Associated Orthopaedics joins Ballad Health Medical Associates

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Associated Orthopaedics of Kingsport is now part of Ballad Health Medical Associates.

Ballad Health announced that, effective last Monday, the clinic would operate as Ballad Health Medical Associates - Associated Orthopaedics of Kingsport.

All eight physicians at the clinic will continue providing care, according to Ballad. They are: • Jared Cordon, MD • Todd Horton, MD • Bruce Miller, MD • Christopher Pendola, MD • Benjamin Potter, DPM • Jeffrey Reese, MD • Patrick Riggins, MD • Michael Stallard, MD

"These doctors have choices as to whom they affiliate with, and we are so happy they chose to remain a locally operated group as part of a locally governed not-for-profit health system," Ballad Health chairman and CEO Alan Levine said in a release.