In 1983, Cardiovascular Consultants began as a single-provider practice when Archbold Hospital and the Thomasville community recruited Dr. William Ellis. For the next ten years, the core services included heart catheterizations, Echocardiography, nuclear imaging, and permanent pacing. Dr. James Karas joined the practice in 1992 bringing with him additional clinical support as well as Transesophageal Echocardiography.
In the early 2000s, with the continued growth of the practice and an endowment from Alexander and Rolf Kanka, the vision of a Cardiovascular Center began to take shape. This resulted in an expanded Cath Lab which consolidated all cardiovascular services in the East Tower of Archbold Memorial Hospital which opened in 2006. Dr. Robert Miles and Dr. Rick Kerensky also joined the practice at that time and our first interventional cases were performed shortly after the opening of the center.
The name, “Cardiology Consultants of South Ga.” was developed in April of 2009 Additional interventional talent was added with Dr. Clay Sizemore in 2010, Dr. Chris Daniels in 2014, and Dr. Pranav Diwan in 2015. Dr. Kash Choksi (2016) and Dr. Adam Marler (2019) bolstered the noninvasive limb of our services. In 2021, Cardiovascular Consultants was proud to welcome Dr. Pallavi Luthra and open the Moultrie campus of our practice. Our most recent additions include general cardiologist, Dr. Jared Davis in 2023 and interventional cardiologist, Dr. Paul Ndunda in 2024.
As the discipline of cardiac and vascular services has continued to evolve over the years, so has the growth of the practices and services offered at Archbold Hospital. The practice name has since been changed to “Cardiovascular Consultants of South Georgia” to encompass the specialty of vascular disease.
In addition to the nine physicians, the practice is also proud to have 16 highly skilled Advanced Practice Providers. Together this team works to bring evidence-based and highly compassionate care to our patients. The practice also operates outpatient clinical services in Quitman, Camilla, Moultrie, Cairo, and Bainbridge. A research limb was added to the growing practice in 2019 which includes the development and application of new drugs and techniques.
…..Then, now, and in the years to come… Our priority is, was and will continue to be “Patients First.”