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A P R I L / M A Y 2 0 1 7 M A C O N M A G A Z I N E | 85 Women In Business Women for Women's Health 1062 Forsyth Street, Suite 2A | 478.742.6738 wfwhmacon.com | *** What is unique about your medical practice? Women for Women's Health is an Obstetrics and Gynecological health center for women by women. Currently, our staff includes three female doctors, Dr. Teresa Luhrs, Dr. Kerry Holliman, Dr. Carol Wanna, and midwife Jessica Alligood. Our providers feel that as women, they understand fully what their patients are experiencing, and therefore provide excellent and empathetic care for their patients of all ages. They believe each patient deserves quality time to ask questions and receive answers. What services do you offer? We provide OB services for routine and high-risk pregnancies, including multiple births, diabetes and hypertension. GYN care involves well women exams, management of menstrual problems, contraceptive options, sterilization, STD prevention and treatment, pre-conceptual counseling, infertility workup, management of abnormal bleeding (both medically and surgically, including uterine ablations and hysterectomy), management of abnormal paps, and perimenopausal and menopausal issues. When did Women for Women's Health begin? Women for Women's Health was established in 1993 by Dr. Teresa Luhrs after completion of her OBGYN residency at the Medical Center of Central Georgia. Dr. Luhrs is originally from Charleston, South Carolina where she attended the The College of Charleston and The Medical University of South Carolina. She is married to John Camp, a family law attorney. Tell us about the rest of your staff and their backgrounds. Dr. Kerry Holliman earned an associate's degree in nursing and a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of West Georgia. Dr. Holliman is also trained in Robotic surgery including hysterectomies. Her husband, Ed, is studying psychology. They have two children. Dr. Carol Wanna provides gynecological services only. She attended the University of California Santa Barbara for undergraduate studies and then graduated from medical school at the University of California Irvine. She completed her residency at Kaiser Permanente Medical Group. She has three children. Jessica Alligood, CNM, completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Georgia College and State University and then earned her Masters of Science in Nursing at Frontier Nursing University. She is originally from Covington, Georgia. Her husband, James, works in Information Technology at a local bank and they have two children. From left to right: Carol Wanna, MD, Jessica Alligood, CNM, Teresa Luhrs, MD, and Kerry Holliman, MD.