if you go to the emergency room

• Go to the University of Tennessee Emergency Room if practical
• Call University Surgeons Associates, PC (865) 305-9621 before you go.  Your surgeon or the surgeon on call can make advance arrangements for you; this will expedite your evaluation and treatment
• When you arrive, tell the triage nurse you are our patient and were instructed to have University Surgeons Associates called when you arrived at the ER