For more than 50 years, Northeast Georgia Medical Center and local physicians have provided high quality healthcare services to our community. As the community has grown, the challenges of meeting this responsibility have increased. In order to continue to meet the needs of a growing and diverse population, more resources are needed to deliver care, create innovation and improve the health of our community; that is where the James H. Downey Society has a role.
The Downey Society allows philanthropically minded physicians the ability to further their daily efforts of helping people in the community by taking an active role in the funding initiatives of the Northeast Georgia Health System. Downey physicians are given the authority to choose an area of need within the health system to focus all of their donations each year. From helping bring EPIC to Good News Clinics and improve coordination of care for this fragile population to innovative mental health programs – Downey members impact community health beyond the walls of the hospital or their practices. They are true philanthropic heroes.
Previous Funding Initiatives
- Hospice House (2025)
- Workforce Development (2024)
- Pediatric Emergency Space named for William T. “Buddy” Langston (2023)
- COVID Relief
- EPIC at Good News Clinics (2019)
Downey Society member list as of October 2025
- Faustina Adams, MD
- Richard Adams, DO
- Adewuyi E. Adeoluwa, MD
- Adefemi Adeyemo, MD
- Mudassar Ahmed, MD
- Sana M. Ahmed, MBBS
- Zubia Menaaz Ahmed, MBBS
- Linda Akbarshahi, MD
- Chinazo Akpu, MD
- Ryan Almodovar, DO
- Sankhya K. Amaravadi, DO
- Gopal Amin, DO
- Moneba Anees, MD
- Rami Arfoosh, MD
- Gideon Asaolu, MD
- Rana H. Asif, MBBS
- Danny E. Askew, MD
- Abdullah Asreb, MBBS
- Martin Austin, MD
- Edem Avoke, MD
- Crystal V. Ayazo, MD
- Bolaji Ayinde, MD
- Mahnoor Azhar, MBBS
- Craig J. Baden, MD
- Amy Bailey, MD
- David Bailey, MD
- James Bailey, MD
- Salankara Bandyopadhyay, DO
- Allen Barbarovich, MD
- Mariya Barbarovich, MD
- Samantha R. Beauchamp, DO
- Ghazal Becker, DO
- Cecil Beehler II, MD
- Mary Hunter Benton, MD
- Samuel Berding, DO
- Emily Anne Black, MD
- Wiley S. Black, MD
- Chris Blakely, MD
- Zain Boghani, MD
- Mark Bombulie, MD
- Matthew Bond, MD
- Annelise Bonvillain, MD
- William Bostock, DO
- Pierpont F. Brown III, MD
- Brandon Bruce, MD
- Lawrence E. Bullard, Jr., MD
- Jana L. Byrd, MD
- Lucas Canaan, DO
- Michael Carroll, MD
- Geetha Cawthon, MD
- Teja Chakrala, MD
- Chelsea Chandler, MD
- Shyam Chandrasekar, MD
- Cameron Chappell, DO
- John Cheek, MD
- Brady Chen, DO
- Nancy Chen, MD
- Jack Cheng, MD
- Freeda Cherian, MD
- Siva Chiranjeevi, MD
- Nagaraju Choragudi, MD
- Nathan City, DO
- Scott A. Clark, MD
- Nathaniel Clem, DO
- Zachary Colbaugh, MD
- Clayton Cox, MD
- Rebecca Cranston, DO
- Lya Crichlow, MD
- Chase Czaykowsky, MD
- Omolayo Dada, MD
- Daniel T. D’Amore, MD
- John W. Darden, MD
- Spring Davis, MD
- Emily Davoodi, MD
- Puya Davoodi, MD
- Moonpreet S. Deol, MD
- Rushali Desai, DO
- Anjuli Devi, MD
- Brenda Diggs, DO
- Sudha Dirisanala, MD
- Sara Doerr, MD
- Emily Drummond, DO
- Katie Dudas, MD
- Lawrence Dudas, MD
- Jelani Duke, MD
- Randall Duran, MD
- Ugochukwu O. Egolum, MD
- Tosan Ejutse, MD
- Adnan Elhammali, MD
- Wyatt Erwin, DO
- Marisol Escanuela, MD
- Fardeen Faiz, MD
- Jerrell Fang, MD
- Rebekah Fayard, MD
- Sileshi M. Fenta, MD
- Brent Fiechter, MD
- David Flatt, DO
- Flavio Flores Ayala, MD
- Ryan Fogg, MD
- Joseph Fowler, MD
- Kris B. Fox, DO
- Amber French, DO
- Bret Gallihugh, MD
- Cinsley Gentillon, MD
- Kevin Gentner, MD
- Brian Gibson, MD
- Kaylee Goergen, DO
- Nathaniel Grabill, MD
- Jack T. Griffeth, MD
- Johnathan Grimes, DO
- Betsy Grunch, MD
- Sujoy Gulati, MD
- Rajat Gupta, MBBS
- Kristin Halligan, MD
- William C. Hallowes, Jr., MD
- Mohamad Halwani, DO
- Matt Hanley, MD
- Jordan Harrell, MD
- Holt Harrison, MD
- Jessica Hays, DO
- Allison Hazy, MD
- Sarah Hemzawi, DO
- Amanda Hendricks, DO
- Jevaughn Henry, DO
- Brielle Hentz, MD
- Crystal Herrera, MD
- Greg A. Herzog, MD
- Sean Higgins, MD
- Elizabeth Hodge, DO
- Kelsey Hodge, DO
- Nathan Holtman, DO
- Jon D. Horn, MD
- Elijah Humphries, DO
- Ian Hunter, MD
- Andrea Huntley, MD
- Cindy M. Idowu, MD
- James Iheke, MD
- Morgan Ivey-Barnett, DO
- Erin Jackson, DO
- Jeffrey Jacob, MD
- Aaditya Jagadish, MBBS
- Virginia Jarvis, DO
- Muhammed A. Javaid, MD
- Sharani Jayaratne, MD
- Nikolas Jen, DO
- Todd H. Jordan, MD
- Pallav Joshi, DO
- Donald Jue, MD
- Aarushi Kalra, DO
- Ukoha A. Kalu, MD
- Devaki Kalvapudi, MD
- Yuhyun Kang, DO
- Melina Kanji, MD
- Brandon Kapalko, DO
- Mark Kats, MD
- Ramananda Kishore Kavi, MBBS
- Faria Khan, MD, MBA
- Nidha Khan, DO
- Palwasha Khan, MD
- Shahzaib Khan, MD
- Zainab Khan, MD
- Vikas Kilaru, DO
- Pearl A. Kode, MD
- Mahitha Kolli, MD
- Bryan Korb, MD
- Jason L. Konzelmann, MD
- Hannah Kruse, DO
- Linton L. Kuchler, MD
- Catherine K. Kuo, MD
- Mohammad Eshaq Kyhan, MD
- Yashna Lamsal, DO
- William T. Langston, MD
- Brooke Leachman, MD
- Lori C. Lebow, MD
- Ryan H. Leeson, MD
- Brian Legvold, MD
- Jason Lemons, MD
- Sophia Lemus, DO
- Ronald C. Lewis, MD
- Parker Long, DO
- Cirilo Lora, DO
- Darrin Lowe II, DO
- Kelly Mackey, MD
- Riaz Mahmood, DO
- Hussain Majeed, MD
- Mohamad Mansour, MD
- Manjunath Markandaya, MD
- Gregory S. Martin, MD
- Rosalie Mattiola, MD
- Miriam Nji Aiwokeh Mbong, MD
- Shivani Mehta, MD
- Anisha Mittal, MD
- Baraa Mohamed, MD
- Hagir Mohamed, MD
- Sahir Mohammad, MD
- Moghniuddin Mohammed, MD
- Stephen D. Morgan, MD
- Renee Moss, MD
- Barry Munn, MD
- Bilal Naeem, DO
- Farjana Nasrin, MD
- Jeremy Naylor, DO
- Mohamed Nefzi, DO
- Elisa Neibling, DO
- Monica Newton, DO
- Wylie Newton, MD
- Christopher Ng, DO
- Tram Nguyen, MD
- Tiffany A. Nicoll, DO
- Derek Nikolaus, MD
- Joy Nish, DO
- Margaret Nivens, MD
- Joshua Nougaisse, MD
- Michael O. Nwokorie, MD
- Chiugo Okoye, MBBS
- Gurjinder S. Olekh, MD
- Oluwafemi Olukayode, MD
- Brenton Otey, MD
- Amir Panah, MD
- Ioannis Parastatidis, MD
- David Park, MD
- Matthew Parks, MD
- Jai Patel, DO
- Nikhil Y. Patel, DO
- Sonia Patel, DO
- Yashini Patel, MD
- Arif Patni, DO
- Sager Pattani, DO
- Travis Patterson, MD
- DJ Patton, MD
- Olivia C. Peralta, MD
- Bradley Pierce, MD
- Dianne Pioquinto, DO
- Noorine Plumber, MD
- William Potter, MD
- Roshni Prakash, MD
- Stephen P. Prater, MD
- Austin J. Priaulx, DO
- Maryam Raad, DO
- Jessica Radchuk, DO
- Romy Rahhal, MD
- Vijaya Ramalingam, MD
- Indranie Ramsaroop, DO
- Manraj Randhawa, MD
- Jonathan Ray, MD
- Erine Raybon-Rojas, MD
- Thomas Reams, MD
- Vik Reddy, MD
- Stephanie Reed, MD
- Austin Rhines, MD
- Christina Rich, MD
- Sam Richwine, Jr., MD
- Phillip Rideout, MD
- Antonio Rios, MD
- Angelica Rivera, DO
- Taylor Rives, MD
- Marshall Robaczewski, MD
- Linda Robles, MD
- Rayan Salih, MD
- Stuart Sanders, MD
- Akhil Saraswat, MD
- Sangamithra Sathian, MD
- Christina Saurel, MD
- Johnathan Sayaloune, MD
- Darrell Scales, MD
- Margaret L. Schutte, MD
- Anand Shah, MD
- Syed Shah, DO
- Kvon B. Shakil, MD
- Razan Sheikh, DO
- Adejoke Shitta-Bey, MD
- Nabeel Siddiqi, DO
- Anna Sikod, MD
- Pa Ousman Silllah, MBBS
- Hayley Silverstein, DO
- Ravjot Singh, MD
- Falguni Siswawala, MD
- Barath Prashanth Sivasubramanian, MBBS
- Zachary Skipper, MD
- Tyler Smith, MD
- Devin Smith, MD
- Jamani Smith, MD
- Rodney L. Smith, MD
- Christopher Soika, MD
- Karan Soni, DO
- Hemant Srivastava, MD
- Christopher Staley, DO
- William Tz-Jie Su, DO
- Jacob Tadros, M.D.
- Toochukwu Tanko, MD
- Rafael Tapia, MD
- Zuhaab Temuri, MD
- Richard Thomas, MD
- Hannah Thomas, DO
- Charlotte Thompson, DO
- Janice Tong, DO
- Michael Tucker, DO
- Ferzan Uddin, DO
- Idopise Umana, MD
- Sree Varuntej Uppalapati, MD
- Shikha Upreti, MD
- Matthew Vassy, MD
- Rylie Veik, DO
- Gabriel Velez-Oquendo, MD
- Boris Velimirovich, MD
- Stacia M. Verrett, MD
- Bryant Vickers, DO
- Michael M. Vidal, MD
- Cristina Vidal Carrion, MD
- Deepak Vivekanandan, MD
- Jotrineesha Walton, DO
- Hannah Warshaw, MD
- Sophia Weaks, DO
- Geoffrey J. Weidner, MD
- Dave Westfall, MD
- Peyton I. Whiston, MD
- Robin White, MD
- Ryan Whitney, MD
- Christopher Whitson, MD
- Daniel Whitson, MD
- Abby Whitt, MD
- Courtney Wills, MD
- Ariel Wilson, MD
- Abigayle Wyer, DO
- Danny Xiao, DO
- Abdelrahman Yakout, MB, BCh
- Chris X. Yang, MD
- Youjin Yoo, MD
- Shandana Younas, MBBS
- Alison Young, DO
- Jerry Yue, MD
- Mehak Zainab, DO
- Nathan Zhang, DO
- John Zimmerman, MD
- Matthew Zimmie, MD
- Felix L. Robles Zoquier, MD
- Victor Zubar, MD
Join the James H. Downey Society
If you are an active or retired physician, we invite you to join us as we work together to make a greater impact on community health. For a minimum annual donation of $1,000, membership includes funding decisions, public recognition and an annual gathering where you can relax and mingle with like-minded colleagues.
James H. Downey Society Payroll Deduction Form (for NGHS Employees)
James H. Downey Society Donation Form