Tuesday, November 10, 2015

USA Stanton Road Clinic Featured in Local News

The University of South Alabama Stanton Road Clinic was featured on WKRG News 5 as part of its "What's Working" series.

The Stanton Road Clinic, adjacent to USA Medical Center, recently expanded and offers ambulatory services for clinical departments. Physicians at Stanton Road Clinic provide primary care, in addition to specialty services. Specialty services available at the clinic include orthopaedics, trauma, plastic surgery, pulmonary, ENT, general surgery, gastroenterology and neurology.

Click here to view the full story featured on WKRG. For more information about USA Stanton Road Clinic, call (251) 471-7207. 

USA Physicians Group Participates in Benefits Fair

The University of South Alabama human resources office hosted the 2015 Employee Benefits Fair on Nov. 5-6, 2015.

The USA Physicians Group had a booth at the fair and health care providers were on hand to answer health questions.

In addition, the Employee Benefits Fair allowed employees to learn more about employee benefits such as the USA Health & Dental Plan and SouthFlex. Open enrollment for both SouthFlex and the USA Health & Dental Plan is during the month of November.

As a reminder, for those covered by USA Health and Dental Plan insurance, co-pays are only $10 per visit with any provider in the USA Physicians Group. To make an appointment with any USA Physician, call (251) 434-3711.

USA Welcomes Amanda Kelly, CRNP

Amanda Kelly, CRNP, recently joined the University of South Alabama department of internal medicine and serves as a clinical nurse practitioner with USA Physicians Group.

Prior to her appointment at USA, Kelly was a registered nurse in the Intensive Care Unit at Providence Hospital in Mobile. 

Kelly earned her bachelor of science in nursing, as well as her master’s of science in nursing at USA.

Kelly is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

Kelly is currently seeing patients in the Mastin Professional Building, 2451 Fillingim St. To make an appointment, call (251) 470-5890.

Dr. James W. Fleshman Jr. Presents Frazer/Leigh Memorial Lecture

James W. Fleshman Jr., M.D., chief of surgery and Helen Buchanan and Stanley Joseph Seeger Endowed Professor and Chairman in the department of surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, recently gave two lectures at the University of South Alabama.

Both talks were made possible through the Dr. Emmett B. Frazer and Dr. Milton M. Leigh Endowments at the USA department of surgery.

Click here to learn more about Dr. Fleshman.

This annual memorial lecture, funded by community surgeons and the USA Department of Surgery, is given to honor the legacy of Dr. Emmett B. Frazer and Dr. Milton M. Leigh as leaders in clinical service and graduate surgical education in the Mobile community.