About Us


Mallory G. Smith, MD
Family Practice

Medical School-Emory University School of Medicine

Internship-Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia

Residency-Floyd Medical Center, Rome, Georgia

Board Certification-
Board Certified by the American Board of Family Medicine
Board Certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners

Professional Memberships
American Academy of Family Physicians
Georgia Academy of Family Physicians

 

 


Gregory L. Fortner, MD

Medical School-Emory University School of Medicine

Medical School: Medical College of GA in Augusta, completed in 1998

Internship: University of Texas at Houston, Health Science Center specializing in Internal Medicine completed June 1989

Residency: Medical College of GA specializing in Radiation Oncology, completed June 1992

Board Certification
Board Certified by the American Board of Radiology

 

 

 


Bruce M. Gioia, MD
Internal Medicine

Medical School-Saint Georges University School of Medicine, Granada, West Indies

Internship-Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland

Residency-Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland

Board Certification-Board Eligible

Professional Memberships
American Medical Association
American College of Physicians
American College of Physicians Inventors
Georgia Medical Society
National Association of Inpatient Physicians




Joseph C. Hand, III, MD
Internal Medicine

Medical School-Spartan Health Sciences University-St. Lucia, West Indies

Internship-The University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut

Residency-The University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut

Board Certification-
Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Memberships
Medical Association of Georgia





Dr. Benson Wayne Tapley, DO

Medical School - West VA School of Osteppathic Medicine

Internship - Doctor Hospital, Tucker, GA

Residency - The Medical Center, Columbus, GA

 

 

 






Paul A. Whitlock, Jr., MD
General Surgery/General Practice

Medical School-Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Internship-U.S. Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, California

Residency-U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, California

Board Certification
Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Professional Memberships
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Society
Georgia Surgical Society

 

 

Nurse Practitioners
B. Jenine Carpenter, NP - Hospital-based
Sherry R. May, NP - NP for Dr. Mallory G. Smith
Greg L. Williams, NP - NP for Dr. Joseph C. Hand
Ronda D. Williamson, NP - NP for Dr. David W. Scarborough

(C) The Doctors' Hospital of Tattnall and The Southeastern Orthopedic Center