LEE G. CHISOLM, M.D.

Dr. Lee Chisolm was born in Chattanooga, Tennesee. He grew up in Chattanooga and in Selma, Alabama before ultimately graduating from high school at Newnan High School in Newnan, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia and graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science while majoring in Biology.

Dr. Chisolm attended the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia and completed his Internship and Residency training at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He was named the Outstanding Resident of the Year of his Residency Class during his final year of residency.

Dr. Chisolm has practiced in the Athens area since 2004. Before joining Dr. DeWitt, he worked at a Community Health Center in Colbert, Georgia where he treated patients in medically underserved Madison County. Dr. Chisolm joined Dr. DeWitt in practice in 2006. He has served as Chief of Family Medicine at Athens Regional Medical Center (now Piedmont Athens Regional). He currently is the Medical Director for Kindred Hospice in Athens. Dr. Chisolm currently lives in Athens with his wife, Rebecca, a Realtor with Corcoran Classic Living. His two sons, Charlie and Brooks, are both students at the University of Georgia.

MARCUS P. CROMER, M.D.

Marcus Cromer, MD was born in the small town of Forsyth, Georgia, 2 hours southwest of Athens. He graduated from Summa Cum Laude with a major in Biology from the University of Georgia. He then attended the Medical College of Georgia and graduated in 2001. From there, he completed a 3 year Emergency Medicine Residency in Norfolk, Virginia at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Since 2004, Dr. Cromer has worked in the Emergency Room at Athens Regional Medical Center, now Piedmont Athens Regional. He is incredibly grateful for his time and experience there and for the opportunity to have worked with such a wonderful group of physicians and staff. His time and experience in the ER also afforded him the opportunity to have worked with and come to know much of the Athens medical community at large.

Now stepping out of hospital based medicine, Dr. Cromer is very excited and grateful to be joining a very well established private practice with Dr. Chisolm's team. During his down time, he enjoys spending time with his two beautiful daughters, staying active, being outdoors, and of course, Saturdays in Athens, GA.

CARRIE SCRUGGS, ACNP

Carrie Scruggs is a certified Nurse Practitioner and has worked with Chisolm and Cromer since 2012. Carrie has lived in and around Athens, Georgia for most of her life. She attended Athens Academy and then Vanderbilt University on a music scholarship, where she played the harp. She earned a Bachelor in Music with a Pre-Med degree. Carrie then went to nursing school at Vanderbilt, and earned her Masters in Science of Nursing with an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner degree.

Carrie previously worked for over 18 years with Athens Cardiology Group, part of the Athens Regional/Piedmont Health Systems. Carrie lives in Athens with her husband Lanier, a financial advisor with Lanier Financial Group and their 3 sons, Lewis, Jackson, and Henry.

SALLIE TINGLE, FNP

Sallie is a Family Nurse Practioner. She grew up in Cleveland, Tennessee. After graduating from Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga, she attended Clemson University where she received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing and a minor in Spanish.

She worked five years as an emergency room nurse in the Level One Trauma Center at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. During this time, Sallie earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Georgia College & State University. After relocating to Athens, Sallie worked five years in Piedmont Urgent Care centers prior to begin working with Dr. Chisolm and Cromer.

Sallie is married to Caleb, an Athens native and graduate of Westminster Christian Academy and the University of Georgia, and is the mother of five children. The Tingle family are long time members of Redeemer Presbyterian Church. She and her family enjoy traveling, being outdoors, sports, concerts, neighbors, and their wonderful GSP puppy, Cobern.

Kirkley Jock, FNP

Kirkley Jock is a board certified family nurse practitioner. She grew up in Gainesville, Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia. She then completed the family nurse practitioner program at Vanderbilt University.

Kirkley has worked in primary care since 2011 in various capacities. She has worked in Augusta, GA, Denver, CO and with Dr. Chisolm since 2019. Kirkley lives in Athens with her husband, Brian and their 4 children.