Carson Valley Medical Center, established in 1993, provides medical assistance and health care services to patients. Its areas of specialization include orthopedics, podiatry, gynecology, urology, cardiology, pediatrics, and family and internal medicine. The center provides diagnosis and treatment for heart and lung diseases, diabetes, asthma, allergy, brain tumors, and ear, nose and throat infections. It provides surgical procedures, including vasectomy and biopsy, and pain management for spine and wrist disorders. The medical imaging services offered by the center include pulmonary function testing, radiography, fluoroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, CT scans, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, echocardiography and biopsies. It also provides speech, physical, occupational and language therapies; sports medicine; nutritional counseling and assessment; drug screening programs and sports medicine. Carson Valley Medical Center is located in Gardnerville, Nev.