SusanMarieWhitmerMDMBA

Urgent Care

Medical Director, Student Health Clinic

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Office
Georgia State University
141 Piedmont Ave
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone+1 404-413-1930

Fax+1 404-413-1953

I am a licensed physician, board certified in Urgent Care medicine, with ten years of experience as a US Navy General Medical Officer. After earning my MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Management, I have also gained experience at HCA as an Assistant Vice President working on quality, data analytics, process improvement and EHR optimization. Recently, I worked at a start-up urgent care with a dual role as a practicing urgent care physician and Chief of Clinical Operations. I'm now the Medical Director for the Student Health Clinic at Georgia State University, the eighth largest university in the country. It is a great blend of administrative and clinical medicine and allows me to care for an underserved population that really is striving to grow and learn--reminiscient in many ways of the Marines and Sailors for whom I provided care while "growing up" as a provider.

Duke University The Fuqua School of BusinessMBA with Certificate in Health Sector Management, Concentration in Strategy, 2014 - 2016
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)Residency, Ophthalmology, 2010 - 2012
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)Internship, Transitional Year, 2007 - 2008
Emory University School of MedicineClass of 2007
Northwestern UniversityB.S., 2003

PubMed

15 citations
Reanalysis of refractive growth in pediatric pseudophakia and aphakia
Susan M. Whitmer, Aurora Xu, Scott K. McClatchey
Journal of AAPOS. 2013-04-01
28 citations
Hypophosphorylation of aqueous humor sCD44 and primary open-angle glaucoma.
Paul A. Knepper, A.M. Miller, John Choi, Robert D. Wertz, M. J. Nolan
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2005-08-01
12 citations
Reconstitution of trabecular meshwork GAGs: influence of hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate on flow rates.
Paul A. Knepper, James R. Fadel, A.M. Miller, William Goossens, John Choi
Journal of Glaucoma. 2005-06-01

Journal Articles

Lesion of Merit
Pannier, AG; Marquardt, JP; Austad, SS; Whitmer, SM, Modern Resident: American Academy of Emergency Medicine/Resident and Student Association, 10/1/2013

Books/Book Chapters

Wills Eye Institute 5 Minute Ophthalmology Consult
Chapter: Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Page 396 - 397Kubis KC, Whitmer S, MacClary MEditors: Maguire JI, Murchison AP, Jaeger EA.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia2012

Abstracts/Posters

Do Large Eyes Grow Faster than Small Eyes after Cataract Surgery in Childhood?
McClatchey SK, Whitmer SM, Xu A, Poster, Academic Research Competition, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 4/2012
Reanalysis of Refractive Growth in Pediatric Aphakia and Pseudophakia
Whitmer S, Xu A, McClatchey SK, Poster, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting, San Diego, 3/2011
POAG Trabecular Meshwork Glycosaminoglycans: Influence of Hyaluronic Acid and Chondroitin Sulfate on Initial Flow Rates
Whitmer S, Miller AM, Goosens W, Choi J, Knepper PA, Poster, ARVO, 5/2002

Lectures

Why Quality Metrics Matter
Advance Anesthesia, hosted by Medaxion - 9/22/2018
Reanalysis of Refractive Growth in Pediatric Aphakia and Pseudophakia
Podium Presentation, Academic Research Competition, Naval Medical Center San Diego - 3/2011

Other

Do Small Eyes Grow Faster Than Large Eyes?
McClatchey SK, Whitmer SM, Xu A
8th Annual Meeting of the IOL Power Club - 4/2012