Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Barrow is getting some help for its emergency department in the form of additional staff – namely resident physicians.
Resident physicians are licensed doctors training in a specialty. They train for three to 10 years after medical school, providing patient care and performing procedures under the supervision of more experienced faculty physicians.
“There will be one resident per month rotating at NGMC Barrow, and they are grateful to serve this growing community,” said Josh Mugele, MD, program director of the Emergency Medicine Residency program at NGMC. “Having more trained people focused on your care is a good thing, and having these resident physicians involved in the Emergency Departments at our other hospitals in Braselton and Gainesville has been very successful.”
The first Emergency Medicine resident physician at NGMC Barrow will be Abby Banks-McClelland, MD, a senior resident from the Atlanta area. Dr. McClelland went to medical school in Greenville, South Carolina.