Mountain Medical Arts PLLC & Aesthetics

07/17/2025

Have no or high deductible health insurance? Or have a derm want not covered by your insurance? Mountain Medical Arts in Burnsville is still offering Community Dermatology Clinics with Jonathan Polgar, our Physician Assistant with 20+ years' experience. MMA Members: $25 exams with $35-$160 treatments. Non-Members: $150 exams with $100-$275 treatments. Many insurances don't cover cosmetic removal, but we can remove most lesions even if not premalignant.

A derm appointment may also be a good excuse to meet Jonathan, who is also accepting new patients as a Direct Primary Care P*P: $65/mo, $25 almost-hour-long appointments, discounts on labs, with some procedures still billable to medical insurance for those who have it. Maybe MMA will become your next medical home.

Phone about questions, further prices, insurance coverage: 828-678-9352.

07/09/2025

In honor of her birthday today and 13-year work anniversary, Mountain Medical Arts would like to celebrate our second longest-standing employee, Nurse Lisa Flynn,
whose loyal service has enriched MMA since July 2012.

(Distinguishing between this Lisa and our longest-standing employee, Medical Assistant Lisa Banks, means using last names in house, so here too I’ll refer endearingly to this Lisa as Flynn.)

Flynn runs a tight ship here at MMA. I’d say her standards in care, ethics, and organization are as high as her heart is big. She’s known for her aptitude in phone coordination of care with specialists, hospital services & insurance companies. But she’s equally known for her compassion with patients: her attentiveness not just to our physical health but also our mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.

When she’s not in the office, Flynn’s often caring for her Momma or their huge garden, tending her soul at church or in her gratitude journal, planning a camper trip with her husband Mike, or visiting her only child Seth in Chapel Hill, where he’s in his dermatology residency.

One of my favorite things about Flynn is routinely hearing her on the phone with patients on business and still closing with “I love you,” given her knowing some patients that well, and because that’s the kind of medical practice we are, that over time coming here can seem like coming to another home. If you don’t already benefit from the care of Lisa Flynn and other staff here at MMA and would like to, give us a call to learn more about our Direct Primary Care practice and schedule a Meet n Greet: 828-678-9352.

07/03/2025

Guests coming to town? Recommending a Burnsville romantic retreat? Seeking an intimate venue for your small event? Mountain Medical Arts also hosts an AirBnB, Cottage on the Square, behind its office and beside its English courtyard. Prime location for enjoying annual Burnsville Town Square or Town Center traditions like this weekend’s 4th of July festivities, August’s Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair, September’s Old Timey Festival, October’s Trick or Treat and Harvest Market Craft Show, December’s Christmas Parade or April’s Fit Family 5k in April as well as concerts and other events. We’re proud to have hosted past Lit Fest & RiddleFest headliners. We have Mrs. Jane Bellack Wray, wife of Dr. Rush Wray, to thank for creating this cottage in the 1950s, and also for her English courtyard that Dr. Rothe maintains. Interested in booking? Click the link in the comments below…

06/29/2025

For those without health insurance or with only high-deductible health plans and in need of primary care, or those insured but seeking more personalized medical care, we invite you to consider Mountain Medical Arts Direct Primary Care. Our Physician Assistant Jonathan Polgar offers the expertise of over 20 years in family practice plus a gifted way of being with his patients to get to the heart of the matter. Membership is $65/month, almost-hour appointments are $25/visit, lab work is discounted, and insurance can be billed for some procedures.

06/21/2025

06/06/2025

At Mountain Medical Arts, we offer Cynosure laser spa therapy to everyone, not just our Direct Primary Care members. Our best-selling service? Hair removal. Our prices are already markedly lower than Asheville here in Burnsville. Come visit our homey wellness center in our sweet mountain town.

05/28/2025

Mountain Medical Arts offers another means for healing with our P*P Jonathan Polgar: Somatic Experiencing® (SE) trauma recovery therapy. SE is a body-oriented approach to treating trauma and its related symptoms. The large and small traumas we experience in our lives get held in our nervous systems. Over time we can develop symptoms of dis-ease as our bodies “hold” the traumas of a lifetime. SE allows the body to discharge the unhealthy things we hold onto, without having to re-live the traumas themselves. Though this modality is not covered by medical insurance, a few sessions typically bring noticeable shifts. Phone 828-678-9352 to schedule.

05/21/2025

Join us in celebrating our Jonathan Polgar, PA-C, who’s making his Burnsville debut as Dr. Gibbs in Parkway Playhouse’s “Our Town,” opening this weekend and playing through next weekend. Though his first career was in theater off Broadway in New York, he’s been in his second career in family medicine for over 20 years. Learn how Jonathan can care for you, too, as part of MMA’s Direct Primary Care team: (828) 678-9352.

05/17/2025

Mountain Medical Arts is thrilled to announce the arrival of our medical assistant Hayleigh Randolph’s first child, Shyleigh Rae! And we're thrilled to announce that we’ve got Lisa Banks back out of retirement and coaxed away from her own grandbaby to cover Hayleigh’s leave. We’ve supported so many children within our walls so here’s a warm welcome to the next!

05/10/2025

MMA wants to brag on our Jonathan Polgar, PA-C, who’s returning to the stage after 10 years to play Dr. Gibbs in Parkway Playhouse’s “Our Town,” though it’s been over 20 years that he’s served as a real family primary care provider. Learn how Jonathan can care for you, too, as part of MMA’s Direct Primary Care team: (828) 678-9352.

05/01/2025

Dr. Rothe treats the Mountain Medical Arts nurses to an annual retreat at the Grove Park Inn Spa to be taken care of for a day, bond, reconnect our lives & build resilience so we can step back into MMA with grace, love & a full heart: caring for our caregivers means that much to her. Learn how MMA’s Direct Primary Care team can care for you, too: (828) 678-9352.