Summer 2015

EVMS Internal Medicine - Primary Care By Bobbie Fisher When she was just entering high school, Jayne Penne started thinking about careers. She considered administration or computers, among others, but none appealed to her.  Her father, an OR nurse at Virginia Beach Ambulatory Surgery Center, suggested she look at medicine.  One of his colleagues, an anesthesiologist, … [Read more...] about Jayne Penne, PA-C

Urology of Virginia It may seem a far stretch from an undergraduate degree in statistics to a career in the operating room, but for Ed Robey, the route was less circuitous than it might appear.  He’d always done well in math and science, and found the statistics curriculum at NC State “a real smorgasbord” – for the first two years, that is.  “The courses included everything … [Read more...] about EDWIN L. ROBEY, MD

Urology of Virginia Medical Director of the Pelvic Health Program at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center When Jennifer Miles was a three-year old growing up in Cleveland, she was diagnosed with meningitis, which meant that she spent a lot of time seeing a lot of doctors.  They made an impression on the little girl, and it wasn’t long before she decided to become a physician … [Read more...] about JENNIFER MILES-THOMAS, MD

Riverside Urology Specialists Like many physicians, Scott Burgess says he decided on a career in medicine when he was very young – although not many can say they had made the choice by the time they got to kindergarten.   “I never considered doing anything else,” Dr. Burgess says.  The decision to become a surgeon took a little longer – until the fourth grade. He never … [Read more...] about Scott V. Burgess, MD