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Priya Deshpande

Dr. Priya Sudhakar Deshpande, MD

Family Medicine

OVERVIEW

One of the first memories Priya Deshpande has of growing up in India is concern for her sick grandmother. Only a small child at the time, Priya recalls watching and listening intently when the doctor visited their home. She felt sad and frustrated that she could do nothing to help her only living grandparent, who was severely diabetic, wheelchair bound, and always quite ill. Watching someone she loved so much suffer with a debilitating disease was perhaps the first seed of inspiration for Priya’s career in medicine. “I felt an inner need to help her and others like her,” she explains. “My parents have said many times that from a very early age, all I talked about was becoming a doctor.” Never wavering from her goal, she remained in India, where she completed her formal education and embarked on her medical training. Priya attended Catholic public school in the Bombay suburb where she and her family lived. Her school and community, like the rest of India, were characterized by a wide range of cultures and religions, such as Hinduism, Islam, Catholicism, and Buddhism. “Diversity is something I became accustomed to growing up,” she explains. “India is a country made up of many states with different cultures, languages, foods, and religious beliefs. It is very complex.” Even within Hinduism, the predominant religion in India, there are many sects that worship different deities. Dr. Priya Deshpande with Family Son, Salil, and husband, Dr. Sharad Ghamande In spite of the problems inherent in such a varied society, cultural diversity offers the advantage of a broader view of the world. Dr. Deshpande believes that growing up and working in India taught her to listen to and appreciate people with life experiences different than her own and to recognize the common threads shared by the world’s religions, cultures, and humanity itself. “What I have learned is that basically people are the same everywhere,” she says. “Human nature crosses all barriers.” Another aspect of having grown up in India that Dr. Deshpande values is the medical education and residency training she received. She attended GS Medical College in Bombay, and after graduation, completed a residency training program in obstetrics and gynecology. “The training I received there is quite dissimilar from medical education in the United States,” she explains. Because there is no health insurance, there is much more emphasis on treatment based on clinical judgment rather than diagnostic testing. Physicians are trained to be very selective of diagnostic testing and use of the sophisticated equipment that is available. The greatest benefit of her medical training in India was her profoundly demanding clinical experience. During her residency at King Edward Memorial Hospital, a very old British hospital affiliated with the medical college, it was not uncommon for her to deliver 35-40 babies a day. The intensity of this training period made the transition to private practice in America very easy. “I believe the demands of my clinical experience in India have been a big advantage to me as a physician,” she says. While attending medical school, Priya met a fellow student, Sharad Ghamande, who would eventually become her husband. They married after their residency training in Bombay, about 6 months before moving to the United States in 1991. They chose to make America their home to broaden their personal and professional experience. “We both enjoy travel and other cultures,” she explains, “and we were interested in how medicine is taught and practiced here.” Another factor influencing their move was that Priya’s older brother, Harsha, had relocated to the United States many years earlier. He is a media consultant in California, and while they do not see each other often, they keep close contact. Priya and Sharad first settled in Massachusetts near Boston, where they spent a year taking board examinations required of foreign medical school graduates before entering an American residency program. When they successfully comp
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PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE

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Courteous staff
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RATINGS AND REVIEWS

Dr. Deshpande's Rating
26 Ratings
Patient Perspective
5.0 Explains conditions and treatments
3.5 Takes time to answer my questions
3.0 Provides follow-up as needed
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3614 J Dewey Gray Cir Ste D, Augusta, GA, 30909
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5.0 Office cleanliness
5.0 Courteous staff
5.0 Scheduling flexibility
Center For Primary Care
3614 J Dewey Gray Cir Ste D
Augusta, GA, 30909

LOCATIONS

Center For Primary Care Central
3614 J Dewey Gray Cir Ste D
Augusta, GA, 30909
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicaid Accepted
Mon8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Tue8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Wed8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Thu8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Fri8:00 am - 5:00 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed
  • Accepting New Patients
  • Medicaid Accepted
3651 Wheeler Rd
Augusta, GA, 30909
Piedmont Augusta Hospital Summerville Campus
2260 Wrightsboro Rd
Augusta, GA, 30904

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Medical School
Seth G S Medical College
Graduated 1990
Residency
Metrowest Medical Center

INSURANCE PLANS ACCEPTED  (38)

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  • Aetna Managed Choice POS Open Access
  • BCBS GA BlueChoice Option POS
  • UHC Options PPO
  • Humana National POS
  • CIGNA Open Access Plus
  • CIGNA PPO
  • UHC Choice Plus POS
  • BCBS GA Blue Open Access POS
  • Coventry CoventryOne - GA
  • Aetna HMO
  • Humana Choice POS
  • Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
  • First Health PPO
  • Multiplan PPO
  • BCBS GA Pathway X Ind Direct Access
  • Aetna Choice POS II
  • UHC Navigate POS
  • UHC Navigate HMO
  • BCBS GA Blue Choice HMO
  • PHCS PPO
  • Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
  • BCBS Blue Card PPO
  • BCBS GA Blue Choice PPO
  • CIGNA HMO
  • Anthem Blue Open Access POS Alternate Network
  • Blue Open Access POS Plus - GA
  • MEDICA CHOICE WITH UNITEDHEALTHC
  • Pathway X HMO
  • UHC NAVIGATE PLUS POS
  • UHC Nexus Open Access
  • Anthem Pathway X Guided Access HMO
  • BCBS GA Anthem Pathway X Guided Access Tiered
  • Humana / ChoiceCare Network PPO
  • Humana/ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
  • Medica Choice With UHC
  • Oscar GA Employee Cigna + Oscar Open Access Plus
  • BCBS GA Pathway HMO
  • Humana HMO Premier
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