May 8, 2013 Jason Bailey, MD, FACOG; Greg Martin, MD, FACOG; Jacquelyn Stone, MD; Jameela Harper, MD; and the staff of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Lakeside OB/GYN welcome Amber French, DO; Amy Helton, RN, CNM; Sherry Nored, RN, CNM; and the staff of Crown Mountain Women’s Health to the group.
April 30, 2013 NGHS is one of “Metro Atlanta’s Top 100 Workplaces” for a third consecutive year according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC). NGHS is also one of only 20 large companies (more than 500 employees) to make the list.
April 9, 2013 Ana Segarra-Brechtel, MD; Amelia Mathew, MD; Benjamin Akosa, MD; Vinay Nagaraj, MD; and the staff at Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Psychiatry welcome Heerain Shah, MD, to the practice.
April 3, 2013 Medical Plaza 400 in Dawsonville is now open, offering residents along the 400 corridor local access to the award winning specialty services of Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS).
January 30, 2013 Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) is pleased to welcome Heritage Obstetrics and Gynecology to the group. An already well-established practice, NGPG Heritage OB/GYN’s patients will continue to see the same doctors and staff in the same offices, with the same phone numbers and addresses.
January 30, 2013 Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) is pleased to welcome Lakeside OB/GYN & Pelvic Surgery to the group. An already well-established practice, NGPG Lakeside OB/GYN’s patients will continue to see the same doctors and staff in the same offices, with the same phone number and addresses.
December 4, 2012 Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) is pleased to announce Donna W. Whitfield, MD, a trusted and established internal medicine physician in Dahlonega, has joined the group.
October 30, 2012 If you have heartburn twice a week or more, you may have acid reflux disease, also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Surgery can offer permanent relief.
October 2, 2012 Northeast Georgia Physicians Group is pleased to announce that Andy Nish, MD; Kimberley Shanks, MD; Lauren Britt, FNP-C; Susan Brown, CRNP; and the staff of the Allergy and Asthma Care Center have joined the group.
September 7, 2012 James Murphey, MD; Wylie Newton, MD; Rebecca Durham, DNP, APRN; Carrie Sisk, APRN; and the staff at Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Cleveland welcome Anna H. Powell, MD, to the practice.
August 28, 2012 Family medicine physicians Ernst Nieuwoudt, MD, Paul Behrmann, MD, Katia Adams, MD and the staff of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Dawsonville are pleased to announce that Katherine Tolhurst, MD, a new physician with NGPG Sports Medicine, is now accepting patients at their practice Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
May 22, 2012 Shaena Blevins, MD; John Frontera, MD; Hector Gotay, MD; LaRoy Penix, MD; and the staff of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Neurology welcome Jonathan Kerrick, MD, back to the practice.
May 3, 2012 Martin, Ga., resident Judith Perretta recently underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS) to relieve the intensity of her tremors. Because her tremors had gotten so bad, Judith could no longer participate in some of the activities she loved the most, such as boating, shopping and eating lunch with friends, without feeling embarrassed. Now, thanks to her DBS procedure, she is back to being a "live wire," as her husband calls her, once again.
December 9, 2011 James Murphey, MD; Rebecca Durham, DNP, APRN-BC; and Carrie Sisk, FNP-C; and the staff of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Cleveland welcome Wylie Newton, MD, to the practice.
November 28, 2011 J. Timothy Fulenwider, MD, FACS; J. Clifton Hastings, III, MD, FACS; and the staff at Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Surgical Associates Vascular Center welcome Thomas A. Abbruzzese, MD, FACS, to the practice.
November 22, 2011 Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) and Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) have signed multi-year agreements with Cigna, continuing the longstanding relationships between the organizations.
November 12, 2011 Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Medical Park 1, Suite 110, is hosting a FREE Community Health Fair on Saturday, November 12, from 8 a.m.- 1 p.m. at their office located at 1315 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Suite 110, Gainesville, GA 30501.
November 1, 2011 Pierpont Brown, III, MD, FACS; Casey Graybeal, MD, FACS; Ronald Lewis, MD, FACS; Alex Nguyen, MD; and the staff of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Surgical Associates welcome Edward Foxhall, MD, FACS, to the practice
October 26, 2011 Come learn more about the non-surgical treatment options for acute and chronic pain from Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Interventional Pain Medicine’s board certified pain medicine physician, P. Tennent Slack, MD.
October 26, 2011 Come learn more about two surgical treatment options available at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, TIF® (Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication) which treats the underlying cause of GERD without incisions; and laporascopic Nissen.
October 4, 2011 Christy Wagner, MD and the staff of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Thompson Bridge welcomes family medicine physician Katie Dudas, MD, to the practice.
September 30, 2011 Join Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Surgical Associates for a FREE, no obligation informational session about morbid obesity's impact on overall individual health and a discussion of contemporary surgical treatment options.
September 27, 2011 Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Cleveland announces that long time family physician Becky Loomis, MD, will be leaving the practice effective November 4.
September 13, 2011 Come learn more about prostate health from Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Urology’s board certified urologists at one of our FREE public information seminars.
August 30, 2011 While stories about professional and college athletes struggling with mental and physical issues caused by concussions make headlines across the nation, Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is offering area athletes advanced treatment of concussions.
August 18, 2011 Eric Bohn, MD; Renee Kimball, MD; Christina Nguyen, MD; Angela Ritter, MD; and the staff of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Chestnut Mountain welcome family medicine physician Jack Cheng, MD, to the practice.
August 12, 2011 JEFFERSON, Ga. – Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) welcomes family medicine and sports medicine physician William Grimsley, MD, to NGPG Jefferson, a new practice to NGPG.
July 27, 2011 Find out if bariatric surgery is right for you. Join Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Surgical Associates for a FREE, no obligation informational session about morbid obesity's impact on overall individual health and a discussion of contemporary surgical treatment options.
May 3, 2011 HOSCHTON, Ga. – Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) is pleased to announce that Leslie David, MD, a trusted and established family medicine physician in Hoschton has joined the group.
April 7, 2011 GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Find out if bariatric surgery is right for you. Join Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Surgical Associates for a FREE, no obligation informational session about morbid obesity's impact on overall individual.
March 2, 2011 GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) welcome family medicine physicians Monica Q. Newton, DO, and Wylie E. Newton, MD, to NGPG Gainesville, a new practice to NGPG.
February 1, 2011 GAINESVILLE/FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – Psychiatrists Jeffery R. Black, MD, and Thomas G. Cobb, MD, of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Psychiatry, will discuss depression signs, symptoms and treatment options.
January 27, 2011 GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Ready to get serious about weight loss in 2011? If so, come to a free seminar sponsored by Northeast Georgia Medical Center to learn more about surgical and non-surgical weight loss options.
January 22, 2011 HOSCHTON, Ga. — Start the year off right by attending a free health fair at Medical Plaza 1 in Braselton, featuring free health screenings and educational seminars provided by physicians in those practices.
October 28, 2010 GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Gary Gibbs has regained control of his life and shed most of his symptoms of Parkinson's disease, thanks to a new procedure offered by NGPG Neurosurgery called Deep Brain Stimulation.
October 22, 2010 GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Shaena Blevins, MD, a neurologist with Northeast Georgia Physicians Group, has been named medical director of the Neurophysiology Lab of Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC).
August 3, 2010 GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Surgical Associates Vascular Center, now offers the area’s only Veinwave treatment system for treatment of spider veins and telangiectasia (clusters of red, blue or purple veins that spider-web across the cheeks, thighs, calves, ankles and knees).
July 6, 2010 Chad Palmer, MD, is now offering a Diabetes and Sports/Exercise clinic on Friday mornings at NGPG Sports Medicine in Braselton. Working with the patient’s primary care physician and/or endocrinologist, Dr. Palmer offers a host of services to the Type I and Type II Diabetic.
May 17, 2010 GAINESVILLE, Ga.- In the United States each year, about 500,000 men choose to have a vasectomy for permanent birth control. A new surgical approach offers men a less invasive procedure as compared to the traditional needle vasectomy.
January 25, 2010 BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. – Students, faculty and staff of the Union County School System who suffer sudden heart attacks may be saved by new equipment donated by Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Cardiology and The Medical Center Foundation of Northeast Georgia Health System.
