Medical Guide Fall 2010

THE ALBANY HERALD • You Saw It In Southwest Georgia Medical Guide • NOVEMBER 2010 • THE ALBANY HERALD • NOVEMBER 2010

• NOVEMBER 2010 • You Saw It In Southwest Georgia Medical Guide • THE ALBANY HERALD2

DENTISTRYKajuana Farrey, D.M.D.West Albany Dental & Medical Center1412 W. Oakridge DriveAlbany, GA 31707229-435-2424

DIAGNOSTICS-MRIAlbany Diagnostic Center2624 Dawson RoadAlbany, GA 31707229-888-1624

MRI & Imaging of Albany2810 Meredyth DriveAlbany, GA 31721229-483-9888

FAMILY PRACTICESandra Brickman, M.D.OB/GYNHealth Plus Medical Center1010 W. Franklin StreetSylvester, GA229-776-3500

Diabetes Learning CenterHealth Plus Medical Center1010 W. Franklin StreetSylvester, GA229-776-3500

Anthony Giatras, M.D.NeurologyHealth Plus Medical Center1010 W. Franklin StreetSylvester, GA229-776-3500

Eric Massa, D.P.M.PodiatryHealth Plus Medical Center1010 W. Franklin StreetSylvester, GA229-776-3500Todd McDonald, FNP-CFamily Medicine and Weight Loss ClinicSylvester Family Practice1010 W. Franklin StreetSylvester, GA229-776-3500

Bret Wagenhorst, M.D.OphthalmologyHealth Plus Medical Center1010 W. Franklin StreetSylvester, GA229-776-3500

Louise Wilder, M.D.Family MedicineSylvester Family Practice1010 W. Franklin StreetJamie Lin, DOLee Medical Arts Center425 Walnut StreetLeesburg, GA 31763(229) 759-6508

Tracy A. Rosenbaum, DOEdison Medical Center19519 W. Hartford St.Edison, GA 39846(229) 835-2238

Tracy A. Rosenbaum, DOLee Medical Arts Center425 Walnut StreetLeesburg, GA 31763(229) 759-6508

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NOVEMBER=2010NOVEMBER=2010Michael Sein, DODawson Medical Center420 Johnson Street SEDawson, GA 39842(229) 995-2990

HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIESMAK Medical159 E. BroadCamilla, GA229-336-7758/800-282-3945

HOSPITALSPalmyra Medical Centers2000 Palmyra RoadAlbany, GA 31701229-434-2000

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital417 W. Third AvenueAlbany, GA229-312-1000

Tift Regional Medical Center901 E. 18th StreetTifton, GA229-382-71201-800-648-1935

INTERNAL MEDICINESadia Ashraff-Benson, DODawson Medical Center420 Johnson Street SEDawson, GA 39842(229) 995-2990

Anita J. Bell, MD, FACPAlbany Internal Medicine2402 Osler CourtAlbany, GA 31707229-438-3300

Charisse A. Brandon, MDHospitalistRupert A. Dyer, DODawson Medical Center420 Johnson Street SEDawson, GA 39842(229) 995-2990

Frances Ferguson, MDBaker County Primary Health Care100 Sunset Blvd.Newton, GA 39870(229) 734-5250

Frances Ferguson, MDEdison Medical Center19519 W. Hartford St.Edison, GA 39846(229) 835-2238

James Allen Hotz, MDEast Albany Medical Center1712-A E. Broad AvenueAlbany, GA 31705(229) 639-3100

James Allen Hotz, MDLee Medical Arts Center425 Walnut StreetLeesburg, GA 31763(229) 759-6508

Robyn Mann Johnson, MDEast Albany Medical Center1712-A E. Broad AvenueAlbany, GA 31705(229) 639-3100

Jaza M. Marina, MDSouth Albany Medical Center1300 Newton RoadAlbany, GA 31701(229) 431-3120

Jaza M. Marina, MDBaker County Primary Health Care100 Sunset Blvd.Newton, GA 39870(229) 734-5250

William Arthur McPeters, MDBaker County Primary Health Care100 Sunset Blvd.Newton, GA 39870(229) 734-5250

William Arthur McPeters, MDEast Albany Medical Center1712-A E. Broad AvenueAlbany, GA 31705(229) 639-3100

Deirdre Mae Lawson, MDLee Medical Arts Center425 Walnut StreetLeesburg, GA 31763(229) 759-6508

Jamie Lin, DOSouth Albany Medical Center1300 Newton RoadAlbany, GA 31701(229) 431-3120

Craig M. Nielson, MDRural ClinicNicole Perrotte, MDLee Medical Arts Center425 Walnut StreetLeesburg, GA 31763(229) 759-6508

Phillip Richard Poulos, MDEast Albany Medical Center1712-A E. Broad AvenueAlbany, GA 31705(229) 639-3100

Bernard Perry Scoggins, MDEast Albany Medical Center1712-A E. Broad AvenueAlbany, GA 31705(229) 639-3100

Bernard Perry Scoggins, MDSouth Albany Medical Center1300 Newton RoadAlbany, GA 31701(229) 431-3120

Edward J. Vance, Jr., MDLee Medical Arts Center425 Walnut StreetLeesburg, GA 31763(229) 759-6508

ORTHODONTICSHolloway Orthodontics2543 Lafayette Plaza DriveAlbany, GA 31707229-428-8228

200 West 12th Street Suite FTifton, GA 31794229-386-1616

1525 Baytree Road Suite I Valdosta, GA 31602 229-293-1360

PEDIATRICIldiko E. Babka, MDLee Medical Arts Center425 Walnut StreetLeesburg, GA 31763(229) 759-6508

Rupert A. Dyer, DOEast Albany Pediatric Center1712-A E. Broad AvenueAlbany, GA 31705(229) 639-3103

Donna V. Edmond, MDEast Albany Pediatric Center1712-A E. Broad AvenueAlbany, GA 31705(229) 639-3103

Ovbiye A. Idemundia, MDEast Albany Pediactric Center1712-A E. Broad AvenueAlbany, GA 31705(229) 639-3103

Ovbiye A. Idemundia, MDDawson Medical Center420 Johnson Street SEDawson, GA 39842(229) 995-2990

Belise LivingstonEast Albany Pediatric Center1712-A E. Broad AvenueAlbany, GA 31705(229) 639-3103

Belise LivingstonSouth Albany Medical Center1300 Newton RoadAlbany, GA 31701(229) 431-3120

Mary Joyce Neal Shoemaker, MDSouth Albany Medical Center1300 Newton RoadAlbany, GA 31701(229) 431-3120

Mary Joyce Neal Shoemaker, MDBaker County Primary Health Care100 Sunset Blvd.Newton, GA 39870(229) 734-5250

PHARMACYThe Prescription Shoppe610 N. Slappey Blvd.Albany, GA229-434-1414

PULMONARYThomas J. Ungarino, MDAlbany Pulmonary & Critical Care Associates806 Fourteenth Ave.Albany, GA 31701229-438-5864

SAFETYCentral Monitoring522 Pine AveAlbany, GA229-431-08001-800-442-1125

TECHNICAL COLLEGEAlbany Tech1704 S. SlappeyAlbany, GA 31701229-436-3500

WOMEN’S HEALTHCAREWillie Adams, MDMirian Worthy Women’s Health Center401 S. MadisonAlbany, GA 31701229-888-3636

Ese Efemini, MDMirian Worthy Women’s Health Center401 S. MadisonAlbany, GA 31701229-888-3636

Francis Kwarteng, MDMirian Worthy Women’s Health Center401 S. MadisonAlbany, GA 31701229-888-3636

James Woods, MDMirian Worthy Women’s Health Center401 S. MadisonAlbany, GA 31701229-888-3636

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Located in Tifton, Tift

Regional Medical Center

(TRMC) is a not-for-profit,

191-bed regional hospital

serving 12 counties in South

Central Georgia. The medical

staff includes more than 120

physicians with the majority

board-certified in over 30

specialties.

TRMC provides a wide-range

of services, including signature

programs offering advanced,

expert care in surgery,

oncology, cardiovascular care,

neurology, women’s health

and radiology. Georgia Trendmagazine recently cited TRMC

as a top 10 Georgia hospital in

spine surgery and cardiac care.

TRMC has two locations in

Tifton: the Main Campus and

the West Campus. The Main

Campus, located at 901 East

18th Street, is where the bulk

of the hospital’s services can

be found, including inpatient

units and emergency services.

The West Campus, located at

2225 Highway 41 North, is an

outpatient facility housing

medical offices and diagnostic

services.

TRMC continues to grow to

meet the needs of the region,

nearly doubling the size of its

operation in the past decade.

TRMC has expanded with

multi-million projects,

including a new surgery

center, heart and vascular

center, patient registration

area, occupational health clinic

and an intensive care unit. In

addition, TRMC has renovated

and added more space for its

radiology areas and cancer

center.

“Tift Regional Medical

Center is dedicated to total

patient satisfaction and

clinical quality,” said Chris

Efaw, TRMC director of

outreach and development.

“Healthcare today can be cold

and sterile, but it doesn’t have

to be. TRMC strives to provide

the clinical sophistication

patients expect with the

compassion they deserve.”

TRMC offers full-time family

medicine and a weight loss

clinic with Sylvester Family

Practice, located at HealthPlus

in Sylvester at 1010 W.

Franklin Street. Dr. Louise

Wilder and Todd McDonald,

FNP-C are available for

primary care; management for

chronic diseases; injections for

allergy, flu, pneumonia;

routine gynecology; complete

physical exams; health and

wellness education; and, pre-

employment and DOT

physicals. New patients are

being accepted. To make an

appointment, call 229-776-

3500. Specialists from the

TRMC medical staff also rotate

to HealthPlus on a weekly or

monthly basis.

For more information on Tift

Regional Medical Center, visit

www.tiftregional.com or call

toll free 800-648-1935.

Tift Regional Medical Center grows to meet the needs of the region


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Palmyra Medical Center, once again, is a leader in bringing the newest healthcare technology to southwest Georgia. Last month the hospital introduced the latest in computer-assisted technology for Neurological, ENT, General, Orthopedic and Spinal Surgery. This system is the first of its kind in Georgia. There are only 30 such units in use nationwide. It is the most advanced system available for navigation and endoscopic surgery.

The hospital has constructed a complete state-of-the-art Navigation Suite in the Operating

Room. The Suite is dedicated to surgeries that will benefit from the use of this advanced system.

Returning to Albany this past summer, Dr. Harry Weiser, a neurosurgeon with Palmyra Brain and Spine Center, approached Palmyra Medical Center with the idea of providing a more technologically advanced system to treat patients needing neurological and other

Palmyra Unveils Latest in Navigation Computer Assisted Technology

surgeries. The Stryker Navigation technology for neurological surgery uses an infrared camera and instruments along with unique tracking software to guide surgeons and their instruments through the delicate anatomy of the brain.

“It’s like having a global positioning system in the operating room,” said Dr. Weiser. “Computer-assisted technology gives us valuable and accurate information on the relative position of instruments, healthy anatomy and surgical targets. By improving the safety of the surgery it also leads to improved patient outcomes.”

Computer-assisted neurological surgery begins with CT or MRI brain scans that show the patient’s brain anatomy and reveals the location and extent of the abnormality. Scans are loaded into a workstation computer that creates a virtual 3-D model of the patient’s head. Neurosurgeons then identify “landmarks” that can be registered with the patient’s real

anatomy and a determination is made about the size of incision and the angle depth of entry into the brain.

During surgery, the infrared camera communicates with the sensors mounted on the patient and instruments, with the tracking software continuously calculating and displaying the location of the surgical instruments relative to the patient’s anatomy.

“Potential benefits to the patient are numerous,” said Dr. Weiser. “They include tumor removal, brain biopsies that are conducted with a calculated trajectory and dept, smaller surgical wounds, reduced trauma to the adjacent healthy tissue, and reduced complication rates. Computer assisted technology may lessen patient morbidity, shorten hospitalization, decrease the need for intensive care, and shorten recovery time, all while

potentially contributing to a reduction in cost.”

The overall benefits of the Navigation system for ENT and Orthopedic Spine surgeries are similar to those of Neurological surgery.

Dr. Chris Mann, an ENT surgeon on staff at Palmyra, has seen the navigation system in use and understands the benefits it offers.

“There are cases where having this computer assisted technology will be very valuable,” said Dr. Mann. “The navigation system will be great for complex sinus procedures where having a precise map of the patient’s anatomy will be a tremendous asset.”

Palmyra Medical Center recently introduced a new program called SHAPEDOWN®

to help area children and teens who struggle with obesity.

The program is designed to give kids and parents the tools to change poor habits and to get them on track for a new, thinner and certainly healthier lifestyle.

Through SHAPEDOWN®

children and teens will learn to create an active, full life so that food, television and computer activities become less important.

This process will help participants learn how to feel good about their bodies and themselves sending them in a happier, more positive direction.

Parental or adult participation is required for the SHAPEDOWN® program. The family’s lifestyle and communication will be changed through positive interaction and

Palmyra Attacks Childhood Obesity By Helping Children And Teens Shapedown®

by incorporating important learning tools that have made SHAPEDOWN® a proven success. Overall the emphasis is on producing changes now that can be sustained over the long run, so that these youngsters can go on to a life that is free from dieting and

weight concerns.“Introduction of this program

represents an important statement to the community that it is time to address the issues of childhood obesity in southwest Georgia, “said Amy Grasman, FNP-C, director of the Bariatric Institute of southwest Georgia. “We have high expectations that SHAPEDOWN® will help our kids identify their obesity issues and set them on a track to develop a more positive lifestyle.” Currently the State of Georgia has the third highest

percent of overweight youth, ages 10-17, at 37 percent.

SHAPEDOWNSHAPEDOWN® classes are

conducted two nights per week, Mondays and Thursdays, for a 10-week period. Ideally, each class will have 10-12 participants. All sessions are conducted by trained professionals and include patient education for weight management, as well as instruction on health issues, proper nutrition and support

counseling. Exercise is also a major component.

Albany Pediatrician Tania Smith, M.D. has treated her share of obese kids and has been a champion for the elimination of childhood obesity. She said it is time to tackle this problem head on.

“As a community, as a nation,

we are losing the obesity battle. It is an epidemic,” said Dr. Smith. “It is time to help kids and their families, through a proven weight management program, help win the war on obesity.”

The next 10-week session is scheduled to begin in January 2011. For more information on how to sign up for this effective weight management program, contact the Bariatric Institute of Southwest Georgia at 229-434-2032.


Albany Technical College Begins Evening Practical Nursing Program Winter Quarter 2011

planned so that theory and practice are integrated under the guidance of the clinical instructor. This factor is part of Albany Tech’s Work Ready initiative so that each graduate is more than prepared to enter the workforce with success.

“Albany Tech’s Practical Nursing program prides itself on providing students with a solid entry level skill and knowledge base,” said Mattie Buchannon, Practical Nursing instructor.

“Upon completion of the program, students are eligible to write the State Board exam to become a Licensed Practical Nurse, which opens employment opportunities for them in long-term care, convenient care facilities, physician offices, clinics and private duty,” added Buchannon.

In addition to the Albany Tech standard admissions requirements, students must also score a 35 or above on the Nursing Aptitude Test (NAT), and

Beginning Winter Quarter 2011, Albany Technical College will begin its evening Practical Nursing diploma program. The College anticipates solid enrollment for the evening program with the demand up for those students seeking to train for a career in nursing, but schedules may not permit them to enroll in the day class program.

The Practical Nursing diploma program at Albany Tech is designed to prepare students to write the NCLEX-PN examination for licensure as practical nurses. The program prepares graduates to give competent nursing case, which is performed through a selected number of academic and occupational courses providing a variety of techniques and materials necessary to assist the student in acquiring the needed knowledge and skills to give competent care.

Along with coursework, a variety of clinical experiences are

provide a copy of his or her birth certificate, current physical, dental exam, immunization records, and attend a mandatory orientation.

The evening program will begin on the first day of Winter Quarter, which is January 4, 2011, and be held Monday through Thursday of each week from 4 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., with evening and weekend clinicals. The program is HOPE/PELL eligible.

For more information about the evening Practical Nursing program, contact instructor, Mattie Buchannon at 229.430.1721, or email [email protected].

Information about this program, or other information about the College, can be found on the Albany Tech website at www.albanytech.edu.


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leader in advanced technology.

Phoebe’s Comprehensive

Cancer Center offers a large

array of hematology/oncology,

radiation oncology and

surgical oncology services. In

weekly tumor conferences, a

multidisciplinary team reviews

all aspects of a diagnosis, the

pathology, biopsies, imaging,

medical histories and more.

The Center is dedicated to the

prevention, early detection

and treatment of cancer using

the latest in technology,

including Georgia’s first

TomoTherapy unit, a fixed

PET/CT scan – the only one in

the region - breast MRI

capabilities and radiation

oncology. In addition, the

hospital’s diagnostic

technology includes a wide-

bore, 16-slice MRI and two

wide-bore, 16-slice CT scans.

Phoebe’s cardiologists are

the region’s leaders in cardiac

care and offers interventional

invasive and non-invasive

procedures, including

catheterization, angiography,

angioplasty, stents,

pacemakers. Phoebe’s Heart

Center is one of few hospitals

in the state that offers

electrophysiology, the

management of cardiac

arrhythmias. In Phoebe’s new

Endovascular Suite,

cardiovascular surgeons

perform specialized cardiac

care, including carotid artery

stenting.

Phoebe also offers state-of-

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services, which are dedicated

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Phoebe also provides

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Phoebe provides for Southwest

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This robotics surgical system

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art technology available at

Phoebe.

Phoebe is a not-for-profit,

443-bed, tertiary care hospital,

where residents of Southwest

Georgia find the most

advanced technologies, as well

as medical treatments and

experts in the field of

medicine, available in the

nation – all close to home.

“No other hospital in South

Georgia has state-of-the-art

robotic technology,” said Joe

Austin, Chief Operating Officer

at Phoebe Putney Memorial

Hospital. “As a healthcare

leader in this region, we are

committed to bringing quality

services, top-notch equipment,

advanced medical procedures

and cutting-edge technology

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The da Vinci Surgical System

is a sophisticated robotic

platform designed to enable

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The system is designed to

scale, filter and seamlessly

translate the surgeon’s hand

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movements. The net result is

an intuitive interface with

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