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7 Doctors Graduate From Atrium Health Floyd Family Medicine Residency Program

Dr. Greg Rusiecki to Practice at Floyd

7 Doctors Graduate From Atrium Health Floyd Family Medicine Residency Program.

ROME, Ga., JUNE 26, 2023 – Seven physicians have graduated from the Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center Family Medicine Residency program.

The graduates are Dr. Adriana Delmonico, Dr. Lawson Held, Dr. Nate Henry, Dr. Nzota Koyagialo, Dr. Kristopher Nelson, Dr. Greg Rusiecki and Dr. Yassmin Shariff.

Delmonico and Rusiecki served as chief residents of the graduating class.

Rusiecki will join Atrium Health Floyd Primary Care Three Rivers Drive in Rome. He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Bradenton, Florida. 

Delmonico earned a Doctor of Medicine from Ross University School of Medicine in Bridgetown, Barbados. She will join the faculty at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center in Lakeland, Florida.

Held earned a Doctor of Medicine from Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He will join CaroMont Health Family Medicine in Lake Wiley, North Carolina.

Henry earned a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Carolinas Campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He will join Family Medicine Center in Orlando, Florida.

Koyagialo earned a Doctor of Medicine from Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. She will join Aylo Health Primary Care in Canton, Georgia.

Nelson earned a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Auburn Campus in Auburn, Alabama. He will join Emory Healthcare Primary Care in LaGrange, Georgia.

Shariff earned a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Suwanee, Georgia. She will join Northside Hospital Primary Care in Peachtree Corners, Georgia.

“Our program provides physicians with robust training in all areas of family medicine. This year all our graduates are serving in the outpatient primary care workforce where they are greatly needed. We are proud of them and know they will go on to provide excellent care for their patients," said Dr. Kelly Culbertson, Program Director/Designated Institutional Official of Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center Family Medicine Residency.

About Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program

The Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center Family Medicine Residency program trains physicians in the specialty of family medicine. The program, established in 1976, provides three years of academic and clinical post-doctoral education to medical school graduates and offers hands-on experience to residents in preparation for full-time medical careers.

About Atrium Health Floyd

The Atrium Health Floyd family of health care services is a leading medical provider and economic force in northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. Atrium Health Floyd is part of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Floyd strategically combined with Harbin Clinic in 2024 and employs more than 5,200 teammates who provide care in over 40 medical specialties at four facilities: Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center – a 361-bed full-service, acute care hospital and regional referral center in Rome, Georgia; Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center in Cedartown, Georgia; and Atrium Health Floyd Cherokee Medical Center in Centre, Alabama; and Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center Behavioral Health, also in Rome. Together, Atrium Health Floyd and Harbin Clinic provide primary care, specialty care and urgent care throughout northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. Atrium Health Floyd also operates a stand-alone emergency department in Chattooga County, the first such facility to be built from the ground-up in Georgia.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. Advocate Health is nationally recognized for its expertise in heart and vascular, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs more than 160,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations and offers one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to redefining care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.