8 / 24
8 ARCHBOLD
MEDICAL CENTER
Martin Clemmons, DO,
attended high school in Marianna,
Florida, and went on to earn a bachelor of science degree in
biochemistry from Florida State University and a doctorate
of osteopathic medicine degree from the Lincoln Memorial
University–DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in
Harrogate, Tennessee. He completed his
residency in internal medicine at the Nova
Southeastern University–Largo Medical
Center in Largo, Florida.
Brandon R. Bergan, MD,
grew up in the Southeast and stayed
in the area for college, earning a bachelor of science degree
in microbiology and molecular biology from The University of
Central Florida in Orlando. He earned a doctorate of medicine
degree from the University of South Florida College of Medicine
in Tampa and completed a residency in in-
ternal medicine at White Memorial Medical
Center in Los Angeles, California.
Meet our newhospitalists
THIS
IS A GIVEN:
If you ever end
up in the hospital, you want the very
best care—24/7. That’s why a special
team of health care professionals is
increasingly common—and invaluable—
at hospitals nationwide. Its members go
by the name of hospitalists, a fairly new
breed of medical professionals.
“We’re always available for patients
and their families, even at night and on
weekends and holidays,” says Allen Lee,
MD, CEO at Southland MD, the company
Archbold partners with for hospital med-
icine and emergency medicine services.
“By having physicians specially trained
in hospital medicine on-site at all times,
we’re able to quickly respond to any
emergency—and better yet, we often
help prevent emergencies too.“
The trend to use hospitalists to treat
patients in the hospital is due to certain
factors such as convenience for the
patient, patient safety, and the need for
Hospitalists
more specialized and coordinated care
for hospitalized patients, but it also helps
private practice primary care physicians
who already work long hours seeing
patients in their practice every day.
“There is a huge demand for more pri-
mary care physicians in the United States
as a whole, but the demand is even
greater in our rural South Georgia/North
Florida region,” says Dr. Lee. “Hospitalists
help private practice physicians by
allowing them to focus on the patients
that they treat in their offices, while we
take care of their patients that are hospi-
talized. We continue to talk to our local
Experts in hospital patient care
physicians to get feedback on how the
hospitalist program can be even more
effective for them.”
Hospitalists are board-certified inter-
nists or family medicine doctors—just
like your primary care doctor—who
have opted to do their work in a hospital
environment. Hospitalists have expertise
in dealing with complicated hospital
patient cases on a daily basis.
“Our hospitalist team helps admit
and discharge patients, take medical
histories and do physical exams, diag-
nose and manage health problems,
prescribe medicines, and recommend
treatments,” says Dr. Lee. “We coordi-
nate care and communicate closely
with your primary doctor or appro-
priate specialists, help patients and
families better cope with illness, and
help patients make a safe transition
from the hospital to their home or
another facility.”
“Our goal is to see that
hospital patients get
safe and excellent care,
from admission through
discharge.”
—Allen Lee, MD