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Dr. Charles L. Wilmer received his undergraduate degree from Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He received his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, Virginia and completed an internal medicine internship and residency and a cardiology fellowship at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. Dr. Wilmer is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He is a fellow of both the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Physicians. His specialties include cardiology and interventional cardiology. Dr. Wilmer is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Angina, Atherosclerosis, and Arterial Embolism.

Dr. Charles L. Brown earned his undergraduate degree from the University of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana. He earned his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans and completed his internship, residency and fellowships in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology with Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. During his cardiovascular disease fellowship, he served as chief resident of medicine and he fulfilled an additional fellowship in peripheral angioplasty at the Red Cross Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany. Dr. Brown is board-certified in cardiovascular diseases, internal medicine, and interventional cardiology. He is also a member of numerous professional societies, including Alpha Omega Alpha, the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association, the American Heart Association, the Medical Association of Atlanta and the Medical Association of Georgia. Dr. Brown is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia. His top areas of expertise are Angina, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, and Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia.

A specialist in peripheral vascular disease, Dr. Brian H. Negus joined The Chattanooga Heart Institute from private practice in Gainesville, Georgia, where he also served as director of the cardiology laboratory at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.He received his doctor of medicine degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and completed both his internship and residency in internal medicine and cardiology fellowship at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. He conducted his fellowship in interventional cardiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he then served as assistant professor of medicine in the interventional cardiology section.Dr. Negus’ work with research has included projects conducted at the Medical College of Georgia and Parkland Memorial as well as at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.Board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular diseases, he is a member of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Medical Society. In addition, he is a fellow in the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association. Dr. Negus is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia. His top areas of expertise are Arterial Embolism, Coronary Heart Disease, Carotid Artery Disease, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.