Northside Cardiology is now an Accredited Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory
Northside Cardiology’s Dr. Michael Balk received the Community Preceptor of the Year Award for the Physician Assistant Program at Emory University School of Medicine. We congratulate Dr. Balk for this recognition and his commitment to supporting medical education.
Dr Kimberly P. Champney was
interviewed by CoxRadio,
with the interview airing on their
Atlanta hit stations B98.5FM(WSB-FM),
97.1 The
River (WSRV), and AM-750 (WSB-AM).
The American
Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute have launched a new “Act in Time” campaign to
increase people’s
awareness of heart attack and the importance of calling 911 immediately
at the
onset of heart attack symptoms. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/actintime/index.htm
Silverman Receives Award for Commitment to Physician Education
Dr. Barry Silverman with Northside Cardiology was a recent award
recipient from the American College of Physicians for his contribution
to community physician education. In 1973 Dr. Silverman started
Internal Medicine Education at Northside, believing that continued
education is crucial because "outstanding medical centers need quality
education programs for physicians." He is an active member of the
American College of Physicians and the American College of Cardiology,
and encourages physicians to actively participate in medical
organizations to ensure the community is receiving the best medical
care. Northside Hospital congratulates Dr. Silverman on his
accomplishments and his continued commitment to service.
From the November
Issue of Northside Medical Center's Physicians' MonthlyWe are excited to announce the opening
of our new office in Cumming/Alpharetta
on January 7, 2008. Just off of GA400 at exit 13.
With the opening of this office we bring a multidisciplinary team
closer to you. This includes providing diagnostic tests
within its new facility to include Echocardiography and Exercise
Treadmill testing. It is located in the Peachtree Parkway Medical
Campus. Please call 678-679-4930 for more details or to
schedule an appointment.
Northside Cardiology has purchased and
is implementing an Electronic Health Record (EHR). Your
records will be available to the provider at either of our locations
via our EHR. You can continue to call the same phone number
you have always used to schedule at either location.
Dr. J Chen was recently
elected as Cardiology Section Chair of Northside Hospital. Dr. Singh
and Silverman have also been past Chairs.
Dr. Silverman, Balk, Crisco, Chen,
Singh and Hafeez are all listed in the "Guide to America's Top
Cardiologists" 2006 edition at
www.consumersresearchcncl.org.
Dr. Singh was selected to Marquis
Who's who in America for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. To see a complete listing visit www.marquiswhoswho.com.
Dr. Chen does the most
radial artery catherizations of all interventional cardiologist at St
Joseph's hospital. This technique offers patients the ability to
mobilize immediately after their intervention. To read more about this
please see our procedures page.
Dr.'s Balk,Singh,Champney, and Brown also perform radial artery catherizations.
The Tower at Northside 5670
Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Suite 880
Atlanta, GA 30342
Phone: 404-256-2525
Peachtree Parkway Medical Campus
610 Peachtree Parkway
Suite 100
Cumming, GA 30041
Phone: 678-679-4930
Accredited
Echocardiography
Laboratory
Our
Dunwoody location
is conveniently located on the north side of Atlanta at the highway
intersection of I-285 and GA 400 in the The Tower at
Northside adjacent to Northside Hospital.
Our
Cumming office is
located in the Peachtree Parkway Medical Campus.
8:30 am to
5:00 pm M-F
During normal office hours, our staff is available for appointment
scheduling, clinical inquiries, and prescription refills. Please call
404-256-2525 to reach one of our staff members.
