Category: News

The Longstreet Clinic is pleased to announce that You Sun “Sunny” Nam, M.D., has joined the Department of Internal Medicine in Gainesville. Dr. Nam earned her medical degree from Yonsei University College of Medicine and completed her residency in internal medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine. She is certified by the American Board of Internal […]

In 1997, The Longstreet Clinic, P.C., began North Georgia’s first and only full-time, hospital-based inpatient service. Today that practice, Longstreet Inpatient Medicine, has grown to include more than 20 physicians dedicated to caring solely for hospitalized patients. Now, fifteen years later, inpatient medicine is considered one of the fastest growing medical specialties in U.S. history, with […]

Vascular & Vein Specialists at The Longstreet Clinic, P.C., is pleased to announce that it has been granted a three-year term of reaccreditation in Vascular Testing in the areas of Extracranial Cerebrovascular Testing, Visceral Vascular, Peripheral Venous Testing and Peripheral Arterial Testing by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). The lab was reaccredited in January 2010 […]

The Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) Foundation announced that Frank McDonald, a neurologist at The Longstreet Clinic, P.C., in Gainesville, was one of 10 physicians from across the state who recently graduated from the fourth class of the Georgia Physicians Leadership Academy (GPLA). “The GPLA was established to develop physician leaders to improve health care delivery for […]

Since its formation in 1995, The Longstreet Clinic, P.C., (TLC) has been committed innovation and driving improvement in health care. By embracing compassionate, evidence-based quality standards of care, the Clinic recently received recognition from two national organizations that measure and certify practices in key areas of performance, making it one of the first to achieve […]

You may have seen reports this morning about Pfizer’s recall of certain types of birth control pills due to a packaging error that could result in unintended pregnancies. The Center for Women’s Health at The Longstreet Clinic does not typically prescribe this particular type of pill to our patients. However, should you have any concerns, […]

A group of Gainesville doctors and clinics are using new secure software that makes it easier to share medical images. IConnect helps Community Health Alliance partners log into a site and see things like x-rays. CHA Chairman, Doctor Richard LoCicero, said they used to have to physically pick up data discs from other clinics and doctors. […]

Charles H. Nash, III, MD, an oncologist with The Longstreet Clinic Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, has been named medical director of the Cancer Center at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC). Dr. Nash previously served as medical director of the Cancer Center from 2002 to 2005. As medical director, Dr. Nash will provide clinical and […]

With more than 85 physicians, The Longstreet Clinic, P.C. recently joined the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG), according to MAG President Sandra B. Reed, M.D. MAG now has more than 6,500 members – up some 12 percent in the last year. “The Longstreet Clinic has cared for more than 145,000 patients in north Georgia in […]

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) recently announced that R. Philip Marler, M.D., F.A.C.P., Lajos Toth, M.D., F.A.C.P., Kenneth W. Fogarty II, M.D., Marti Gibbs, M.D., John N. Range, M.D., and Andrew B. Reisman, M.D., of The Longstreet Clinic, P.C., have received recognition from the Heart/Stroke Recognition Program for providing quality care […]