-2015
Certified Advanced Trained on da Vinci Surgical System and Single Site Platform

John F. Vance | D.O., F.A.C.S.

General Surgery

Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA
Internship: East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Residency: East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Certification: American Board of Surgery, 2020
Certified Advanced Trained on da Vinci Surgical System and Single Site Platform

Jessica N. McCracken | D.O.

General Surgery

Medical School: Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN 2013
Residency: Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, Wyandotte, MI 2013-2018
Certification: American Osteopathic Board of Surgery, 2018
Certified Advanced Trained on da Vinci Surgical System and Single Site Platform

Jake F. Sides | M.D.

GENERAL & VASCULAR SURGERY

Medical School: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Residency: Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware
Certification: American Board of Surgery, 2021
Certified Advanced Trained on da Vinci Surgical System and Single Site Platform

Emeritus

Charles Harkrader, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Talmadge Buchanan, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Frank Blanton, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S.

L. Dow Strader, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S.

Kermit Lowry, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S.

Thomas C. Greene, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Glenn H. Birkitt, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S.

Michael D. Rowell, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Robert H. Blanton, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.

D. Nelson Gwaltney, M.D., F.A.C.S. (Currently practicing with Bristol Regional Wound Care Center)

Our Team

Dedicated to Your Well-Being

From medical assistants, to billing and insurance specialists, and front office team members, Bristol Surgical has a robust support system to provide you with the care and attention you need.

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Meet The Surgeons

Providing Compassionate Care

Meet Our Surgeons

Benjamin S. Scharfstein, Jr. | M.D., F.A.C.S.

General & Vascular Surgery

Sidney W. Collins, Jr. | M.D., F.A.C.S.

General & Vascular Surgery

Paige C. Furrow | M.D., F.A.C.S.

General & Vascular Surgery

Eugene C. McClintic | M.D., F.A.C.S.

General Surgery

John F. Vance | D.O., F.A.C.S.

General Surgery

Jessica N. McCracken | D.O.

General Surgery

Jake F. Sides | M.D.

GENERAL & VASCULAR SURGERY

Emeritus

D. Nelson Gwaltney, M.D., F.A.C.S. (Currently practicing with Bristol Regional Wound Care Center)

Our Team

Dedicated to Your Well-Being

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