Physician Ownership Disclosure

Disclosure of Physician Ownership
Notice to Patients

Disclosure of Physician Ownership
Notice to Patients

Please carefully review the information contained in this notice.

The following physicians have a financial interest in different healthcare providers as listed below:

EAST GEORGIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, 1499 Fair Rd, Statesboro, GA 30458

  • Don G. Aaron, MD
  • Michael Delan Gaines, MD

OPTIM MEDICAL CENTER-TATTNALL, Reidsville, Georgia

OPTIM ORTHOPEDICS IMAGING – Savannah, Brunswick, and Statesboro Georgia

OPTIM THERAPY – Savannah, Brunswick, Statesboro, Rincon, Pooler, Richmond Hill, Georgia and Bluffton SC

PREMIER SURGERY CENTER -3243 Glynn Ave, Brunswick, GA 31520

OPTIM SURGERY CENTER – 210 East DeRenne Avenue, Savannah, Georgia 31405

  • Don G. Aaron, MD
  • Gregory Kolovich, MD
  • Thomas Alexander, Jr, MD
  • Kevin Brooks, MD
  • Thomas Lawhorne III, MD
  • John McCormick, MD
  • Jonathan Christy, MD
  • Jay Cook, MD
  • Michael Dunn, MD
  • Travis Farmer, MD
  • Christopher Nicholson, MD
  • Thomas Niemeier, MD
  • David Palmer, MD
  • David Sedory, MD
  • Michael Delan Gaines, MD
  • Amir Shahien, MD
  • Jeffrey Goldberg, MD
  • Robert Shelley Jr., MD
  • Bradley A. Heiges, MD
  • Wesley Stroud, MD
  • Charles T. Hope, MD
  • Juha Jaakkola, MD
  • S. Mark Kamaleson, MD
  • George Sutherland Jr., MD
  • James Wilson Jr., MD
  • Kent Woo, MD

Protect 3D – 701 W Main St Suite 410, Durham, NC 27701

  • Don Aaron, MD
  • Thomas Lawhorne III, MD
  • Jonathon Christy, MD
  • John McCormick, MD
  • Jeffrey Goldberg, MD
  • Christopher Nicholson, MD
  • Michael Delan Gaines, MD
  • Thomas Niemeier, MD
  • Charles Hope, MD
  • David Palmer, MD
  • Juha Jaakkola, MD
  • David Sedory, MD
  • S. Mark Kamaleson, MD
  • George Sutherland Jr., MD
  • Gregory Kolovich, MD
  • Kent Woo, MD

Stridelink – 2591 Piedmont Rd, NE, Suite 1104, Atlanta, Georgia 30324

  • Don Aaron, MD
  • Thomas Lawhorne III, MD
  • Jonathon Christy, MD
  • John McCormick, MD
  • Jeffrey Goldberg, MD
  • Christopher Nicholson, MD
  • Michael Delan
  • Gaines, MD
  • Thomas Niemeier, MD
  • Charles Hope, MD
  • David Palmer, MD
  • Juha Jaakkola, MD
  • David Sedory, MD
  • S. Mark Kamaleson, MD
  • George Sutherland Jr., MD
  • Gregory Kolovich, MD
  • Kent Woo, MD

2. You have the right to choose the provider of your health care services. Therefore, you have the option to use a health care facility other than Tattnall Hospital of Reidsville, Georgia — East Georgia Regional Medical Center, Statesboro, Georgia — Optim Surgery Center, Savannah, Georgia – Premier Surgery Center, Brunswick, Georgia – Optim Orthopedics MRI, Statesboro, Savannah or Brunswick, Georgia and Optim Therapy. You also have a right to choose a different provider for any braces or medical devices other than Protect 3D or Stridelink.

3. You will not be treated differently by your physician if you choose to obtain health care services at a facility other than Tattnall Hospital of Reidsville, Georgia – East Georgia Regional Medical Center, Statesboro, Georgia — Optim Surgery Center, Savannah, Georgia – Premier Surgery Center, Brunswick, Georgia – Optim Orthopedics MRI, Statesboro, Brunswick, and Savannah Georgia and Optim Therapy. You also have a right to choose a different provider for any braces or medical devices other than Protect 3D or Stridelink.

If you have any questions concerning this notice, please feel free to ask your physician or any Optim Orthopedics representative. We welcome you as a patient and value our relationship with you.

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