Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is located at:
1901 Clinch Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37916
For parking instructions click here.
From the West:
- Take I-40 Eastbound Lanes
- Take the TN-62 exit (exit number 387) towards 17th Street/Western Avenue
- Immediately get in the Right lane
- Turn Right onto 17th Street
- Turn Right onto Highland Avenue
- Turn Left onto 19th Street
- Parking Garage entrance is on your Left
From the East:
- Take I-40 Westbound Lanes
- Take exit number 387 towards TN-62/17th Street/Western Avenue
- Turn slight Right onto Ailor Avenue
- Turn slight Right onto 17th Street
- Turn Right onto Highland Avenue
- Turn Left onto 19th Street
- Parking Garage entrance is on your Left
From the South:
- Take the Alcoa Hwy/TN-115 N/TN-73 N
- Take the US-11 Kingston Pike/US-70 ramp
- Turn Right onto Kingston Pike
- Turn Left onto 21st Street
- Turn Right onto Laurel Avenue
- Turn Left onto 19th Street
- Parking Garage entrance is immediately on your Right
From the North:
- Take I-75 South
- Take I-275 S towards Asheville
- Merge onto I-40 West
- Take exit number 387 towards TN-62/17th Street/Western Avenue
- Turn slight Right onto Ailor Avenue
- Turn slight Right onto 17th Street
- Turn Right onto Highland Avenue
- Turn Left onto 19th Street
- Garage entrance is on your Left
Patient Stories
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After spine surgery at Fort Sanders Regional, Michelle Rose is finally free from the suffering that held her back for so long.
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Tammy Brooks arrived by helicopter at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center at least 24 hours – maybe even several days – after suffering an acute ischemic stroke.
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A local man survived the type of stroke that normally kills 80 percent of its victims. He’s doing so well, he just moved to Europe and is enjoying life to its fullest. It’s been three and a half years since Ken Harrawood suffered a stroke. It hit while he was driving to Y-12 for his first day of work with Bechtel. He now lives in Manchester, England.
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Adam Hill gets the tools in place for the next life-saving surgery in the interventional radiology lab at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. As lead tech, Hill knows this place like the back of his hand. He never dreamed he’d be a patient receiving treatment here, suffering from a ruptured aneurysm, like so many patients he’s helped treat.
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Since recovering from a stroke, Paul DeWitt appreciates simple pleasures that are easily taken for granted. He grasps a cup of coffee. He smiles and laughs. He even appreciates the ability to whistle.
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Jane Coleman heard her husband make an odd noise, “almost like hiccups but not exactly,” but when she turned to look at him, she knew immediately what was happening: He was having a stroke.