General Practitioners

• Primary Care
  Originally from a small town in Missouri, Katie has lived in Florida and Alabama before settling in Georgia with her husband and two kids. She is a US Navy Veteran and was a respiratory therapist before completing her Physician Assistant training from the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Her medical interests include primary care, pulmonary, and preventive medicine. In her free time, Katie enjoys craft fairs/flea markets, reading, hiking and kayaking.
• Family Practice
  Over the past twenty-one years, Rockdale Family Practice has been proud to provide its patients with a wide variety of quality services.
• Emergency Care
  If you are experiencing a fever and cough with shortness of breath, please DO NOT walk into our office without an appointment. Please call our office at 770-929-0813. If you are having a medical emergency, call 911 or go directly to the nearest Emergency Room.
• Electrocardiogram

Internists

• Gastroenterology
  Michael Johnson lived in New Jersey, Arizona, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. before settling in the Atlanta metro area. He attended the Emory University Physician Assistant Program, completing his Master of Medical Science degree in 2014 and concentrating in Primary Care and Emergency Medicine. His other medical interests include orthopedics, gastroenterology, and infectious disease. He fills his free time with hiking, camping, and exploring Georgia with his wife and two young sons. He joined Rockdale Family Practice in March of 2014.

Endocrinologist

• Endocrinology
  Dr. Nadeem Hoodbhoy graduated from Sind Medical College, and then completed his Family Practice Residency training at the Flower Hospital Residency Training Program in Toledo, Ohio. He spent ten years in academic medicine with the St. Vincent/Mercy Residency Program. He and his family moved to Atlanta in 2003 in search of warmer weather! Dr. Hoodbhoy became part of Rockdale Family Practice in 2003. His particular areas of interest include endocrinology, cardiology, office based procedures, working with medical students, and community service. He is married with two children. Dr. Hoodbhoy enjoys gardening, photography, traveling.

Surgeons

• Orthopedics

Physical Therapists

• Sports Medicine
  Dr. Nayeem Akmal graduated from medical school from Bangalore University, and completed his family practice training in East Virginia Medical School. He joined Rockdale Family Practice in 2005. His areas of medical interest include sports medicine and outpatient procedures (such as joint injections and laceration repairs). He is married with three children, and enjoys soccer, tennis, traveling and spending time with his family.