Clinical Research Staff

Kurt Rivera, CRC

Kurt Rivera

Kurt has been with Digestive Healthcare of Georgia since 2016. He graduated from University of Georgia in 2010. He serves as the Lead Clinical Research Coordinator for most of our trials and helps with the daily management of our clinical trial patients.

Damien Patterson

Damien Patterson has been a Research Coordinator with Digestive Healthcare of Georgia since 2019.  He has over seventeen years of Clinical Laboratory testing and experience in the medical field.

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Debeeh Legaspi, RN, BSN, CCRP

Debeeh has over 25 years of Clinical Research experience and has been with Digestive Healthcare of Georgia since 2008. She received her BSN from Northeastern University in Chicago, IL. Prior to becoming the Director of Clinical Research Operations for DHCG, she was the founder and CEO of Asian Pacific Clinical Trials where she recruited and trained 150 physicians at 20 different sites in the Philippines. She also worked with  FERCAP (Forum for Ethical Research Committee in Asia Pacific) and WHO (World Health Organization) to train IRB members in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Michael R. Galambos, M.D.

Gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Galambos

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Mark A. Sims, M.D.

Atlanta Gastroenterologist, Dr Sims

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Manan B. Shah, M.D.

Gastroenterologist Dr. Shah

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Valerie Jeanne-Clementine Jagiella, M.D.

Dr. Valerie Jagiella, Gastroenterologist

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C. Preston Stewart, M.D.

Gastroenterologist Dr. Preston Stewart

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Randy J. Yanda, M.D.

Gastroenterologist Dr. Randy Yanda

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J. Patrick Waring, M.D.

Dr. Waring, Atlanta Gastroenterologist

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