Dr. Poznansky is a medical innovator whose work bridges academic discovery and clinical care. As a leader in the field of leukocyte migration and the modulation of leukocyte trafficking and function, he has linked discovery with the development of new vaccines and immunotherapies for cancer, pandemic viruses and immune mediated diseases including type 1 diabetes and ALS. Dr. Poznansky has gained national and international recognition for establishing a new model for translational research that accelerates the process by which basic biological discoveries move towards products and technologies that improve patient care and treatment. Since 2008 he has served as the founder and director of the Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center (VIC) at MGH, which is putting this model into practice. The goal of VIC is to enable efficient and rapid transition of promising technologies through preclinical development and into the clinical stage of development through technology spin outs, partnerships or out licensing. He oversees the research work of a large team of investigators, postdoctoral fellows and other trainees addressing key research questions regarding these new therapeutics and vaccines and leads an operational team that facilitates the execution of business, regulatory, manufacturing, and other product development tasks associated with the preclinical translation of these candidates. VIC currently has 9 vaccines and immunotherapies in development, including a new B cell therapy for neuroinjury and neurodegenerative diseases and new self-assembling T cell targeted therapeutic vaccine for cervical cancer. Four of these technologies have recently reached large animal preclinical or first in human testing. The team at VIC has also developed a novel high dimensional immunology program that uses state of the art omics technologies to define broad immune profiles in cancer, infectious and immune mediated diseases to inform diagnosis, clinical decision making and vaccine and immunotherapy design. Dr. Poznansky is the scientific founder of Celtaxys, ACTx, Vicapsys, Aperisys, Voltron Therapeutics and Cellibrium.

Dr. Diane Peterman has over 25 years of experience in emergency medicine and urgent care. She comes to Greensboro, Georgia from Great River, New York where she was the Director of the West Islip ProHealth Urgent Care. As an experienced urgent care physician, she is an expert in diagnosing and treating a wide range of illnesses and injuries that require immediate attention. She is highly trained to assess patients’ symptoms, order and interpret diagnostic tests, and provide treatment. We are excited to be able to accommodate patients with illnesses and sudden onset of symptoms. Dr. Peterman will help us continue to ensure that patients of Lake Country Medical Group receive timely and compassionate care. With her help we will be able to accommodate more sick visits from active patients.

Dr. Peterman completed medical school at New York Medical College and her emergency medicine residency at North Shore University Hospital where she was an Attending Physician and the Assistant Director of the Pediatric Emergency Department at North Shore University Hospital. From here she discovered her passion for urgent care in order  to treat patients with non-life threatening conditions and receive convenient care. She helped to establish and develop ProHealth Urgent Care in New York which improved the availability of care in the community. 

Dr. Peterman’s philosophy is to always treat her patients as if they were her family. She stated that her patients are what keeps her passionate and invested. It is important to Dr. Peterman that patients are heard. She is intentional about listening to patients and using this to make good clinical decisions. 

 Dr. Eric Silver attended medical school in his hometown of London, England. He came to the United States in 1974 and completed his OB/GYN residency at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Prior to joining the St. Mary’s Women’s Center, Dr. Silver was a partner with Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, Inc. in Fairfield, OH, for 30 years. He is board certified as a fellow in the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists.