From ATLANTA Medicine, 2013, Care for the Underserved, Vol. 84, No. 2 By Debra Hughes, MS and Yasmin Tyler-Hill, M.D., FAAP Imagine you have no home. Your daughter is sick. Where do you take her? For most homeless women, the local emergency room is the healthcare provider of choice for one simple reason: they have no other choice. For women at the Mary Hall Freedom ... Continue Reading
Archives for May 2013
Study Shows U.S. Diabetes Care Improves, Potentially Costly Gaps Remain
According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Americans with diabetes had increasingly better control of their blood sugar and cholesterol levels and attended more preventive check-ups from 1999 to 2010. However, one in five Americans with diabetes still smokes, blood pressure has not improved significantly, and approximately 40 percent don't receive ... Continue Reading
Leena Dutta, M.D. to Lead Hospice Medical Team at VNHS
Visiting Nurse Health System (VNHS) announced the recent addition of Leena Dutta, M.D., to lead the hospice medical team. Board certified in Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine and Internal Medicine, Dutta’s responsibility will be to provide medical oversight for VNHS's hospice program at home and at the Hospice Atlanta Center. Prior to joining VNHS, Dutta was a medical ... Continue Reading
Gilbreath Named VP and CMO at DeKalb
DeKalb Medical had named Roy “Reg†Gilbreath, M.D., F.A.C.P., as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. Gilbreath joined the organization with more than 30 year of clinical experience, including serving as the Vice President of Medical Affairs for the Georgetown Hospital System in Georgetown, S.C. While in this role, he was influential in leading the organization to ... Continue Reading
Joseph Tate, M.D., Receives REAL Award for Newborn and Mother Care
Gynecologist and obstetrician Joseph Tate, M.D., known for his expertise in VBACs (vaginal births after Cesarean-sections), has been awarded the inaugural REAL Award for Newborn and Mother Care. The REAL Awards, created by Save the Children and in partnership with the Frontline Health Workers Coalition, are a first-of-a-kind global awards program designed to develop greater ... Continue Reading
Suburban Hematology Oncology Associates Becomes Gwinnett’s Center for Cancer Care
The infusion centers of Suburban Hematology Oncology Associates P.C., located in Lawrenceville, Duluth and Snellville, have become the Center for Cancer Care, a service of Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC). Practicing physicians include Allan Freedman, M.D., Christopher Hagenstad, M.D., Anthony M. Landis, D.O., Aldemar Montero, M.D., Kevin H. Peacock, M.D., Alexander Saker, Jr., ... Continue Reading
MAA Board Meeting
May 16, 2013. For more information, visit Medical Association of Atlanta ... Continue Reading
NFMGMA Educational Session
May 15, 2013, Alpharetta. For more information, visit North Fulton Medical Group Management Association ... Continue Reading
Georgia Lung Associates Joins Piedmont Physicians Group
Georgia Lung Associates has joined Piedmont Physicians as Piedmont Physicians Georgia Lung. The practice, one of the largest pulmonary practices in Georgia, will continue operating its current locations in Austell, Buckhead and Marietta in addition to providing care to patients at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. Piedmont Physicians Georgia Lung consists of 17 physicians, ... Continue Reading
