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Heather Johnson, NP
Heather Johnson, NP Heather Johnson, NP, is part of the Phoebe Neurology team. Heather has been a nurse practitioner since 2008 and has more than 19 years of experience in direct patient care. Heather says working in neurosurgery brings a love of nervous system disorders requiring surgical intervention, where I can follow them from start …
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Teddy Dwight, NP
Teddy Dwight, NP Teddy Dwight is part of the Phoebe Behavioral Health outpatient team. He has been a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner since 2017 and has more than eight years of experience in direct patient care of mental health. Teddy graduated from Thomas University in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing and …
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Samantha Montgomery
Samantha Montgomery Samantha Montgomery has been a nurse practitioner since 2008. She has been part of the primary care team at Sumter Primary Care and Sports Medicine since 2010. She has a passion for caring for patients and making a difference for the people in the community where she serves. In her spare …
Certified Wound Care Specialists Our team of certified wound care specialists and nurses at Phoebe Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, treat more wounds than anyone else in the region, including many chronic wounds that have resisted healing after months and years of traditional treatment. It’s all we do, and we do it with an unmatched …
Americus, GA | May 6, 2024 – A unique partnership between Phoebe Sumter Medical Center and an Americus artist is helping the hospital provide holistic care for mental health patients and supporting the Phoebe vision, “to make every life we touch, better.” Leaders at Phoebe Sumter recognized the need for a more therapeutic environment in the …
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Albany, GA | April 10, 2024 – More than 103,000 Americans are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant, including nearly 3,000 here in Georgia. An average of 17 people die every day nationwide while waiting for an organ. To highlight the need for organ donors, Phoebe held a Donate Life flag raising ceremony on its main …
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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than 6 million Americans, most of them age 65 or older. It is a progressive disease that begins with mild memory loss and may lead to the loss of the ability to carry out daily activities or carry on a conversation. Phoebe is part …
Phoebe is creating a place to train the nurses of tomorrow. Our Living & Learning Community will become the new home of Albany Technical College's expanded nursing program and will provide apartments so students can live where they learn and train. If you would like to become part of the first class to utilize the …
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Albany, GA | November 15, 2024 – A routine checkup that revealed high calcium levels in her blood led Albany native, Darlene Hollis, a Procurement Specialist for Dougherty County, down an unexpected path. Following those initial lab results, Hollis had a CT scan that revealed a concerning spot – measuring just a centimeter – in …
Albany, GA | January 17, 2025 –Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (PPMH) successfully opened its new Trauma & Critical Care Tower Wednesday, transitioning emergency services from its previous Emergency Center to its new Emergency & Trauma Center and moving patients from its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) to much larger and …
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Albany, GA | January 31, 2025 – Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (PPMH) and Phoebe Bariatrics are 2024 Best of Georgia winners in Georgia Business Journal’s annual readers’ poll. Best of Georgia winners and nominees are chosen by a combination of readers’ votes and editors’ input and are vetted through several ranking sites, complaint reports and voting pattern analysis …
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Camilla, GA | April 7, 2025 – Phoebe Putney Health System has expanded its network of urgent care clinics by opening a new location in Camilla. The facility will provide residents in Camilla and surrounding areas with convenient access to high-quality, prompt medical care. Phoebe and community leaders took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday …
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