Gainesville Neighborhood Healthcare Centers

Neighborhood Healthcare Centers are located throughout Northeast Georgia for your convenience. Click the locations above to learn more about the Center nearest you.

Intensivists

James M. Bailey, PhD, MD
Dr. Bailey is a graduate of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a PhD. He was a resident in the department of anesthesiology at Emory University of Affiliated Hospitals and is board certified in Anesthesiology. He received a certificate of special qualifications in critical care medicine and is a Diplomate in Adult Transesophageal Echocardiography.

He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiology, the International Anesthesiology Research Society, the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, the Association of Cardiac Anesthesiologists, and the Association of University Anesthesiologists Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Bailey was the recipient of the Alpha Omega Alpha award, Emory's Outstanding Resident Award from the Department of Anesthesiology, and has served on many committees and been published in several medical journals.

Steven Angelo Accarino, MD
Dr. Accarino graduated from the Universidad Autonoma De Guadalajara and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Critical Care Medicine. He was Physician of the Year in 1988 at the Southeast Permanente Medical Group and has served as Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at North Fulton Regional Hospital. Dr. Accarino is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American College of Chest Physicians, Dr. Accarino has been named Physician of the Year and served as director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit.

Wendy Welch, PA
Wendy Welche graduated from Barry University with a Master's of Clinical Medical Science. She is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assitants and the Georgia Association of Physician Assistants.

The Department of Critical Care Medicine provides comprehensive medical management for individuals who have a critical illness or who have just undergone major surgery who require advanced monitoring and care in an intensive care setting.

We provide care 365 days a year, around the clock. Critical care specialists provide dedicated, continuous care to hospital patients who are critically ill. Critical care physicians participate in several services from Departments of Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, Surgery, Pediatrics and Neurology. The physicians are board certified and are credentialed on most insurance plans.