Shannice Mabandla, MD

Dana Laney joined LeConte Women’s Healthcare in 2017. She is a wife and mother to two children. She received her Associate Degree in Nursing from Walters State Community College in 2008. She was a registered nurse in medical/surgical and hematology/oncology at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital for several years. While in her tenure there, she was able to obtain her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from East Tennessee State University in 2012. She returned to graduate school and received her Master’s Degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2017 from Carson Newman University with a 4.0 and was awarded the MSN Achievement Award for her class as selected by faculty. Her professional interests include women’s health as a whole, to include aesthetics, but also continuing to learn to be as knowledgeable as she can in her profession. Personal interests include family time, traveling, running, spending time at the lake, watching her kids play sports or race karts, and reading. She is a member at Pathways Church.

Dr. Richard Love and his family were led to our community in 1997. Having raised a family with his wife, Jennifer, they remain committed to serving Sevier County. As an Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Dr. Love has been involved in caring for generations of moms and babies. Besides caring for pregnant women Dr. Love’s office provides treatment for menstrual difficulties, hormonal treatment, pelvic support and bladder problems, and other issues that may require gynecologic surgery. Outside the clinical arena Dr. Love enjoys time with family, hiking, and photographing the beauty of our Smokies.

Pamela Wright, DNP is experienced in the treatment of pulmonary issues affecting the lungs and cares for patients at LeConte Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in Sevierville, TN. Pamela says she became interested in pulmonology because of the training and support a local physician provided her while helping to grow the outpatient clinic in Sevier County. When she’s not caring for patients, Pamela enjoys spending time with her husband (college sweetheart), family, and Golden Doodle (Oakley). She also has a love for music and plays the flute (former UTK Pride of the Southland Band member) with a couple of local churches and in the Tennessee Wind Symphony. Pamela says she is a Christian and has a deep faith and trust in God. “I deeply care for my patients’ health and breathing. I will do my very best to improve their quality of life by providing personalized respiratory care.”