Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, ABPP, professor and vice-chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine, is the recipient of the prestigious 2012 Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award. Founded in honor of Dr. Beckman, an educator and pioneer in the field of psychology, the award recognizes the influence of extraordinary professors on ... Continue Reading
Archives for October 2012
Lab Tests Assist Rheumatologists in Making Correct, Cost-Effective Diagnoses
Many times as rheumatologists, we are asked about lab testing in patients with rheumatic problems. This article will mix some of the political, operational and mechanical issues within this topic. 

Most important above the entire lab testing is the history and physical examination. The labs tests are a guide that helps define our patients, but the history and physical ... Continue Reading
Gwinnett Medical Center Hires Darrow to Oversee Graduate Medical Education
Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC) has hired Mark D. Darrow, MD, FACP, as director of its new graduate medical education program. By July 2014, GMC will offer graduate medical education (GME) through the establishment of residency programs in internal medicine and family medicine. Dr. Darrow joined GMC from South East Area Health Education Center, a non-profit organization based ... Continue Reading
AMA and MAG Seek Showdown with Health Insurers Over Georgia’s New Prompt-Pay Law
The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) have taken initial steps to block the health insurance industry’s attempt to rollback Georgia’s strong protections against health insurers’ unfair business practices. In a joint motion filed in a Georgia federal court, AMA and MAG asked to intervene against America’s Health ... Continue Reading
Emory Physicians Receive Grant to Develop Better Treatments for Transplant Recipients
A new $20 million grant to Emory University from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health will allow physician/researchers to develop better treatments for organ transplant recipients that help avoid both organ rejection and drug toxicity. The grant builds on more than 18 years of groundbreaking research by Emory ... Continue Reading
Innovative Breast Cancer Care Model Focuses on Rehabilitation and Exercise Therapy
Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women. Treatments typically include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, hormonal and other targeted drug therapies, which, coupled with early detection have increased five-year survival rates from 63 percent in the early 1960s to 90 percent today. Growing evidence, however, suggests the physical effects of these breast ... Continue Reading
BenchMark Physical Therapy Responds to Physician Demand by Opening 10 New Clinics
An aging boomer population and need for advanced physical therapy expertise in underserved areas are two reasons BenchMark Physical Therapy is adding an unprecedented number of new clinics throughout Georgia.  “We will open ten new clinics within the Georgia market in 2012,†according to Walt Porter, VP of Operations. "Our physicians continue to ask for our help in ... Continue Reading
New Physicians Join WellStar
WellStar Medical Group recently welcomed the following physicians: Adaeze C. Adigweme, M.D., MPH, has joined WellStar Medical Group, Hospitalists. He will be based at WellStar Kennestone Hospital. Dr. Adigweme received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Florida and his master’s degree from Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. He ... Continue Reading
MAG 2012 House of Delegates
October 20-21, 2012, Savannah. For more information, visit Medical Association of Georgia ... Continue Reading
Guilherme Cantuaria, M.D., to Develop Clinical Trials for Cancer Patients
Guilherme Cantuaria, MD, PhD, medical director of Northside Hospital’s NCI Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP), has been nominated by his peers to co-chair the Program’s national clinical trials subcommittee. This prestigious honor will allow Dr. Cantuaria to develop, initiate and conduct innovative clinical trials that will benefit patients both nationally and in ... Continue Reading
Emory Cardiologist Nanette Wenger Honored by MAACVPR
Nanette K. Wenger, M.D., professor of medicine in the division of cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine, has been named a Master of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (MAACVPR). This honor is given in recognition of her continued outstanding contributions to the field of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and to the care or persons ... Continue Reading
Congential Heart Defects Testing for Infants Added at Gwinnett
Gwinnett Medical Center’s (GMC) Women’s Pavilion recently announced the addition of pulse oximetry testing for infants. The new test, which measures the oxygen levels within the blood, helps doctors detect most of the critical congential heart defects. Such defects can go unnoticed if otherwise not tested. “It is well known that approximately eight in 1,000 live births ... Continue Reading
WellStar Welcomes 10 New Physicians
Ten new physicians have joined WellStar Medical Group and will be seeing patients in Cobb County. WellStar Medical Group, Trauma Surgery, welcomes Avi Bhavaraju, M.D. He earned his medical degree from the University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine in St. Eustatius, Netherlands-Antilles, completed his residency in general surgery at Atlanta Medical Center, and completed ... Continue Reading