Wythe County Community Hospital recently announced that Urologists Nathan Goldin, MD, FACS, Alan Kaplan, MD, MBA, Joe Pazona, MD and Family Nurse Practitioner Katherine Morris have joined its medical staff to provide urologic care to Wytheville and the surrounding areas.
“We are excited about the addition to our medical staff and surgical team,” said Vicki Parks, chief executive officer (CEO) of Wythe County Community Hospital. “The providers’ background and training will be an asset to our community’s access to high-quality, patient-focused urology care.”
Dr. Goldin, Dr. Kaplan, Dr. Pazona, along with Katherine Morris, FNP specialize in general urology, kidney stones, erectile dysfunction, incontinence, prostate health, pelvic pain, and low testosterone.
The providers are accepting new patients, and appointments may be made by calling 276.228.5069. Wythe Physician Practices Urology is located at 590 W. Ridge Road, Suite I in Wytheville.
Dr. Kaplan is a board-certified urologist with extensive experience practicing full scope general urology. He completed his clinical training at the University of California Los Angeles and a healthcare administration fellowship thereafter. His interests include urological education, men’s health, prostate cancer, and end of life care considerations in urology. He is married and lives with his wife, a gastroenterologist, and three young children.
Dr. Goldin specializes in conditions that affect the urinary tract in men and women as well as diseases that affect the reproductive system. He attended medical school at University of Virginia. After that, Dr. Goldin completed an internal medicine residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, a surgical residency at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and a urology residency at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Joseph Pazona is a board-certified urologist and CEO/founder of VirtuCare a healthcare company which leverages telemedicine to deliver exceptional urology care to underserved populations. Dr. Pazona trained at Northwestern University for undergraduate studies, medical school, and residency. After over a decade of patient care in rural markets, he founded VirtuCare to improve the accessibility to urologists. VirtuCare currently partners with healthcare systems in Montana, Kentucky, Virginia and Illinois.
Morris is an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) who uses her skills in patient evaluation, diagnosis and treatment plan development through evidence-based practice for the wellbeing of her patients. She is a member of the Northeast Tennessee Nurse Practitioners Association. She was an Honor Society Nominee at East Tennessee University, Johnson City TN where she completed her Master of Science in Nursing.
