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Geriatric Anna Mirk
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Georgia’s Medical Mismatch

Mary Anne Dunkin,

Dr. Anna Mirk was a resident in internal medicine and contemplating her options of specialties when she discovered what she loved most was working with elderly patients. “I considered a lot things – cardiology, gastroenterology – but I really ended…

Georgia Trend December 2022 Urgent Care Hoffman pg 020
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When the Need is Urgent

Lindsay Field Penticuff,

Someone may choose to go to an urgent care center for any number of reasons — convenient location, insurance coverage, lower medical costs, late-night and weekend hours or walk-in appointment availability. But for Jordan Hemphill of Carrollton, it came down…

Georgia Trend December 2021 Pediatric Hospital Valera Hudson 018
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Kids’ Care Zone

Kenna Simmons,

In just two years, the number of pediatric hospitals in Georgia doubled, from two to four. In 2019 Atrium Health Navicent’s Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital opened in Macon, and in March 2021 Memorial Health’s Dwaine and Cynthia Willett Children’s…

Georgia Trend June 2021 Features Healthcare Hasselle p046
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Curtailing Cancer Care

Mary Anne Dunkin,

The list of serious health problems caused or affected by COVID-19 is long and growing: heart disease, pneumonia, blood clots, liver and kidney failure – and now, less directly, cancer. Even though there is no evidence that COVID worsens cancer…