New Primary Care Physician Joins the Medical Staff at Merit Health Natchez
9/6/2016
Dr. Sahitya Bhandari to Begin Practice on September 6
NATCHEZ, Miss. –September 7, 2016– Internal Medicine Physician Sahitya Bhandari, M.D., has joined the medical staff of Merit Health Natchez.
Dr. Bhandari received her Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 2009 from Nepal Medical College, Kathmandu University, Nepal. She completed her Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus (formerly known as Maryland General Hospital) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Bhandari’s office will be located at Merit Health Medical Group Primary Care at 150 Jeff Davis Blvd., Suite 130. Her practice will cover adults, age 18 and older. Focused on prevention and wellness, as well as chronic disease management, doctors of internal medicine are specially trained in conditions that affect adult patients and in solving puzzling diagnostic problems.
Dr. Bhandari is pleased to be in Natchez and excited about her practice. “I have a passion for primary care because I want to build relationships with my patients and develop a continuity of care with them that internal medicine encompasses,” said Dr. Bhandari. “I have been visiting Natchez since my husband, Dr. Samir Gautam, moved here and began his practice with Mississippi Nephrologists. The people in Natchez are so friendly, and we look forward to being a part of the community.”
“We are very pleased to add Dr. Bhandari to our medical staff,” said Eric Robinson, CEO of Merit Health Natchez. “With the addition of her practice location at 150 Jeff Davis Blvd., we are pleased to have two primary care locations in the Merit Health Medical Group that can take same day appointments, thus adding more access and convenience for the patients,” concluded Robinson.
Dr. Bhandari will maintain office hours Monday – Friday and will be accepting new patients beginning September 13. Her office phone number is 601-304-2901.
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