The physicians and nurse practitioner at Pride Medical, Inc. are trained in primary care adult medicine. Primary care involves the widest scope of health care, including patients of all socioeconomic, ethnic and geographic origins, patients seeking to maintain optimal health, and patients with all manner of acute and chronic physical, mental and social health issues, including multiple chronic diseases. Consequently, a primary care practitioner must possess a wide breadth of knowledge in many areas. Continuity is a key desirable characteristic of primary care, as patients usually prefer to consult the same primary care doctor for routine check-ups, and every time they require an initial consultation about a new complaint.
Pride Medical practitioners are also certified HIV specialists by the American Academy of HIV Medicine. The physicians and nurse practitioner at Pride Medical have special interest and training in the treatment of persons diagnosed as HIV+ and those persons with AIDS. Approximately 50% of the patients at Pride Medical have an HIV+ or AIDS diagnosis while the remaining patients have general medical diagnoses.
Office visits with Pride Medical practitioners are on an appointment basis. If you are unable to keep your appointment, a 24-hour notice is required. Urgent work-in patients are seen around scheduled appointments. Pride Medical practitioners have admitting privileges at Piedmont Hospital and also utilize the Piedmont Hospital intensivists to care for hospitalized patients.