Georgia area

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I'm searching for someplace for my family and I to move. My sister has been

offered a job in Conyer's, Georgia with her company. I know Shoffner is in

Atlanta but I don't think I would really need to see him since I've already had

a fresh muscle biopsy and see Dr. Cohen regularly. Does anyone know of just

good PCP's in that area who at least know about mito or least would be willing

to take orders from CCF?

Thanks for insight again,

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

First, I am very sorry for all of the recent problems you have been

having, and I am happy to see you well enough now to be posting about

your experiences.

I think that most people, especially physicians themselves, would agree

that there is frequently a correllation between quality of physicians

and teaching hospitals. The better the teaching hospital, the better the

doctor. I have lived in five states, sometimes in rural areas, and have

seen one small rural hospital that

I would not take my dogs to! It often hinges on where the docs were

trained. I have a good friend who trained as a surgeon at Yale, and then

spent most of his professional life at the smallest hospital in

Connecticut. He gave wonderful care, and I asked him to operate on my

father.

Emory in Atlanta has a very good reputation. The med school in

Birmingham, AL, is top-rated.

Many of the smaller hospitals in less-populated areas are often staffed

by foreign doctors, trained abroad. Certainly not all med schools are

equal, that's for sure. Having mito creates more of a problem for all of

us here on this list. I keep saying that one of the main roles of the

UMDF should be helping to create trained docs for mito. (Why not email

the UMDF with your concerns, and even ask them to have this important

topic in their newsletter?) One of the main problems we all have is

finding a mito doc, or, failing that, finding a doctor who is

intellectually curious, more generous with his/her time, and, yes, more

compassionate.

To the best of my knowledge, Shoffner only does the biopsies, and not

follow-up care. Perhaps his office could give you a name, or fellow

listmates could.

These are all big decisions, and I hope you will have success!

Sincerely,