Community Internal Medicine of Athens
Phone & Address
1500 Oglethorpe Ave, Ste 200C
Athens, GA 30606
Hours
All patients are scheduled by appointment. Walk-ins are welcomed and are scheduled in the next available appointment
time. Although we make every effort to honor your appointment time, we hope you understand emergencies arise. If
there are delays, we will inform you as soon as possible. If you need to cancel or reschedule an appointment, please
do so as far in advance as possible.
If you are a new patient coming into our office, please arrive at your appointment 30 minutes early to allow
for completion of registration. Or you may fill these forms out online. We ask that you please
keep us updated with any changes to your name, address, telephone number or insurance information in order to
maintain accurate information in your medical record.
Community Internal Medicine of Athens (CIMA) is an Internal Medicine clinic dedicated to providing quality patient
care to Athens and surrounding areas. Our physicians specialize in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
adults, including the management of certain chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
Opened in August 2015, CIMA also serves as the educational site for Resident Physicians of the AU-UGA Medical
Partnership Internal Medicine Residency Program. Resident Physicians develop their ambulatory care skills while
serving as primary care providers for their own panel of patients. They are supervised by our experienced faculty
physicians who are board-certified in Internal Medicine.
The AU/UGA Medical Partnership is a four-year medical education program in Athens, Georgia created in partnership by
Augusta University and the University of Georgia to help alleviate a statewide shortage of physicians that threatens
the health of Georgians. The AU/UGA Medical Partnership combines the significant instructional and research
resources of UGA, the state's flagship land-grant research university, with the expertise of AU, Georgia's only
public medical school.
CIMA is conveniently located in Resource Medical office park off Oglethorpe Avenue in Athens, GA. Physicians are now
taking new patients, and most major insurances are accepted.
Interested in becoming a patient of Community Internal Medicine of Athens?
Physicians
T. Andrew Albritton, MD
Shelley Nuss, MD
Scarlett Schneider, MD
Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD
Lia Bruner, MD
Lela Ward, MD
Gerald Crites, MD
Bruce Middendorf, MD
Donald Scott, MD
Erin Baldwin, MD
Krishna Shah, MD
Vance Barksdale, MD
Amir Shirazi, MD
Resident Classes
View the resident classes at the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership website.
Location Specific Information
- Covid Vaccination
- Flu Shots
- Hepatitis A & B
- HPV (Gardasil)
- Pneumonia
- Shingles
- Tetanus
- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
- Electrocardiograms
- HbA1c Diabetic Monitoring
- Management of Chronic Conditions
- Medicare Annual Wellness Exams
- Preventive Care Screenings and Exams
- Spirometry
- Sports Physicals
- Telehealth Visits
- Breast Exams
- Pap Smears
- STD Screening
- Treatment of Common Vaginal Conditions
- Allergies
- Asthma
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Dementia
- Reflux Disease
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Osteoarthritis
- Thyroid
- FIT Test
- Glucose
- HgbA1C
- Hemoccult
- HIV
- Influenza A/B
- Pregnancy
- Strep Throat
- TB Testing
- Urinalysis
- Bloodwork
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhea
- Herpes
- Trichomonas
- Pap Smears
- Wound Cultures
What is a Resident Physician?
A Resident Physician is a physician that has recently graduated from medical school, are licensed,
and are now doing more years of training in their desired specialty of care. During this training,
the resident physician work with supervising or attending physicians whom oversee the care that is
provided.
What is Preventive Healthcare?
Preventive healthcare is an overall review of your health and recommended screening procedures such
as mammograms, colonoscopies, and certain lab tests as well as other preventive measures such as
vaccines that may be beneficial in maintaining overall good health.
What are Chronic Conditions?
Chronic conditions are health conditions or diseases that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting and
require ongoing care.
Geriatric Clinic: Geriatric Medicine is a medical specialty encompassing the
evaluation and treatment of the medical, psychological and social conditions of older adults.
Geriatric medicine focuses on two principal goals: preserving or improving quality of life and
fostering independence or control over life as long as possible. Geriatricians are specialized in
geriatric assessment and rehabilitation, preventive medicine, management of patients in long-term
care settings, and psycho-social, ethical, legal, and economic issues pertinent to geriatric
patients. They give special attention to patients suffering from frailty, falls, incontinence,
polypharmacy, cerebrovascular disease, dementia, sensory impairment and other cognitive and
affective changes that occur with aging.
In general, you need to be 65 or older to be seen in this clinic, however for the problem of
suspected dementia or other cognitive impairment, we will make exceptions to this rule on a
case-by-case basis. Our geriatric medicine consultation clinic is staffed by our medical residents
under the direct supervision of a board-certified geriatric medicine physician. You will be seen by
both a medical resident and the geriatric physician who work together as a team. We also have an
on-site social worker who can help in the care if needed. A referral from your primary care doctor,
or a specialist physician, is required to be seen in this clinic.
Social Worker: CIMA has a licensed Clinical Social Worker on staff to assist
patients who may face barriers to comprehensive medical care. These services include providing
education to the patient as well as connecting them with resources outside of the clinic. The most
common services provided are assistance with transportation, health literacy and financial
resources. The social Worker also works with uninsured patients to access medications through
various patient assistance programs.
Additionally, the Social Worker provides mental health services. This may include on the spot
counseling for patients in crisis as well as on going supportive counseling sessions in the clinic
or referrals to appropriate mental health providers within the community.
