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Meadowview welcomes new surgeon
By BARBARA GOLDMAN, Staff Writer
As the newest member of the Maysville medical community and staff of Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Dr. Lawrence Manship brings with him 20 years of experience as a surgeon, and a commitment to quality healthcare, he said Friday.
"Larry Manship has been a great recruit for Maysville. He brings with him local ties and many years of experience. We are excited for the addition to the community to work with Larien Kearns MD, a life saver to the community for many, many years," said MRMC CEO Chad Patrick.
Manship will conduct a practice in addition to working with the hospital. The doctor and officials with the hospital have been engaged in talks for some time, hoping for an arrangement for Manship to cover surgical on-call part-time. But the departure of another surgeon meant the right opportunity for a more permanent relationship had presented itself.
Since the Maysville practice will be his first solo venture, Manship said "Right now I'm enjoying the excitement of building a practice from the ground up."
Manship was just finishing up his first week at the hospital on Friday.
"We started with the carpet and walls," said Manship about his office suite at MRMC. Manship said his staff, including Kim Pollit, LPN and Christa Stewart, office coordinator, have been a great help in getting things running and organized.
"We had our first patient referral earlier this week before the office was ready," said Manship who has already performed surgery at Meadowview. "We're still waiting on some office supplies. It's a nice office and it's very convenient."
The outpatient surgery department is located just down the hall from his suite, making it convenient for the doctor and patients.
"I couldn't ask for a better spot as a general surgeon," said Manship. "The hospital has been extremely supportive in helping us. People in the community have bent over backwards to help us get off to a great start, along with the cooperate backing. It's a great benefit to have a hospital and cooperation backing. I can't imagine doing it any other way."
Manship was born in Leery, Ohio but grew up in Los Angeles. Manship's father was in the department store business in the San Fernando Valley while he attended the same high school as Marilyn Monroe and Don Drysdale. Manship's mother was from eastern Kentucky. His parents retired and the family moved back to Kentucky where Manship went to Morehead State University and played baseball.
Manship graduated from the University of Kentucky medical school where he met his wife, Debra. Manship said his wife was pursuing a clothing and textile degree but decided to attend medical school.
Manship and his wife moved to Columbia, S.C., where he finished his training as a surgeon. His wife went into psychiatry. Five years later they moved to Memphis, Tenn., for his wife's fellowship. They relocated again to Charleston, S.C., where Manship joined an established practice.
Seven years later the family moved to Mount Sterling, to be closer to Manship's parents. They remained there for six years before going back to South Carolina and coming back again to be closer to his wife's family in Morehead.
Manship and his wife have three children, Trevor, 13, Kirstin, 19, and Logan, 17. Manship has been working as a locum tenens, a physician that covers for absent doctors, prior to joining the staff at Meadowview.
"I've been doing a lot of traveling but it's been fun because I've seen quite a bit about practicing and learned a lot," said Manship. "But I'm happy to be in one full-time place in a practice."
Manship said he is excited about becoming part of a smaller community. His family has moved to Maysville and hopes to purchase a home here.
"Smaller communities have a tendency to support the people living and working in the community," said Manship. "Having trained at UK, there are lots of doctors that went to medical school with me working there, the only difference is we're practicing in different locations."
"Having lived and worked in a lot of hospitals, I've seen there's more than one way to do it other than just the hometown way but I've seen there are assets to doing things the community way," said Manship. "Maysville has a great facility for the size of the community. It's easily accessible to patients and has a great caring staff. Its a really nice place to get to work. Things are in place for new treatments and facilities. The base is there. I think it will be a very successful hospital and offer the kind of things we want locally."
Contact Barbara Goldman at barbara.goldman@lee.net or by calling 606-564-9091, ext. 274.
"Larry Manship has been a great recruit for Maysville. He brings with him local ties and many years of experience. We are excited for the addition to the community to work with Larien Kearns MD, a life saver to the community for many, many years," said MRMC CEO Chad Patrick.
Manship will conduct a practice in addition to working with the hospital. The doctor and officials with the hospital have been engaged in talks for some time, hoping for an arrangement for Manship to cover surgical on-call part-time. But the departure of another surgeon meant the right opportunity for a more permanent relationship had presented itself.
Since the Maysville practice will be his first solo venture, Manship said "Right now I'm enjoying the excitement of building a practice from the ground up."
Manship was just finishing up his first week at the hospital on Friday.
"We started with the carpet and walls," said Manship about his office suite at MRMC. Manship said his staff, including Kim Pollit, LPN and Christa Stewart, office coordinator, have been a great help in getting things running and organized.
"We had our first patient referral earlier this week before the office was ready," said Manship who has already performed surgery at Meadowview. "We're still waiting on some office supplies. It's a nice office and it's very convenient."
The outpatient surgery department is located just down the hall from his suite, making it convenient for the doctor and patients.
"I couldn't ask for a better spot as a general surgeon," said Manship. "The hospital has been extremely supportive in helping us. People in the community have bent over backwards to help us get off to a great start, along with the cooperate backing. It's a great benefit to have a hospital and cooperation backing. I can't imagine doing it any other way."
Manship was born in Leery, Ohio but grew up in Los Angeles. Manship's father was in the department store business in the San Fernando Valley while he attended the same high school as Marilyn Monroe and Don Drysdale. Manship's mother was from eastern Kentucky. His parents retired and the family moved back to Kentucky where Manship went to Morehead State University and played baseball.
Manship graduated from the University of Kentucky medical school where he met his wife, Debra. Manship said his wife was pursuing a clothing and textile degree but decided to attend medical school.
Manship and his wife moved to Columbia, S.C., where he finished his training as a surgeon. His wife went into psychiatry. Five years later they moved to Memphis, Tenn., for his wife's fellowship. They relocated again to Charleston, S.C., where Manship joined an established practice.
Seven years later the family moved to Mount Sterling, to be closer to Manship's parents. They remained there for six years before going back to South Carolina and coming back again to be closer to his wife's family in Morehead.
Manship and his wife have three children, Trevor, 13, Kirstin, 19, and Logan, 17. Manship has been working as a locum tenens, a physician that covers for absent doctors, prior to joining the staff at Meadowview.
"I've been doing a lot of traveling but it's been fun because I've seen quite a bit about practicing and learned a lot," said Manship. "But I'm happy to be in one full-time place in a practice."
Manship said he is excited about becoming part of a smaller community. His family has moved to Maysville and hopes to purchase a home here.
"Smaller communities have a tendency to support the people living and working in the community," said Manship. "Having trained at UK, there are lots of doctors that went to medical school with me working there, the only difference is we're practicing in different locations."
"Having lived and worked in a lot of hospitals, I've seen there's more than one way to do it other than just the hometown way but I've seen there are assets to doing things the community way," said Manship. "Maysville has a great facility for the size of the community. It's easily accessible to patients and has a great caring staff. Its a really nice place to get to work. Things are in place for new treatments and facilities. The base is there. I think it will be a very successful hospital and offer the kind of things we want locally."
Contact Barbara Goldman at barbara.goldman@lee.net or by calling 606-564-9091, ext. 274.
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