Dr. Sarah Willard, MD

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Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Sarah Willard, who serves patients in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Dr. Willard is a board certified general surgeon who is currently serving patients at East Tennessee Surgical Group in Knoxville, Tennessee. She is also affiliated with several hospitals and medical centers in the area, including East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, and Select Specialty Hospital-Knoxville.

Dr. Willard is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Fellowship is one of the most distinguished designations the College offers its members. It is the ultimate recognition of professional achievement.

Dr. Willard earned her medical degree from the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. She completed her residencies in general surgery at Baylor University Medical Center and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She also completed her fellowship in surgical critical care at the University of Minnesota. 

Dr. Willard is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1937 to provide board certification to individuals who have met a defined standard of education, training and knowledge in the field of surgery.

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. A general surgeon, like Dr. Willard, performs a wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall neoplasms, gallbladder disease, gastric and pancreatic disease. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care.

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