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Dr. Richard A Olson, MD

General Surgery - Georgia, Gainesville

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Dr. Richard A Olson, MD works in Gainesville, Georgia is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Duke University in 1980. Dr. Olson is affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Northeast Georgia Medical Center - Lanier Park, Northside Hospital, Northside Hospital - Forsyth and practicing for 43 years

Specialties

General Surgery

Conditions

• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy
• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Charcot Reconstruction
• Chronic Renal Insufficiency
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Congenital Mitral Stenosis
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cupping Therapy
• Descemet's Stripping With Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)
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• Diabetes Insipidus, Nephrogenic, Dominant Type
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Dystonia 7, Torsion
• External Ear Disorders
• Fear of Getting Married
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Genetic Testing
• Glaucoma - Ectopia Microspherophakia - Stiff Joints - Short Stature
• Herpes Simplex Virus Antenatal Infection
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hypochondriasis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Marijuana Amotivational Syndrome
• Memory Disorders
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Optic Ataxia
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Retrograde Pyetograms
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Skin Infections
• Skin Lesion
• Spinal Spacer Procedure
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Thoracoscopy
• Throat Swab
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
• Warts
• Wrinkles
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Procedures

• Anoscopy With Removal of Anal Tumor
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Biopsy of Breast
• Colectomy
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
• Excision of Breast Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Fecal Impaction Removal
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• Fistulectomy or Fistulotomy, Anal
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Open
• Gastrectomy
• Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
• Incisional Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Laparotomy
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Mastectomy
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Paraesophageal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Port Placements or Replacements
• Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Sphincterotomy
• Thoracentesis
• Thyroidectomy
• Thyroidectomy or Thyroid Lobectomy
• Umbilical or Ventral Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
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Board Certifications

Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery

Years Since Graduation

State License

Georgia

Spoken Languages

Spanish

Education & Training

Medical School

Duke University

Graduated: 1980

Residency Hospital

Emory University Affil/grady

Atlanta, GA, USA

Year completed: 1986

Fellowship Hospital

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta, GA, USA

Year completed: 1988

Awards

1 ACS

2 AMA

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Office Locations

Primary location

Northeast Georgia Sgcl Assocs

1075 Jesse Jewell Parkway North East Suite B

Georgia (GA)

Gainesville

30501

Phone:(770) 536-5733

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Free Standing Surgery Center? No

Office Volume: 70 patients per day

Performs Procedures On Site? Yes

Accepting New Patients

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Northeast Georgia Sgcl Assocs, 1075 Jesse Jewell Parkway North East Suite B, Gainesville, Georgia (GA), 30501

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Aetna
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Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
Assurant Health
Blue Card PPO
Blue Choice HMO
Blue Choice Option POS
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia
Blue Open Access POS
Choice Care PPO
Choice Plus POS
Choice Plus POS II
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Cigna HMO
Cigna PPO
Commercial Insurance Company
Coventry Health Care
Direct Access w/HSA
First Health (Coventry Health Care)
First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
GEHA
Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)
Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care PPO
Humana
Medicaid
Medicare
Medicare MCR
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MultiPlan PPO
Navigate HMO
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Planned Administration Inc
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Affiliated Hospitals

Northeast Georgia Medical Center

743 Spring Street Georgia GA, Gainesville, 30501

Ranked number 1 in Georgia for Overall Cardiac Services, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology Services and Coronary Interventional Procedures, 2010

(770) 535-3553

Northeast Georgia Medical Center - Lanier Park

675 White Sulphur Road Georgia GA, Gainesville, 30501

Northeast Georgia Medical Center - Lanier Park is a hospital located in Gainesville, GA. This hospital reports jointly with Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Therefore the ratings and awards apply to multiple hospitals and this specific hospital may not provide all rated services. Procedures/Diagnos...

Northside Hospital

1000 Johnson Ferry Road North East Georgia GA, Atlanta, 30342

Northside Hospital is a hospital located in Atlanta, GA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 8 of 8 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 7 of 8 procedures.

Northside Hospital - Forsyth

1200 Northside Forsyth Drive Georgia GA, Cumming, 30041

Northside Hospital - Forsyth is a hospital located in Cumming, GA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 7 of 7 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 3 of 7 procedures.

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Dr. Alan D Winston, MD works in Gainesville, Georgia is a specialist in General Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery and graduated Emory University in 1999. Dr. Winston is affiliated with Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Northeast Georgia Medical Center - Lanier Park, Northeast Georgia Medical Center and practicing for 30 years
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Dr. Bradley R Auffarth, MD
725 Jesse Jewell Parkway South East Suite 350
Dr. Bradley R Auffarth, MD works in Gainesville, Georgia is a specialist in General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery and graduated Us Naval Med Center in 1988. Dr. Auffarth is affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center - Lanier Park, Northeast Georgia Medical Center and practicing for 36 years
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Dr. Casey J Graybeal, MD
1075 Jesse Jewell Parkway North East Suite B
Dr. Casey J Graybeal, MD works in Gainesville, Georgia is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Emory University School Of Medicine in 1984. Dr. Graybeal is affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center - Lanier Park, Northeast Georgia Medical Center and practicing for 39 years
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Dr. Daniel A Mullis, MD
725 Jesse Jewell Parkway South East Suite 350
Dr. Daniel A Mullis, MD works in Gainesville, Georgia is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Ochsner Clinic Foundation, General Surgery in 2004. Dr. Mullis is affiliated with Northeast Georgia Medical Center - Lanier Park, Northeast Georgia Medical Center and practicing for 24 years
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Dr. Richard A Olson, MD

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