News Release: Emory Healthcare
Oct. 13, 2009
Emory-Georgia Heart Care Forms to Serve Cumming and Forsyth County Area Residents
Yitzhak Hermoni, MD, FACC, leads cardiology services
Emory-Georgia Heart Care is located at 1200 Bald Ridge Marina Rd, Cumming, Ga., 30041. You may reach Dr. Yitzhak Hermoni's office at 770-886-0003.Emory Healthcare announces the merging of Georgia-Heart Care into Emory Specialty Associates, a wholly owned subsidiary of Emory Healthcare. With this merger, Emory-Georgia Heart Care will expand its services, bring additional cardiovascular specialists to Cumming and provide even better care to the residents of Forsyth County.
Leading cardiology services for Emory-Georgia Heart Care is Yitzhak Hermoni, MD, FACC. Dr. Hermoni is a graduate of the Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel. He trained in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He completed his cardiovascular training at the University of Cincinnati and remained on the faculty there for five years. He has practiced cardiology in Cumming since 1991.
Dr. Hermoni founded Georgia Heart Care in 1997 and has now merged this highly reputable cardiology practice with Emory. He is Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Hermoni is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, a member of the Heart Rhythm Society and the American Society of Echocardiography.
"Emory-Georgia Heart Care remains committed to providing the highest quality care to the residents of Cumming and Forsyth County right here at home" says Dr. Hermoni. "EGHC will provide a direct link to the tremendous expertise, research and intellectual resources that reside within Emory University, one of the top medical schools in the world. With Emory, Dr. Hermoni will remain in Cumming, continue to direct EGHC and provide excellent direct patient care utilizing the existing area hospitals, as well as the Emory Midtown and Emory University Hospitals for tertiary care not available locally.
Wright Caughman, MD, director of The Emory Clinic, says, "We are very pleased to offer residents of Cumming and Forsyth County the excellence of Emory-Georgia Heart Care with Dr. Hermoni at the helm. This underscores our commitment to continue to bring the best health care to this community. Emory-Georgia Heart Care is a vital part of our health system, Emory Healthcare, and patients will benefit from continued access to Emory's specialty doctors and other resources when they are needed."
Emory-Georgia Heart Care is located at 1200 Bald Ridge Marina Rd, Cumming, Ga., 30041. You may reach Dr. Hermoni's office at 770-886-0003.
Emory Healthcare Facts
In addition to Emory-Georgia Heart Care, Emory Healthcare physicians practice in a number of health care centers throughout the metro Atlanta area. The Emory Clinic (TEC) is the largest, most comprehensive group practice in Georgia. TEC has 1,400 physicians, nurse clinicians, and physician assistants, with 77 facilities including the Emory University campus with multispecialty and primary care sites, Emory Winship Cancer Institute, and geriatric outpatient care at Wesley Woods. Emory Clinic physicians practice at numerous sites throughout metro Atlanta: Emory Midtown (12 specialties), Executive Park (orthopaedics), Decatur, DeKalb Medical Center, Dunwoody, Emory Eastside, Emory Johns Creek, Flat Shoals Parkway, Hillandale, Perimeter, Rockdale, Smyrna, Sugarloaf, Stockbridge and WellStar Kennestone. In addition to those in metro Atlanta, the clinic has heart and vascular sites throughout the state. Emory also serves the LaGrange area through the Emory Clark-Holder Clinic.
Emory Healthcare is a component of the Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University, an academic health science and service center focused on missions of teaching, research, health care and public service. Other components include the Emory University School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, and Rollins School of Public Health; Yerkes National Primate Research Center; and Emory Winship Cancer Institute.
Emory Healthcare is the largest, most comprehensive health system in Georgia. Emory Healthcare includes: The Emory Clinic, Emory-Children's Center, Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Wesley Woods Center, Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital, the jointly owned Emory-Adventist Hospital, and EHCA, a limited liability company created with Hospital Corporation of America. EHCA includes two joint venture hospitals, Emory Eastside Medical Center and Emory Johns Creek Hospital.
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