Meadows & Ohly, LLC (M&O), an Atlanta-based healthcare real estate firm, has just closed its largest capital markets transaction by purchasing a medical office building portfolio for $122,000,000. M&O has purchased several medical office buildings from Georgia hospitals in recent years and is in discussions to acquire more hospital-owned buildings. M&O has immediate access to $250,000,000 in private equity, non-Wall-Street-related capital, with opportunities for physician-tenant investment in the assets as well.

The $122,000,000 portfolio was purchased from Novant Health of North Carolina and consists of 650,000 square feet in five medical office buildings on three hospital campuses located in the Charlotte, NC area. Novant conducted a national search before selecting Meadows & Ohly as its healthcare real estate partner. "We received bids on the buildings from 18 different groups and selected 3 finalists for on-site interviews with senior leadership. Meadows and Ohly emerged as the clear choice to be our new partner due to their focus on tenant satisfaction," said Carl Armato, CEO and President, Presbyterian Healthcare, a division of Novant Health.

Novant decided to sell the buildings to focus their resources on healthcare delivery and enhance tenant satisfaction. Meadows & Ohly’s expertise in developing strong relationships with physicians and record of client satisfaction underpinned Novant’s goals. Armato stated, "It’s important that we concentrate on our mission of providing excellent patient care, while maintaining control over what is going on in our buildings on our campus."

"We look forward to a long-term relationship with Novant and their physicians," said Tom Rhodes, Principal with Meadows & Ohly. "Our role is to provide a comfortable, convenient building for the patients and an environment conducive for physicians to practice first-class medicine.

Dr. Gary Voccio, M.D., has been named Chief Medical Officer at Redmond Regional Medical Center. He has worked with Redmond in a variety of positions over the past 14 years including working as Chief of Staff, Medical Director of the Respiratory Department, and as the Medicine Department Chair. He is also currently a practicing pulmonary disease specialist with the Harbin Clinic.

Dr. Voccio earned his Bachelors Degree from Valdosta State University and earned his Medical Degree from Medical College of Georgia. He trained at Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina.

Dr. Voccio is a member of the Medical Association of Georgia, the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Quantum Radiology Northwest is pleased to announce that Dr. Chad Kuhlman has joined the QRNW. Dr. Kuhlman completed his residency at the Indiana University Medical Center and a fellowship in interventional radiology at the Emory University.

Dr. Kuhlman brings experience and a strong interest in Uterine Fibroid Embolization and cancer therapy including Radiofrequency ablation as well as chemoembolization from Valley Radiologists LTD group in Phoenix Arizona. He will be a physician heading up the UFE program for QRNW.

Dr. Aaron Cann joined the QRNW in May, 2006. Dr. Cann received his MD and PhD degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1999, and did his residency in radiology at North Shore University Hospital in New York. After completion of a fellowship in Thoracic Imaging at Columbia University, Dr. Cann joined the faculty at Emory University as Assistant Professor. Dr. Cann is particularly interested in further developing the use of cardiac CT and MR, as well as MR pulmonary angiography.

Dr. Robert Pham joined QRNW this past July. Dr. Pham comes from Emory – Emory undergrad, Emory Med School, Emory Radiology residency, and Emory musculoskeletal fellowship. Dr. Pham served as chief resident and received a host of special honors along the way (Phi Beta Kappa, Dobbs Scholarship).