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Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is a nonprofit health system based in Gainesville, GA, serving more than 1 million people across the region. It operates five hospitals (NGMC campuses in Gainesville, Braselton, Winder, Dahlonega, Demorest) with 1,000+ beds and offers 60+ specialties. NGHS includes Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) with 700+ clinicians across 50+ locations, and Georgia Heart Institute, a large heart and vascular program with 120+ clinicians. The system emphasizes community health improvement and employs about 3,080 people. For pulmonology, NGHS provides comprehensive heart and lung care through NGPG and related cardiopulmonary services at multiple Georgia locations. Contact: (770) 219-9000. Website: nghs.com.

Clinic Type

Pulmonology

Address

743 Spring Street Northeast, Gainesville, GA 30501

Phone

770-219-2627

Email

Daisy@nghs.com

Opening Hours

Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.

Services Offered

  • Pulmonology
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Respiratory Care

Team

  • Navneeth Bongu, MD, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology — MD
  • Hisham Qutob, MD, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology — MD
  • Wesley Head, MD, Sleep Medicine, Pulmonology — MD
  • Malik Malik, MD, Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine, Critical Care Medicine — MD
  • Nadia Yimer, MD, Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine — MD
  • Joseph West, MD, Pulmonology — MD
  • Yalew Debella, MD, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology — MD
  • Nikky Keer, DO, Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine — DO
  • April McDonald, MD, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology — MD
  • Vijaya Sivalingam Ramalingam, MD, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology — MD
  • Shashvat Sukhal, MD, Pulmonology — MD
  • Rami Arfoosh, MD, Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine — MD

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What Patients Say

Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed

  • Doctors.nghs.com (provider page): 4.9 out of 5 (Patient Satisfaction Rating)
  • Providers.ngpg.org (provider page): 5 out of 5 (Overall provider rating) (119 ratings, 23 reviews)
  • Healthgrades (Dr. Rahul Sangani): 5.0 Star Rating (5-star) (Based on 46 reviews)
  • Birdeye (Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Pulmonology): 3.5 star rating (13 reviews)
  • Healthgrades (group directory): 1.0 (1 review) (1 review)

Patients praise

  • High patient satisfaction/strong overall ratings for specific pulmonology providers (e.g., ~4.9/5 and 5/5)
  • Care perceived as knowledgeable, thorough, and communicative (examples on Healthgrades/Birdeye)

Common complaints

  • Appointment/referral scheduling difficulties and lack of callback noted in a Birdeye review
  • Low or mixed group-level ratings on some platforms (e.g., 1.0 on Healthgrades group directory; 3.5 on Birdeye)

"“Dr. Johnson has ALWAYS shown 100% concern with my issues, from asthma.”"

providers.ngpg.org provider page for Robert Johnson, AGACNP

"“Very good communication and seemed to care about my health”"

Healthgrades review snippet for Dr. Rahul Sangani

"“literally can NOT get an appointment… I’ve call 5 times… left 2 voicemails which were Not returned.”"

Birdeye review for Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Pulmonology

Synthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].

Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.

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