Georgia Highlands Medical Services
In 1979, two Catholic nuns (Sisters Kathryn Cliatt & June Racicot), along with dedicated community members, founded George E. Wilson Memorial Health Services, Inc. (the Wilson Clinic) to provide health care to a rural community located at the foothills of the North Georgia mountains. That original clinic, now Georgia Highlands Medical Services (GHMS), was located in a double-wide trailer & served approximately 168 patients a year.
Today, GHMS has eight locations in Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth & Hall counties and offers a wide range of general and specialized medical services to include Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Women鈥檚 Health, OB/GYN, Behavioral Health, and Chiropractic Care. Other services include radiology, pharmacy, on-site clinical laboratory, family planning, & telehealth. GHMS鈥檚 mission statement is 鈥淲e are committed to serving all people with compassion, dignity, and integrity while providing excellent, affordable & integrated health care鈥�. GHMS also provides a Sliding Fee Scale Program based on the patient's ability to pay & accept most major insurance, including Medicare & Medicaid.
Committed to Every Patient
Georgia Highlands Medical Services is a private non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Patient-Centered Medical Home. The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home promotes high-quality care standards that emphasize the use of systematic, patient-centered, coordinated, team-based care that supports access, quality assessment and improvement, and patient involvement. GHMS provides services to everyone regardless of income level, insurance status, religion, race, or spoken language. The staff and providers are deeply committed to partnering with their patients to help them achieve optimal health outcomes.
Unique Educational Experiences
Georgia Highlands Medical Services' clinical platforms provide required clinical experiences for students as a Medical College of Georgia FQHC Educational Affiliate. These learning opportunities are supervised by the GHMS physicians who are also MCG Community Clinical Faculty members and facilitated by others in their interprofessional team of clinical providers.
Contact Info
Todd Shifflet
- CEO
Swapna Madhavan, MD
- CMO
Alice Philip, MD
Nazia Younus, MD
Leland Gyr, MD