Ann Addison, PhD, MSN, FNP-C

CEO - Primary Care of Southwest Georgia, Inc.

Thirty-five years experience in rural health care settings in Southwest Georgia. Experience has included managing a physician’s practice while providing care as a physician assistant, teaching nursing program, providing care as a family nurse practitioner, twenty years administration experience as director of a local health department and most recently, Deputy Health Director over a 14-county public health district. Doctor of Philosophy in Health Administration was earned in 2004. Other degrees include Master of Science in Nursing with Community Health Specialty.

PCSG is a federally qualified community health center with one full-time physician, one full-time family nurse practitioner and is seeking another full-time physician. The vision of the Board of PCSG is to expand primary care services, and consequently access to health care, to the residents of Southwest Georgia, regardless of their ability to pay for services. This vision is unfolding with the opening of the Thomasville site on August 1, 2007. Other sites are under consideration for the coming year.

The Board, Senior Management and Staff are committed to strong partnerships with organizations of similar mission and vision. Consequently, the current CEO would be pleased to be invited to serve on the Board of Directors of the Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition to work collaboratively to reduce the burden of cancer for residents of Southwest Georgia.