Shannice Mabandla, MD

Fort Sanders Perinatal Center provides comprehensive high-risk pregnancy care, including diabetes, pre-term labor, hypertension, multiple pregnancies, birth defects, and more. The following providers see patients at this location: Dr. Steven Andrade and Dr. Gary Stephens.

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.