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Meet Our Primary Doctors
| Dr. Richard D. Franco, M.D. |
 Dr. Franco is a clinical neurologist
and founding partner who has been in practice for 25 years. He was born and
educated in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a clinical professor of neurology at Emory University. He says taking care of patients remains
most rewarding and challenging with all the changes in structure of health care delivery, the
face to face diagnosis and management of illness, the understanding of people's emotional
and physical needs and the spiritual dimension of healing are the central core of clinical
practice. Dr. Franco is board certified in Internal Medicine and Neurology. He has special
interest in problems of stroke, headache, memory disorders, Parkinson's disease and movement
disorders with longstanding interest in neuroimaging techniques of MRI and CT. |
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| Dr. Matthews W. Gwynn, M.D. |
Dr. Gwynn attended the College of William and Mary in Virginia and
obtained his Bachelor of Science in chemistry in 1981. In 1985 he
graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School and completed
an Internal Medicine residency at the University of Alabama in
Birmingham in 1988. He then returned to the University of Virginia for
his Neurology residency. Dr. Gwynn is board certified in Internal
Medicine and Neurology, has a special interest in movement disorders,
and has developed a special expertise in the use of botulinum toxin (Botox®).
He is known professionally as a leader in this field in the Southeastern
United States. Dr. Gwynn is the chief of Neurology at St. Joseph’s
Hospital of Atlanta and is on the board of directors of the Medical
Association of Atlanta and for the last 6 years has been listed in the
national publication, Guide to Top Physicians. He is married
with 2 children and enjoys golf, tennis, and classical music. |
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| Dr. Keith A. Sanders, M.D. |
 A
native of Atlanta, Dr. Sanders graduated cum laude from the University
of Pennsylvania before attending medical school at Emory University. He
completed his neurology residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical
Center in New York City and then completed a fellowship in neuromuscular
disease at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco before
joining Atlanta Neurology in 1992. Dr. Sanders is board-certified in
Neurology and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. At Saint Joseph’s Hospital, he
is the Director of the Stroke Center and the former Chairman of the
Ethics Resource Committee. He enjoys hiking and swimming with his wife
and 2 children. |
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| Dr. Lisa H. Johnston, M.D. |
 Joining the Atlanta Neurology team in 1998, Dr. Johnston brings expertise in sleep disorders through fellowship
training at Emory University. Previously, she received bachelor and doctor of medicine degrees at Brown University
before her neurology residency at Emory University. She is affiliated with the Northside Sleep Disorder Center at
Northside Hospital.
She is board certified in
Neurology as well as Sleep Disorders. Dr. Johnston is Director of the Sleep Lab at Northside Hospital. |
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James
M. Kiely, M.D., Ph.D. |
 Dr.
James Kiely received his M.D. in 1994 from Emory University. He received
his Ph.D. from the Emory Department of Pharmacology for his doctorate
thesis on nervous system control of blood pressure. He received
fellowship training in Epilepsy and Intensive Monitoring at the
University of Virginia. During his tenure he was the recipient of
national awards for epilepsy research. He is board certified in
Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology. Dr. Kiely is a partner at
Atlanta Neurology and runs the Epilepsy Clinic and inpatient monitoring
for epilepsy. He is the medical director of the neurophysiology labs at
both Northside and St. Joseph’s Hospitals. Dr. Kiely is a member of the
American Epilepsy Society and also a member of the Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia. Dr. Kiely is
married with four children. |
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| Brandy Hughes, MSN, FNP-C |
 Born and raised in Georgia, Brandy Hughes is a family nurse practitioner. She graduated magna cum laude from the Medical College of Georgia with a B.Sc. in Nursing. She subsequently obtained her Masters degree with honors from MCG’s family nurse practitioner program. She is nationally certificated as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She has many years of inpatient experience working in neurology & neurological rehabilitation. Her medical model is focused on patient education. She feels education is paramount for understanding and managing neurological disease. |
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Doctors in the News |
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Dr Lisa Johnston, national sleep expert, interviewed by ABC on the link between sleep and the risk of heart disease.
http://abcnews.go.com
Drs Matthews Gwynn and Keith Sanders, stroke experts, interviewed by CNN on the signs and treatment of acute stroke.
http://www.cnn.com
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