Family Hiking — Primary and Specialty Care in Candler

**Expanded Care, Close to Home**

Welcoming new patients for family medicine, internal medicine, and specialty care.
Our leading experts are here to help you stay well ahead for your whole life. We know that having someone who sees you for who you are, knows what’s going on in your life and cares about your well-being can make all the difference for your health — and that’s what you can expect from our providers.

Our Candler location is a Multispecialty Care office, offering patients access to primary and specialty care close to home. We offer comprehensive care and services to support our patient's needs, with on-site lab and imaging services, as well as access to our expert physicians and care team.

Internal Medicine: Our internal medicine physicians, Dena Snead, MD and Matthew Snead, MD, care for patients age 18 and older with a specific focus on existing illnesses or issues that concern many older adults.
Family Medicine: Our family medicine provider, Nicki Frost, MD, offers primary care with an emphasis on health and wellness for patients of all ages.
Ear, Nose and Throat: Otolaryngologists, also known as ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctors, treat people with conditions that affect the sinuses, mouth, larynx (voice box), throat and other structures of the neck and face.
Our ENT providers are experts in diagnosing problems in these areas and personalizing treatment plans for both adults and children.
We treat a wide variety of ENT conditions, including:
Pediatric and Adult Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Disorders
Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumors
Head and Neck Cancers
Voice and Swallowing Disorders
Allergy, Nasal and Sinus Disease
Sleep Apnea and Snoring
Chronic Ear Disease and Hearing Loss
No matter what your ear, nose or throat problem, you can depend on us for the best possible care.
Rheumatology: Our rheumatology specialist diagnoses, treat and medically manage patients, ages 18 and older, who have autoimmune diseases and musculoskeletal conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, gout, osteoarthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis and more. Our physicians teach patients, family and caregivers how to adjust, live and maintain quality of life while managing chronic, rheumatic disease.

Conditions treated include:

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Psoriatic Arthritis

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Reactive Arthritis

Inflammatory Arthritis

Gout

Other Crystal Arthropathies (i.e, CPPD or Pseudogout)

Osteoarthritis (non-surgical and non-opiate medical management excluding spine)

Intra-articular Joint and Tendon Injections (excluding spine)

Knee Viscosupplementation Injections (i.e., Hyaluronic Acid)

Trigger Point Injections

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome including Ultrasound Guided Injections (non-surgical)

Tendonitis and Bursitis

Trigger Finger

Regional Musculoskeletal Syndromes (i.e, shoulder impingement)

Osteoporosis and Osteopenia

Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Giant Cell Arteritis

Sjogren’s Syndrome

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Polymyositis

Dermatomyositis

Scleroderma

Behcet’s Disease

Systemic Vasculitis (Wegener’s, Microscopic Polyangiitis, Churg-Strauss; excluding CNS vasculitis)
Behavioral Health: Behavioral health issues can feel a little isolating. Trust that no matter what, we’re always in your corner and on your side. At AdventHealth Hendersonville, our team of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and social workers are always ready and able to lend a hand, an ear, or a shoulder for you to rely on. We offer behavioral health services specifically for patients of our Primary Care Providers. Through this innovative model of care, our board-certified psychiatrist works closely with our Primary Care Providers of established patients of AdventHealth Hendersonville, who are 18 and older and experience behavioral health concerns, including depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and psychosis.

If you need immediate help, don’t hesitate. Please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at Call 800-273-8255 for free and confidential support 24/7.