NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE - Key Persons
Abbey Gilbert spends time building genuine relationships with her patients to get to know them on a personal level. Abbey's fascination with coronary artery disease led her into the field of cardiology where she aims to provide quality cardiac care to her community. In her free time, she enjoys singing and playing the piano at church as well as traveling and camping with her family in their RV.
Job Titles:
- FACC, FHRS Specialty: Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Northside Health System
Job Titles:
- AGNP - C Specialty: Nurse Practitioner
- Certified Nurse Practitioner
Carly Fuqua is a board-certified nurse practitioner who believes in patient-centered care, incorporating each patient's unique values and beliefs into their personal care plan. Driven to make a positive impact, she focuses on treating each patient with respect, compassion and dignity through individualized treatment plans. Carly's favorite part of her role is building relationships with her patients and their families.
When she's not working, Carly enjoys spending time with her family, hiking and watching college basketball.
Job Titles:
- ACNP - BC Specialty: Nurse Practitioner
Christopher Leech has developed a philosophy of care that treats each patient as an individual, incorporating their social and cultural needs into their care plans. He enjoys tackling the complexities and challenges of cardiology while assisting patients and their families during difficult times. When he's not working, Christopher enjoys working out at the gym, watching and attending Atlanta sporting events and cheering on his children at their soccer games.
Job Titles:
- FNP Specialty: Family Nurse Practitioner
Christy Turk strives to provide a safe, respectful and friendly environment in which all patients receive personalized care based on their individual needs. Cardiology is her passion, and she enjoys making a difference in the lives of her patients by providing the best quality of care to those in need. In her free time, Christy enjoys traveling and reading.
Cindy Cox believes it is important to partner with patients in care decisions and provide quality and ethical care that is individualized to meet the needs of a patient. Having worked in many facets of healthcare, Cindy has empathy and an appreciation of what it takes to navigate a complex system. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, working in the garden, antiquing and playing the piano.
Job Titles:
- MSCAI, FACC Specialty: Chief Scientific Officer
Dora knows the value of creating a positive experience for her patients. After supporting her father through open-heart surgery over six years ago, she decided to enter the field of cardiology. That experience taught her the importance of creating the best inpatient and outpatient experience for her patients. She spends quality time building rapport and educating her patients about heart disease. It brings her great joy to know that she has an impact in her patient's lives.
When Dora is not at work, she enjoys hiking and spending time with her family. Maui is her puppy that she absolutely adores.
Job Titles:
- Certified Nurse Practitioner
- NP - C Specialty: Nurse Practitioner
Elyse Daniels is a certified nurse practitioner with 11 years clinical experience. She believes that she and her patients are one team-this approach allows her patients to have the best life possible with care and support.
In her free time, Elyse enjoys reading, spending time outdoors, yard work and volunteering at her children's schools and activities.
Job Titles:
- Nurse Practitioner
- FNP - C Specialty: Family Nurse Practitioner
Emily Vaughan is a nurse practitioner that has more than 10 years of clinical experience in cardiology. Emily enjoys working with her patients so that she can understand their medical conditions as well as their health expectations. Gaining patients' trust is a source of pride for Emily, as well as a critical step in educating them about living healthy lifestyles.
Emily finds joy and considers it an honor to get to know her patients and provide care as though they are her friends and neighbors. In her spare time, Emily enjoys visiting the lake with her family. She also likes to travel, shop, read, play golf and tennis and volunteer at her church.
Job Titles:
- Certified Nurse Practitioner
- NP - C Specialty: Nurse Practitioner
Emmanuel Gwibuka is a board-certified nurse practitioner dedicated to providing high-quality care to improve patient outcomes. His philosophy of care centers on listening to and learning about his patients, striving to educate them about their healthcare while delivering patient-centered, quality care. Emmanuel's favorite part of his workday is seeing his patients' health improve.
When he's not working, Emmanuel enjoys spending time with his family, hiking, jogging and taking his children to practice or watching their games.
Job Titles:
- Nurse Practitioner
- FNP Specialty: Nurse Practitioner
Gail Whiten is a nurse practitioner with eight years of cardiac electrophysiology experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Gail approaches her patients as a whole person, providing care to meet their physical, emotional and environmental needs. She treats patients as though they are members of her own family. She finds satisfaction in helping patients live as normally as possible by improving their symptoms related to abnormal heart rhythms.
Gail chose electrophysiology as her specialty because she finds the complexities in the electrical activity of the heart intriguing and challenging, motivating her career of caring. In her spare time, she loves cooking, traveling to new places and spending time with her family, including her two dogs.
Job Titles:
- MSCAI, FACC Specialty: Chief
Julia McDonald is a physician assistant with 14 years of experience. Her interests include interventional cardiology and preventative medicine to help frame the treatment of her patients. Julia's fascination with the field goes back to high school when she had the opportunity to see a beating heart.
Julia greets each of her patients with a smile. She enjoys being part of their lives and cares for them as though they're members of her family. In collaboration with physicians and medical staff, Julia practices evidence-based medicine with focus on the whole person. She strives to help patients recover and live their healthiest and best life, for themselves and their loved ones. Julia is active in the community as founder and executive director of the Carrie Williams Pink Foundation, which supports holistic health for women. In her free time, she enjoys traveling. She also enjoys planning and spending time with friends and family over a good meal.
Kelly Sisson is board certified with the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Her subspecialty is in cardiovascular care and she has dedicated much of her career developing expertise in her field of choice. Kelly is dedicated to treating patients the way she would like her own family members to be cared for. In her free time, she enjoys cycling and spending time outdoors with her husband and two daughters.
Job Titles:
- ACNPC - AG Specialty: Nurse Practitioner
Job Titles:
- AGACNP, FNP Specialty: Nurse Practitioner
- Certified Nurse Practitioner
Melissa Barrow is a certified nurse practitioner. She understands her patients, and ensures that she includes them in their own care plan so they know how to better manage their health.
In her free time, Melissa enjoys running; she has completed six half marathons. She also enjoys traveling and watching college football.
Job Titles:
- AGACNP Specialty: Nurse Practitioner
- Certified Nurse Practitioner
Morgan Altamirano is a certified nurse practitioner with seven years of experience in cardiology. She understands her patients, and their struggles. Her goal is assist her patients achieve better health through education and reduction of risk factors.
In her free time, Morgan enjoys biking, hiking and going to the gym. She also loves to cheer on the University of Tennessee and the Atlanta United soccer team.
Job Titles:
- PA - C Specialty: Physician Assistant
Neely Swartz brings a fresh perspective to her patients. She has always been interested in the complexities of the heart. She is friendly and loves to talk with her patients as they recover and improve. Neely is excited to be able to work with such a large and diverse patient population.
A Roswell resident, Neely enjoys traveling, painting, cooking and playing video games.
Ohridia Pope is an acute care nurse practitioner who believes in providing superior care locally so that patients can get the care they need, close to home. Her holistic approach is rooted in evidence-based practice and working collaboratively with patients and providers. She holds a clinical interest in cardiology and is a strong advocate of active listening, educating patients and empowering them to greater health. When she's not working, she enjoys music, dancing, reading and watching mystery shows.
Job Titles:
- PA - C Specialty: Physician Assistant
- Patient Focused Physician Assistant
Patrick McAnally is a patient focused physician assistant who has continuously provided high quality care to both acute and chronically ill cardiac patients. Patrick believes in listening to the needs of the patient. He likes to simplify abstract concepts about their care so that is as easy as possible to understand. His goal is to make a positive difference in the care of every one of his patients. In his free time, Patrick enjoys cooking, cars and his home theater.
Job Titles:
- PA - C Specialty: Physician Assistant
Job Titles:
- PA - C Specialty: Physician Assistant