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| Frequently Asked Questions - What is Stillwell Medical Group, LLC?
- What is a Physician Assistant or Physician Associate?
- Are your primary care providers qualified?
- Do you accept insurance?
Q:What is Stillwell Medical Group, LLC?
A: Stillwell Medical offers a unique medical weight loss service that gives you confidence to meet your weight loss goals and smoking cessation goals. Stillwell Medical is a medical weight loss and smoking cessation consultant group staffed by advanced, highly skilled and highly trained physician, physician assistants. Our qualified specialized staff will diagnose and treat your medical needs.
Q:What is a Physician Assistant (PA) or also referred to as Physician Associate (PA)?
A: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS/PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE: Are rigorously medically trained and are licensed medical professionals as advanced medical providers who establish and build a medical practice diagnosing and treating their own patient roster, medically trained to serve in a variety of clinical settings, in all medical specialties.
MEDICAL COMPETENCY: Physician Assistants are trained in the same medical model, as are physicians. PA's medical training advances their expertise in all areas of medicine in a condensed time frame-raining is roughly two-thirds the length of medical school with 108 weeks of general primary care education. PAs further enhance their chosen medical specialty in a structured residency program and/or hand in hand with their physician colleagues. Physician Assistants must also pass a national medical certification board and re certify every six years.
CHARACTER and VALUE: Physician Assistants are by character compassionate advanced medical providers and team builders through individual professional excellence in collaboration and partnership with physicians, consultants, fellows/residents, nursing and other medical staff, achieving high quality outpatient and inpatient care, through medical problem solving, working interdependently and assuming responsibility for their patients. PAs are cost effective medical providers for patients, businesses, and insurance plans, contributing to a solid financial foundation for the whole health care system.
Physician assistants (PAs) provide health care services with supervision by physicians. They should not be confused with medical assistants, who perform routine clinical and clerical tasks. PAs are formally trained to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services. They take medical histories, examine patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and x-rays, and make diagnoses. They also treat minor injuries by suturing, splinting, and casting. In 46 States and the District of Columbia, physician assistants may prescribe medications. PAs may provide care in rural or inner city clinics where a physician is present only occasionally.
All States require that new PAs complete an accredited, formal education program. As of July 1999, there were 116 accredited or provisionally accredited educational programs for physician assistants; 64 of these programs offered a bachelor's degree or a degree option. The rest offered a certificate, an associate degree, or a master's degree. Most PA graduates have at least a bachelor's degree.
Q:Are your Primary Medical Care providers qualified?
A: Our Associates are board certified and state licensed primary care medical providers highly skilled and trained in Internal Medicine, Family Practice and Urgent Care.
We have Dr. Eddie L Whitehead, MD supervising and collaborating physician who specializes in Internal Medicine with more than 20 years of experience. Dr. Whitehead is a highly skilled board certified Internist. Dr Whitehead is on staff at Dekalb Medical Center at Hillandale. Dr Whitehead is a native of Camilla, Georgia with a approachable, compassionate and caring spirit with excellent listening skills and bedside manner. He says “I just love taking care of my patients.”
We have L. Denise Stillwell-Barker, Certified Physician Assistant, who has over 15 years extensive experience in Internal Medicine, Family Practice and Urgent Care.
Denise Stillwell Barker after undergoing a intensive study in the Masters Program received her Master of Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Nebraska. Prior to receiving her Masters Degree, she underwent a rigorous and intensive four year Physician Assistant Program at Alderson-Broaddus College in West Virginia. She completed a stringent Internship at the Ohio State University Medical Center. After wards, she received her Bachelor of Science majoring in Medical Science degree from Alderson-Broaddus College in West Virginia. Prior to the Bachelor of Science degree, Denise Stillwell Barker earned an Associates Degree in Pre-Medicine, Pre- pharmacy, and Pre-Dental at Dekalb College in Clarkston, Georgia. Denise is a native of Atlanta, Georgia with a warm, compassionate and caring spirit with excellent listening skills and bedside manner. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, exercising, and spending time with her family. She says, “ I have my patients best interest at heart.”
Q: Do you accept Medical Insurance? We no longer accept any insurance. This was a tough decision but we feel strongly that this will help us keep our patient costs down. Generally, insurance does not cover weight loss. | |
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