SRiepe@Weathingtonfirm.com

Dr. Riepe was born in Mt. Vernon, Illinois on July 22, 1949. He
attended public schools and graduated from Gainesville High School
in Gainesville, Georgia in 1967. He attended Emory College, without graduating, receiving Phi Beta Kappa in his third year. He was also a member of Phi Delta Theta social fraternity.

Dr. Riepe was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, a medical scholastic honorary society, in his third year and president of the society his fourth year at Emory University School of Medicine.
He was subsequently first honor graduate in his medical class. Dr. Riepe was vice president of his medical school class all four years.

Dr. Riepe did his post graduate medical training at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. He has published and received national recognition clinically in the field of gastroenterology.
Since beginning on the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine in the Section of Digestive Diseases, Dr. Riepe has served in several positions including Clinical Director of Gastroenterology at Emory University Hospital and The Emory Clinic. He is a Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Riepe was in private practice for five years with Digestive Healthcare of Georgia and was Director of Endoscopy at Piedmont Hospital.

GJarrard@Weathingtonfirm.com

G. Truett Jarrard, Jr., M.D. joined the firm at its inception. He is board certified in Internal Medicine. He graduated from Medical College Of Georgia in 1966. He did his residency training at Tulane University and Emory University, and a cardiology fellowship at Emory University. He practiced as a cardiologist at the PAPP Clinic in Newnan, Georgia for 28 years.

(L-R): Debra Baldwin, Rebecca Dowd, Deb Davies

DBaldwin@Weathingtonfirm.com

Debra Baldwin, R.N. joined the firm in 2006. Debra has 22 years of experience in medical surgical nursing, clinical education, and performance improvement. She graduated from Georgia Baptist School of Nursing in 1986. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Georgia Baptist College of Nursing in 1996, and a Masters of Art in Organizational Management from University of Phoenix in 2004. She was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for nursing in 2000.

DDavies@Weathingtonfirm.com

Deborah Davies, R.N., joined the firm in 2009. She previously worked as a remote analyst for Litigation Management, Inc. specializing in product liability for the defense. She graduated in 1978 with an associate degree in nursing from Clayton State University and began her 27 year clinical career. She has practiced nursing in the areas of emergency/trauma, PACU, and ambulatory surgery in Atlanta and Miami. In 2002 and 2003, while employed by Highland Rivers CSB, she developed and supervised a medical care program for over 170 developmentally disabled adults in an eleven county region in north Georgia. Deb also had hands on disaster experience as a nurse in the South Miami Homestead Hospital ER, and as a resident of Homestead, Florida in the aftermath of hurricane Andrew in 1992.

RDowd@Weathingtonfirm.com

Rebecca W. Dowd, R.N., an Atlanta native, joined the firm in 2006. She previously worked as a legal nurse consultant at Allen, Weathington, and Reeves. Her clinical nursing experience began in 1982 in the surgical intensive care unit at Grady Memorial Hospital. Rebecca left Grady in 1985 to join the staff of the surgical ICU at Emory University Hospital, and in 1989 she accepted the position of Liver Transplant Coordinator at Emory. She continued in that role until becoming a legal nurse consultant in 1996. Rebecca graduated magna cum laude from The Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing in 1982. She received her Master of Nursing in 1989 from the Nell Hodgsen Woodruff School of Nursing. She is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for nursing.

Joe McAdams is the office manager.

Seated (L - R): Patty Lach, Melissa Dowdy, Kathy Shackelford, April Cowan Standing (L-R): Ryan Weathington, Rebekah Swyers, Lindsey Sermonet, Leslie Sarver, Dana McDonald, Joe McAdams