BRUNSWICK, Georgia: Aug. 24, 2010– Southeast Georgia Health System
is pleased to welcome internal medicine physicians Elliot Stolerman, M.D.,
and Lisa Carlson, M.D., M.P.H. The husband and wife physician-team will
begin seeing patients at Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Internal
Medicine in Camden on Sept. 1.
Stolerman earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University, where
he was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Scholar, before completing
his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.
He completed his residency in internal medicine at Boston University Medical
Center. Additionally, Stolerman completed a residency in clinical genetics
at Harvard Medical School and a post-doctoral fellowship in epidemiology
at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has served as an attending
physician at Falmouth Hospital, a part of Cape Cod Healthcare, and the
University of Alabama at Birmingham. Stolerman is a member of the American
College of Medical Genetics and a diplomate of both the American Board
of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Medical Genetics. He will
see adult patients for their internal medicine needs and is qualified
to consult on adult and pediatric patients who may have a genetic disorder,
patients who have concerns about familial cancer syndromes, and patients
who are interested in more thoroughly understanding their genetic risks
for common diseases.
Carlson graduated magna cum laude with a degree in biochemistry from the
University of Georgia, where she was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor
Society. She then completed a Master’s degree in public health from
Johns Hopkins University of Hygiene & Public Health before going to
earn her medical degree at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Carlson completed her residency in internal medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. She has served as an attending physician
at Falmouth Hospital and the Cambridge Health Alliance in Somerville,
Mass. Carlson is also the former medical director for the City of Manchester
Health Department. Most recently, she was an instructor-fellow in clinical
nutrition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The fellowship at
UAB gives her expertise in the treatment of patients who need specialized
oral and intravenous nutrition, such as those with short bowel syndrome
and intestinal malabsorption as well as with patients struggling with
obesity and osteoporosis. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine
and will care for adult patients' internal medicine needs. Carlson
is a member of the American College of Physicians and the American Society
for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. She is also capable of speaking
Spanish with patients.
“We feel very fortunate to have physicians of their caliber join
our internal medicine practice,” says Practice Manager Julie Kroscavage.
“Having Dr. Stolerman and Dr. Carlson on board allows us to meet
the medical needs of more patients in Camden County and the surrounding
area. We are thrilled to welcome them to our practice and our area.”
Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Internal Medicine is a strategic
affiliate of Southeast Georgia Health System. The have two locations—52
Lindsey Lane, Kingsland and in the Camden Medical Pavilion, 2040 Dan Proctor
Drive, Suite 170, St. Marys. For more information, or to make an appointment,
call 912-882-6767.