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Summary: Ascension Saint Thomas is a nonprofit, faith-based health system headquartered in Nashville with roots dating to 1898. It operates more than 300 care sites in Middle Tennessee and nearby regions, including 18 hospitals and extensive joint ventures, clinics, and specialty facilities. The system offers comprehensive services across primary and specialty care, with notable programs in women’s health, heart care, spine care, and kidney transplant. It has a network of offices and partnerships across the United States and internationally, and employs about 1,044 people (with YoY growth). For McMinnville specifically, Ascension Saint Thomas provides local emergency and TeleNeurology services through its River Park facility, illustrating coordinated care available in the McMinnville area via the Saint Thomas network. Locations relevant to McMinnville may involve local partners or affiliated care within the Ascension Saint Thomas system.

Clinic Type

General Surgery

Address

McMinnville, Tennessee (Ascension Saint Thomas River Park location)

Phone

314-733-8000

Email

Opening Hours

Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.

Services Offered

  • General surgery
  • Outpatient same-day surgery
  • Emergency surgery
  • Trauma surgery
  • Inpatient procedures
  • Minimally invasive techniques
  • Image-guided surgery
  • Robotic surgery
  • Preoperative testing
  • Surgical consultations
  • Wound healing services
  • Rehabilitation physical therapy

Technology & Equipment

  • image-guided technology
  • da Vinci robotic surgery system
  • robotic surgery
  • endoscopic
  • laser
  • laparoscopic

Team

  • Robert A. Christenson — DO
  • William Bradford Brock — MD
  • Lakshmi Kanth — MD

Insurance & Payment

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Vietnamese

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What Patients Say

Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed

  • Chamber of Commerce (for Family Medicine location): 4.8 out of 5 stars (from 26 reviews) (26 reviews)
  • Healthgrades (for Ascension Saint Thomas River Park hospital): 70% (patients who gave a rating of 9 or 10) (Not explicitly stated total, but based on HCAHPS data)

Patients praise

  • Compassionate and attentive staff
  • Professional and friendly service
  • Thorough communication and patient-focused care
  • Supportive and welcoming atmosphere

Common complaints

  • Specific instances of perceived rudeness or poor communication with individual providers
  • General hospital patient experience scores slightly lower than national averages in some metrics

"All the office there. Stay for professional and very friendly and efficient and the medical professionals are qualified very professional and friendly."

Chamber of Commerce (Patient Review)

"He didn’t listen to me and kept interrupting when I tried to answer his questions. He kept talking over me and was just rude."

Healthgrades (Patient Review for specific provider)

"I can not say enough about how amazing the staff here is. Every single person who helped us get our little one here safe and sound... were supportive, professional, and good at what they do."

Online Patient Review (Women's Health)

Synthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].

Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.

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