PERISSEIA PRIMARY CARE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Physician
- Linda Peabody, FNP Jody Nagel
- Rebecca Cowart, FNP - C Linda Peabody
Dr. David W. Kunz received a BA degree in Religion from Wake Forest University, captained the Varsity Swimming Team, graduated Magna cum Laude, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Mortar Board. He was selected by his peers as one of three Senior Orators, to speak at commencement activities. After graduating from Emory University School of Medicine in 1982, he completed a Family Practice Residency at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Charleston, S.C. He became a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine in 1985 and maintains his Board Certification to the present time. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Medical Corps, he served on the Family Practice Staff at Naval Hospital, Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station and was Director of Utilization and Quality Assurance. He has training in Advanced Trauma Life Support, and has served as an Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor Trainer.
Since leaving the Navy and returning to Atlanta in 1987, Dr. Kunz has been on the staff of Gwinnett Hospital System, where he has served as Chief of Family Medicine, and as a member of the QA Committee and the Ethics Committee. He is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine. Dr. Kunz maintains his membership in the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians and also belongs to the Medical Association of Georgia, Southern Medical Association, Gwinnett/Forsyth Medical Society, and Christian Medical/Dental Association.
Dr. Kunz was one of the first physicians in the nation to recognize the importance of computerized medical information systems and specifically the security and economic implications of linking clinical and financial data. Perisseia Physicians, LLC, formed in 1998 as a management and physicians' group model, was a pioneering attempt to leverage this connection. More recently, Dr. Kunz has created DOCSTER.com, a secure, physicians-only, communications platform (think ultra-secure "Facebook" for doctors, by doctors, with membership by invitation from member doctors only). The goal of this project is to create a "safe-haven" for doctors (and eventually, patients) who are concerned about rapidly expanding medical system regulations and with government and insurance company intrusion into the privacy of the doctor-patient relationship. Dr. Kunz networks, writes, and speaks widely on this topic. He'll bend your ear on the topic if you give him the chance!
Dr. David W. Kunz has been practicing medicine for over thirty years.
Job Titles:
- Family Nurse Practitioner
Jody joined the medical staff here at Perisseia is February of 2022. Jody is a Family Nurse Practitioner with more than 20 years experience in the healthcare field. She is dedicated to providing excellent patient-centered care and building a positive rapport with patients by being personable, informative, and encouraging. She has experience in a variety of healthcare settings including family practice, urgent care, and emergency medicine.
Job Titles:
- Family Nurse Practitioner
Job Titles:
- Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
- Family Nurse Practitioner
Rebecca Cowart is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Valdosta State University in 2001. She continued her education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she earned her Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2013.
Prior to joining Perisseia Primary Care and Wellness, she was employed as an FNP at an Internal Medicine practice in Suwanee. Before her career as a Nurse Practitioner, she worked for twelve years as a Labor and Delivery nurse at the busiest L & D unit in the nation. She is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.