Board Members
Ralph Austin, Jr., M.D., Chairman - Dr. Austin is the medical director of Complete Care & Pain Management Institute and Vista Care Hospice. He is also chief of staff at Regency Hospital. Additionally, he is the past president of Family Health Care of Macon. Dr. Austin received his undergraduate degree at Princeton University and received his medical doctorate from UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He currently serves as chairman of the GBPW. His other professional memberships include Georgia Academy of Family Practice. American Academy of Family Practice, Bibb County Medical Society, Medical Association of Georgia, National Medical Association and Middle Georgia Medical Society.
Brian K. Burdette - Burdette is the owner and CEO of Glasstech Services Inc. and Blueprint Conversion Technology, LLP. He is a member of the Georgia Rural Development Council, the Greensboro Businessman's Association, and the City of Greensboro's "Foundation for the Futures." Burdette is the chairman of the Minnie G. Boswell Hospital Authority and the Greensoboro Planning and Zoning Board. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University. Burdette is married to Patricia Walters Burdette.
Edward D. Conner, M.D. - Dr. Conner is currently a staff neonatoloist at Pediatrix Medical Group, P.C., associate professor of pediatrics at Mercer University, and neonatologist at The Children's Hospital of the Medical Center of Central Georgia. He received his M.D. at Medical University of South Carolina. He is a member of Georgia Perinatal Association, The Irish and American Paediatric Society, Southern Perinatal Society, Bibb County Medical Society and a host of many more. Additionally, Dr. Conner has authored and contributed to a host of many publications, abstracts and peer presentations. He resides in Macon with his wife, Laura and is the father of two sons and four daughters.
Jacinto del Mazo, M.D. - Dr. del Mazo was born in Piedrahita, Spain. He completed medical school at Faculdad de Medicina in Madrid in 1965 and went on to Crawford W. Long for his Internship and Residencies. He spent two years at the University of Florida on an HIH Grant for Gastrointestinal Research and Development. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. He has his own practice, Del Mazo Medical Services, PC, since 1982. He and his wife Arlene are the proud parents of four wonderful children and 4 grandchildren.
J. Daniel Hanks, Jr., M.D. - Dr. Hanks is a radiologist at the Rome Radiology Group. He served as a major in the Medical Corps for the United States Army, an instructor at the Medical College of Georgia and the chief of radiology service at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Augusta. He is a past president of GBPW, a member and past president of the Georgia Radiological Society, a past member of the board of directors of the Rome Area History Museum. He earned a bachelor's degree from Davidson College and a medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia. Hanks and his wife, Adeline, have one child.
Thomas L. Hatchett, Jr., M.D., - Hatchett is an OB/GYN at Habersham OB/GYN Associates. He is president of the Georgia OB/GYN Society and is a member of the Hospital Authority of Habersham county. Hatchett received a bachelor's degree from Presbyterian college and a medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia. He and his wife, Lenora, have six children.
Gilbert Klemann, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. - Dr. Klemann is the senior and managing partner of Albany Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has also served as a major in the Medical Corps for the United States Army. He is a member of the Medical Association, the American Medical Society of Vienna and the American Fertility Society. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Citadel and a medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia. Klemann and his wife, Elizabeth, have three children and two grandchildren.
James R. Lowry - Lowry is the president and CEO of Colquitt Regional Medical Center. He has worked as an assistant administrator of Vereen Memorial Hospital in Moultrie. He is a fellow of the Health Care Financial Management Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is a former chairman of the Georgia Hospital Association, the Colquitt County Unit of the American Cancer Society, the Moultrie County Chamber of Commerce and a former board member for BlueCross/Blue Shield of Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree from Auburn University. Lowry and his wife, Diane, have five children and eight grandchildren.
D. Wayne Martin, MBA - Martin is the president and CEO of Crisp Regional Hospital and Health Services. He received his undergraduate in medical terminology from Valdosta State College. He later obtained a Master of Business Administration at Valdosta State College. Mr. Martin is a member of Georgia Office of Rural Health Services, Georgia Hospital Association, Georgia Hospital Health Services, Inc., Health Care Insurance Resources and more. He resides in Cordele, is married and has two children.
Chandler McDavid, M.D. - McDavid is the managing physician at Sandersville Family Practice Center. He practiced previously at the Spartan Regional Medical Center and Piedmont Hospital. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Practice. He earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from the University of Georgia and a medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia. McDavid and his wife, Terri, have three children.
Reuben Roberts, Jr., M.D. - Roberts is a physician at Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians, the Medical Association of Georgia and the Ocmulgee Medical Society. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and a medical degree from the Universidad Autonomas de Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico. Roberts and his wife, Deborah, have six children and three grandchildren.
Joe Sam Robinson, Jr., M.D. - Robinson is the president of the Georgia Neurosurgical Institute. He served as the chief of staff, chairman of the department of surgery and chief of neurosurgery at the Medical Center of Georgia. He is a member of the Bibb County Medical Society, the Georgia Medical Society and a member and past president of the Georgia Neurosurgical Society. He earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard College, a master's degree from Northwestern University and a medical degree from the University of Virginia. Robinson and his wife, Elizabeth, have two children.