For the latest health news...
For the latest health news join Dr. Turner and guest Affinity physician on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 8am on 107.5 WTIF. "For the month of February, Dr. Turner and Dr. Dale discussed the subject of Gastroenterology. Click here to listen (15.2 MB)

Internal Medicine
November 2007
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Mammography Films to Be Re-Evaluated
Affinity Health Group and Tift Regional Medical Center (TRMC) are notifying selected patients that their mammogram films need to be re-evaluated due to concerns regarding image quality.
Questions about your mammogram? Call 229.391.4035.
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Dr. Petermann to help change 100 lives in 100 minutes
In just 100 minutes on April 9, the lives of 100 low-income people in cities and towns across the country will be changed forever as their failing eyesight goes from murky to new-found clarity at all distances with crystalens ® cataract-lens implants ... free of charge.
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Redlinger Joins Affinity Health Group
Recently, Affinity Health Group welcomed Kristy Redlinger, PA-C to their team of physician assistants and nurse practitioners. As a physician assistant, her duties include obtaining and evaluating medical histories, facilitating physical examinations and laboratory testing, as well as working with patients in an inpatient and outpatient environment.
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Tour Our New Eye Care Facility in Valdosta...
Spacious lobbies, advanced technology for complete eye care, board-certified physicians and a friendly, well-trained staff - what more could you ask for from Affinity's newest location? Take a photo tour of our new eye care facility, the Valdosta office of Dr. Scott Petermann, where our permanent, state-of-the-art LASIK machine steals the show!
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Read the online journal...
Follow a real patient’s on-line journal as she prepares for her LASIK procedure by Dr. Scott Petermann with Affinity Health Group; from the time she takes her contacts out through her final post procedure appointment, read about her experience.
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Click here to see answers to some frequently asked questions about Laser Eye Surgery.


Controlling Pain
Pain Management Pays Off in Improved Quality of Life

Dr. Marion Lee, pain specialist with Affinity Health Group, is quick to tell his chronic pain patients in order to get better they must want to get better. "My patients must take an extremely active role in their pain management program," said Dr. Lee. "They must be motivated, follow our advice and they can get better."
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Tifton Gazette: Letter to the Editor
TRMC-Affinity deal is important for Tift County

Due to changing healthcare economics that are affecting many physician practices around the country, Tift Regional Medical Center (TRMC) is working with Affinity Health Group to purchase and operate Affinity’s building and ancillary services, which includes lab testing and diagnostic imaging. Affinity will remain an independent practice and the physicians will not be employees of TRMC.
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Affinity welcomes one pediatrician, two optometrists, a nephrologist, and an internist to our team.

Piyush Patel, M.D.
Clinical Nephrologist
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Mark Moore, O.D.
Optometrist
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Alan Glen Peaslee, O.D., M.S.
Optometrist
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Teresa Stewart, M.D.
Pediatrician
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Cynthia Loraine Sumner, M.D.
Internal Medicine
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Kristy Redlinger, PA-C
Physician Assistant
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