Left: Hasith Sangabathula; Right: Nnamdi Uhegwu
Access to neurological care is growing across the region as Hasith Sangabathula, MD, and Nnamdi Uhegwu, MD, join Tanner Neurology.
Dr. Sangabathula is a general neurologist with experience caring for patients with a wide range of neurological conditions in both hospital and outpatient settings. He earned his medical degree from the University Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and completed his neurology residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, where he served as chief resident and helped establish the university’s neurology resident clinic.
During his residency, Dr. Sangabathula gained experience across six Memphis hospitals, caring for diverse patient populations. His clinical experience includes acute stroke management, lumbar punctures and routine and continuous electroencephalograms (EEGs), tests that measure electrical activity in the brain. His background also includes medical education, leadership and stroke research. Dr. Sangabathula will see patients at the Villa Rica location.
Dr. Uhegwu is a neurologist with extensive clinical experience and advanced training in clinical neurophysiology, a field focused on evaluating the function of the brain, nerves and muscles. He earned his medical degree from the University of Nigeria in Enugu and completed an internship at St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey. He then completed a neurology residency and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison.
He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology. Before joining Tanner Neurology, he served as an attending neurologist and director of the electromyography (EMG) lab at Sanford Neurology Clinic in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dr. Uhegwu will see patients at the Carrollton location.
Together, Dr. Sangabathula and Dr. Uhegwu bring complementary expertise and experience to Tanner Neurology, expanding the practice’s ability to care for patients with a broad range of neurological needs.
Dr. Sangabathula is fluent in Telugu and enjoys traveling and playing tennis and pickleball. He and hiswife, a local pediatrician, live in Atlanta and hope to eventually move to the Villa Rica area. Dr. Uhegwu enjoys traveling and playing chess and soccer.
They join Zeinab Charmchi, MD, expanding the patient care team and access to neurological services in the region.
To request an appointment with Dr. Sangabathula, call Tanner Neurology – Villa Rica at 770-812-3631. To request an appointment with Dr. Uhegwu, call Tanner Neurology – Carrollton at 770-812-6705.
Author: Shaunna LaBouve
