Women's Specialty Center

Abdulhameed Aziz, MD, FACS, is the Chief of Vascular and Endovascular surgery for Piedmont Atlanta, and Director of Vascular and Endovascular surgery for the Piedmont Health system. Dr. Aziz earned his medical degree and graduated AOA from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his residency in General Surgery and fellowship in Vascular Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He has also completed research fellowships in cardiovascular surgery at Washington University in St. Louis and cardiovascular science at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He received his undergraduate degree in Pre-medicine (B.S.) from the Pennsylvania State University graduating magna cum laude. Dr. Aziz is board certified in General Surgery and Vascular Surgery. Immediately prior to joining Piedmont, Dr. Aziz practiced for ten years in Michigan, where he held roles including Site Medical Director of Vascular and Endovascular surgery at Trinity Health IHA in Ann Arbor and Vascular Surgery Quality Head for Trinity Health Ann Arbor. Dr. Aziz has clinical interests in vascular and endovascular surgery, thoracic outlet syndrome, abdominal and thoracoabdominal aneurysm disease, spine exposure, carotid, brachiocephalic and upper extremity arterial disease, aortic reconstruction of aortoiliac disease, peripheral and mesenteric occlusive/aneurysmal disease, hemodialysis access and venous disease. In his spare time, Dr. Aziz likes to read biographies, run, work on his hobby car, and spend time with his wife and 4 children.

Gary C. Chan, D.O., Ph.D., earned his medical degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Brookwood Baptist Health and Cardiology Fellowship at University of Arizona in Tucson. He is board certified in Internal Medicine. In addition, Dr. Chan has 13 years of molecular cardiovascular research experience, and completed a Post-doctoral Research Fellowship at Harvard. He has expertise in treating coronary artery disease, chronic high blood pressure, cardiomyopathy, among other conditions. Dr. Chan is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans

Claro Palma, MD received his medical degree from the University of the Philippines, in Manila, Philippines. He completed internal medicine internship, then residency in Internal Medicine at the Worcester City Hospital in Worcester Massachusetts. He completed his fellowship in Immunology and Rheumatology at the University of Missouri - Columbia. Dr. Palma is a member of the American College of Physicians, board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine / Rheumatology and is a Certified Clinical Densitometrist through the International Society for Clinical Densitometry. Dr. Palma specializes in adult rheumatology and provides specialty care in diagnosis and treatment of the full spectrum of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, pseudogout, polymyalgia rheumatica, giant cell/temporal arteritis, osteoporosis, systemic lupus, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, Sjogren's syndrome, Wegener's granulomatosis, and vasculitis. Dr. Palma welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans.