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Independent Physicians of the Carolinas
Independent Physicians of the Carolinas is a nonprofit 501(c)(6)
membership organization whose mission is to create public
awareness of medical doctors not employed by a network or
hospital system and to provide educational programs and
resources to physician members and their administration.
Visit us at IndependentPhysicians.org.
David Draughn, MD, at Vein Specialists of the Carolinas
currently is working through the process to meet the standards of
excellence required by the Accreditation Association of
Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). These are standards
that hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers must meet
and are similar to the more familiar JCAHO regulations.
The process is expected to be completed in the next six
DavidDraughn,MD months. This will make Vein Specialists of the Carolinas
the only specialized vein practice to achieve this distinction. Both
the Charlotte and Gastonia offices will be undergoing construction.
Charlotte will be first, with renovations to the front office and the
clinical area. The surgical suite will be redesigned specifically to meet
the accreditation standards. This is targeted for completion in the next
three months. In Gastonia, this will include expansion and relocation
to accommodate their growth in that area, with a completion date of
August 2016.
Asthma & Allergy Specialists, PA, announces the opening
of SleepWell Kids, a division of the
practice. Under the leadership of
medical directors William Ashe, MD,
and Hugh Black, MD, this newly
designed pediatric sleep lab will be
William Ashe, MD Hugh Black, MD available at 8045 Providence Road in
south Charlotte. For more information, call 980-213-2161 or visit
www.sleepwellkids.com. CGH staff members enthusiastically participated in World Pancreatic
Gina Duncan, MD, has joined Eastover Psychological &
Psychiatric Group. Duncan earned her undergraduate degree in
chemistry from Hampton University in Virginia and her medical
degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine
in Chapel Hill. She completed her general psychiatry residency at
Harvard at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/McLean
Hospital Adult Psychiatry Residency Program in Boston. In her final
year of residency, she served as Chief Resident of Psychotherapy
in the MGH outpatient clinic and received the MGH Ann Alonso
Award for Psychotherapy. She also was a recipient of the APA/
SAMHSA Minority Fellowship and developed a church-based mental
health promotion project called Abundant Life Through Applied
Resilience (A.L.T.A.R.)™. Prior to joining Eastover Psychological
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& Psychiatric Group, Duncan served as an Assistant Professor of
Psychiatry and the Associate Dean for Admissions for the Medical
College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University (GRU) in Augusta.
While at GRU, she also served as the psychiatrist for Project GREAT
(Georgia Recovery-Based Educational Approach to Treatment) and
has authored a chapter on Shared Decision-Making in mental health
care. Duncan is board-certified in general psychiatry. She is a Fellow
of the American Psychiatric Association and serves as a blogger
on the APA’s Healthy Minds website. Duncan’s clinical focus is
on the use of medication management and psychotherapy in the
treatment of adult mood and anxiety disorders, as well as OCD and
ADHD. Her other areas of special interest include the intersection of
spirituality and psychiatry, disparities in health and achievement that
disproportionately affect underserved communities, strength-based
approaches to building resilience and faith, and community-based
approaches to addressing disparities in mental health. For additional
information, visit eastoverpsych.com.
Charlotte Gastroenterology & Hepatology (CGH) is pleased
to announce that Sanjib Mohanty, MD, and Jason Wilson, MD,
have been appointed as clinical directors
of the CGH Research Division. Both
physicians have participated in CGH’s
research studies as sub-investigators
since joining the practice and are excited
Sanjib Mohanty, MD JasonWilson, MD about the opportunities of their new role.
The division recently has added two new studies for Hepatitis C
and iron deficiency anemia. Mohanty and Wilson look forward to
the alternative treatment options that are provided to their patients
through these studies.
CGH is excited to offer patients with Crohn’s disease a new online
tool to help manage the disease. The practice was one of 13 in the
country chosen to participate in the national rollout of Project Sonar.
Participating patients are pinged monthly with a series of questions
about their symptoms and overall health. Scores derived from their
answers are reported to their CGH physician and further care may be
recommended to avoid complications or hospitalization. During the
pilot program in Illinois, patients participating in Project Sonar saw
their hospitalization rates drop by more than 50 percent.
Cancer Day by wearing purple to work on November 13. Clinical and
administrative staff got creative with wigs, tutus, clothing and makeup
to spread awareness about one of the nation’s deadliest cancers.
The latest edition of the Independent
Physicians of the Carolinas Physician Directory
& Medical Resource Guide has been distributed
to medical professionals and the public. If your
office would like copies on hand for the clinicians,
support staff and administration, as well as copies
in your patient waiting areas, please send Sherie
Bradshaw, board member, an email at
sherie@ip-carolinas.org to request copies.