The University of Tennessee Medical Center is pleased to announce that Dr. John Scott, a general surgeon practicing with the Tennessee Weight Loss and Surgery Center and University Surgeons Associates, joined the medical center. Scott, who specializes in the areas of laparoscopic and bariatric surgery, also serves as an assistant professor with the UT Graduate School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery.

"Dr. Scott’s expertise and fellowship training in laparoscopic surgery greatly enhances our minimally invasive and bariatric surgery capabilities at UT Medical Center,” said Dr. Greg Mancini, medical director of the Tennessee Weight Loss and Surgery Center at UT Medical Center.

Scott, who recently completed a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at the University of Cincinnati, earned his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tenn. A member of the American College of Surgeons, Scott earned a bachelor’s in biology from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and a master’s in biology from the University of Memphis.

“I am excited to join the University of Tennessee Medical Center faculty and look forward to serving the surgical needs of the East Tennessee medical community,” said Scott.

Scott and his wife Jean have two daughters, Addison, 3, and Caroline, 1. The family lives in the West Knoxville/Concord area.

The University of Tennessee Medical Center is a 581-bed, not-for-profit academic medical center, which serves as a referral center for Eastern Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky and Western North Carolina. The medical center, the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, is one of the largest employers in Knoxville. For more information about the University of Tennessee Medical Center, visit online at www.utmedicalcenter.org.