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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
DENTISTRY
Kajuana Farrey, D.M.D.
West Albany Dental & Medical
Center
1412 W. Oakridge Drive
Albany, GA 31707
229-435-2424
DIAGNOSTICS-MRI
Albany Diagnostic Center
2624 Dawson Road
Albany, GA 31707
229-888-1624
MRI & Imaging of Albany
2810 Meredyth Drive
Albany, GA 31721
229-483-9888
FAMILY PRACTICE
Sandra Brickman, M.D.
OB/GYN
Health Plus Medical Center
1010 W. Franklin Street
Sylvester, GA
229-776-3500
Diabetes Learning Center
Sylvester, GA
229-776-3500
Anthony Giatras, M.D.
Neurology
Sylvester, GA
229-776-3500
Eric Massa, D.P.M.
Podiatry
Sylvester, GA
229-776-3500
Todd McDonald, FNP-C
Family Medicine and Weight Loss
Clinic
Sylvester Family Practice
Sylvester, GA
229-776-3500
Bret Wagenhorst, M.D.
Ophthalmology
Sylvester, GA
229-776-3500
Louise Wilder, M.D.
Family Medicine
Sylvester Family Practice
Jamie Lin, DO
Lee Medical Arts Center
425 Walnut Street
Leesburg, GA 31763
(229) 759-6508
Tracy A. Rosenbaum, DO
Edison Medical Center
19519 W. Hartford St.
Edison, GA 39846
(229) 835-2238
Tracy A. Rosenbaum, DO
425 Walnut Street
Leesburg, GA 31763
(229) 759-6508
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Michael Sein, DO
Dawson Medical Center
420 Johnson Street SE
Dawson, GA 39842
(229) 995-2990
HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES
MAK Medical
159 E. Broad
Camilla, GA
229-336-7758/800-282-3945
HOSPITALS
Palmyra Medical Centers
2000 Palmyra Road
Albany, GA 31701
229-434-2000
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
417 W. Third Avenue
Albany, GA
229-312-1000
Tift Regional Medical Center
901 E. 18th Street
Tifton, GA
229-382-7120
1-800-648-1935
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Sadia Ashraff-Benson, DO
Dawson, GA 39842
(229) 995-2990
Anita J. Bell, MD, FACP
Albany Internal Medicine
2402 Osler Court
Albany, GA 31707
229-438-3300
Charisse A. Brandon, MD
Hospitalist
Rupert A. Dyer, DO
Dawson, GA 39842
(229) 995-2990
Frances Ferguson, MD
Baker County Primary Health Care
100 Sunset Blvd.
Newton, GA 39870
(229) 734-5250
Frances Ferguson, MD
Edison Medical Center
19519 W. Hartford St.
Edison, GA 39846
(229) 835-2238
James Allen Hotz, MD
East Albany Medical Center
1712-A E. Broad Avenue
Albany, GA 31705
(229) 639-3100
James Allen Hotz, MD
425 Walnut Street
Leesburg, GA 31763
(229) 759-6508
Robyn Mann Johnson, MD
Albany, GA 31705
(229) 639-3100
Jaza M. Marina, MD
South Albany Medical Center
1300 Newton Road
Albany, GA 31701
(229) 431-3120
Jaza M. Marina, MD
100 Sunset Blvd.
Newton, GA 39870
(229) 734-5250
William Arthur McPeters, MD
100 Sunset Blvd.
Newton, GA 39870
(229) 734-5250
William Arthur McPeters, MD
Albany, GA 31705
(229) 639-3100
Deirdre Mae Lawson, MD
425 Walnut Street
Leesburg, GA 31763
(229) 759-6508
Jamie Lin, DO
1300 Newton Road
Albany, GA 31701
(229) 431-3120
Craig M. Nielson, MD
Rural Clinic
Nicole Perrotte, MD
425 Walnut Street
Leesburg, GA 31763
(229) 759-6508
Phillip Richard Poulos, MD
Albany, GA 31705
(229) 639-3100
Bernard Perry Scoggins, MD
Albany, GA 31705
(229) 639-3100
Bernard Perry Scoggins, MD
1300 Newton Road
Albany, GA 31701
(229) 431-3120
Edward J. Vance, Jr., MD
425 Walnut Street
Leesburg, GA 31763
(229) 759-6508
ORTHODONTICS
Holloway Orthodontics
2543 Lafayette Plaza Drive
Albany, GA 31707
229-428-8228
200 West 12th Street Suite F
Tifton, GA 31794
229-386-1616
1525 Baytree Road Suite I
Valdosta, GA 31602
229-293-1360
PEDIATRIC
Ildiko E. Babka, MD
425 Walnut Street
Leesburg, GA 31763
(229) 759-6508
Rupert A. Dyer, DO
East Albany Pediatric Center
Albany, GA 31705
(229) 639-3103
Donna V. Edmond, MD
Albany, GA 31705
(229) 639-3103
Ovbiye A. Idemundia, MD
East Albany Pediactric Center
Albany, GA 31705
(229) 639-3103
Ovbiye A. Idemundia, MD
Dawson, GA 39842
(229) 995-2990
Belise Livingston
Albany, GA 31705
(229) 639-3103
Belise Livingston
1300 Newton Road
Albany, GA 31701
(229) 431-3120
Mary Joyce Neal Shoemaker, MD
1300 Newton Road
Albany, GA 31701
(229) 431-3120
Mary Joyce Neal Shoemaker, MD
100 Sunset Blvd.
Newton, GA 39870
(229) 734-5250
PHARMACY
The Prescription Shoppe
610 N. Slappey Blvd.
Albany, GA
229-434-1414
PULMONARY
Thomas J. Ungarino, MD
Albany Pulmonary & Critical Care
Associates
806 Fourteenth Ave.
Albany, GA 31701
229-438-5864
SAFETY
Central Monitoring
522 Pine Ave
Albany, GA
229-431-0800
1-800-442-1125
TECHNICAL COLLEGE
Albany Tech
1704 S. Slappey
Albany, GA 31701
229-436-3500
WOMEN’S HEALTHCARE
Willie Adams, MD
Mirian Worthy Women’s Health
Center
401 S. Madison
Albany, GA 31701
229-888-3636
Ese Efemini, MD
Center
401 S. Madison
Albany, GA 31701
229-888-3636
Francis Kwarteng, MD
Center
401 S. Madison
Albany, GA 31701
229-888-3636
James Woods, MD
Center
401 S. Madison
Albany, GA 31701
229-888-3636

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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 Trend
magazine 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.
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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
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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.
SHAPEDOWN
SHAPEDOWN®
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
mbuchannon@albanytech.edu.
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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demonstrates that Phoebe is a
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
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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
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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-
the-art gastroenterology
services and endoscopy
services, which are dedicated
to the evaluation and
treatment of digestive and
liver diseases.
Phoebe also provides
mothers and babies with the
most advanced technology and
experienced professionals to
ensure the safest delivery of
newborns into the world.
Phoebe provides for Southwest
Georgia’s tiniest patients
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premature and critically ill
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Phoebe A Leader in Advanced Technology
Da Vinci Robotics is now at
Phoebe Putney Memorial
Hospital and is the first in
South Georgia.
This robotics surgical system
is just the latest addition to the
arsenal of quality, state-of-the-
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
close to home.”
The da Vinci Surgical System
is a sophisticated robotic
platform designed to enable
complex surgery using a
minimally invasive approach.
The system is designed to
scale, filter and seamlessly
translate the surgeon’s hand
movements into more precise
movements. The net result is
an intuitive interface with
breakthrough surgical
capabilities. The application
for robotics crosses four
specialties, which are urology,
gynecology, cardiac and
general surgery.
That is just one example that
advanced medical care they
need to thrive – right down
the hall.
For more information
regarding Phoebe’s many
services, medical experts and
technology, go online to
Phoebe’s Web site:
www.phoebeputney.com.
Phoebe’s mission is to
provide access to health care
that includes access to state-
of-the-art technology and
equipment close to home. It’s
just one more example of
Phoebe’s dedication to quality
health care.

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