For more than 10 years, Alison Chwalibog worked in the hectic and busy world of emergency medicine, caring for patients in crisis, leading trauma responses and mentoring new nurses. Through it all, she couldn’t help but think what it would be like to help patients before they ended up at the emergency department.
So, she returned to school to become a family nurse practitioner, and she is now bringing her experience to Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Thompson Bridge.
“I loved my time in the emergency department,” Chwalibog said. “But what I really wanted was more time with my patients and to care for them through their entire health journey. I knew family medicine was the place for me, and I’m so glad I made the switch.”
Chwalibog earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Wilmington University in Wilmington, Delaware, and went on to earn her master’s degree from Frontier Nursing University in Versailles, Kentucky. She began her nursing career in Maryland, working at an orthopedic rehabilitation hospital in Baltimore and then at Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center’s emergency department in Annapolis. After moving to Georgia, Chwalibog joined Northeast Georgia Health System, where she worked in the emergency department for six years and later worked in the post-anesthesia care unit.
During her nurse practitioner training, Chwalibog completed more than 400 clinical hours alongside the nurse practitioners at NGPG Thompson Bridge.
“It felt like home from the very beginning,” Chwalibog said. “I realized pretty quickly that these are the kinds of patients I am really passionate about working with. I was able to form relationships with some of my patients in a short time and wanted to continue strengthening those relationships as their primary care provider.”
Outside of work, Chwalibog stays busy as a single mom to two young daughters. When she’s not at a soccer game or ballet recital, she enjoys working out, doing yoga, making floral arrangements, cooking creative meals, decorating for holidays and spending time with her rescue dogs and cats.
NGPG Thompson Bridge is open Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office is located inside Medical Plaza 1 at 3641 Thompson Bridge Road in Gainesville. Call 770-219-9460 to schedule an appointment or visit ngpg.org/chwalibog to learn more.
NGPG is an affiliate of Northeast Georgia Health System.
