Ashtabula County Medical Center | ACMC Pulse | Summer 2016

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Family Medicine
Physician
Emily Cheich, DO
ASHTABULA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (ACMC)
is pleased to welcome Family
Medicine Physician Emily
Cheich, DO. Dr. Cheich is board-
certified in family medicine
and osteopathic manipulative
treatment.
“Dr. Cheich is our newest
addition to Family Medicine and
is a new addition to Ashtabula
County,” says ACMC President
and CEO Michael Habowski. “She moved to the area
to be close to work and to raise her family here. That
speaks volumes about her dedication to caring for
people right here in Ashtabula County.”
Dr. Cheich says she feels right at home. “Family
medicine is about taking care of people of all ages.
I see children to senior citizens. The problems may
be different, but our goal is to always help people get
better.”
Dr. Cheich completed her doctor of osteopathic
medicine degree at Ohio University. She served her
family medicine residency at Akron City Hospital/
Summa Health System. Dr. Cheich is a member
of the American Osteopathic Association, the
American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
To schedule an appointment
with Dr. Cheich, call 440-997-6969.
Gastroenterologist
David Novak, MD
ASHTABULA COUNTY MEDICAL
CENTER (ACMC) and Ashok Kondru,
MD, are pleased to welcome
Gastroenterologist David Novak, MD,
to Ashtabula County. For more than
10 years, Dr. Novak has treated
patients who have health issues of
the stomach, intestine, colon, liver,
biliary ducts, rectum, gallbladder
and esophagus. He specializes
in colonoscopy, colon cancer
screenings and therapeutic endoscopic retrograde
cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), which focuses on
the ducts that drain the liver and pancreas.
“It is rare for a rural hospital to have two
gastroenterologists with ERCP expertise,” says ACMC
President and CEO Michael Habowski. “The addition of
Dr. Novak increases access for patients and will allow
more Ashtabula County residents to remain close to
home for care.”
A graduate of SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine,
Dr. Novak completed his internship and residency
at Georgetown University Medical Center. He also
completed a fellowship at Georgetown University
Medical Center’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center in
Washington, D.C. He has diagnosed and treated patients
at hospitals in Washington and Cleveland and worked
in private practice focused on digestive health. He is a
member of the American Gastroenterological Society.
“I am happy to join with ACMC and Dr. Kondru,”
Dr. Novak says. “The services at ACMC give patients a
convenient option for testing and treatment without
ever leaving the county. Patients have access to the
tools needed to find the root cause of their health
concerns.”
ACMC invested over $300,000 two years ago in
state-of-the-art endoscopic technology.
ACMC’s gastroenterologists see patients daily at the
ACMC Center for Digestive Health at 2112 Lake Ave.,
Ashtabula. They also offer a variety of surgical options
performed on the digestive system. Common procedures
include colostomy, colonoscopy and removal of polyps,
as well as treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease
(GERD), ulcers, hemorrhoids, diverticulosis and
Crohn’s disease.
To schedule an appointment
with Dr. Novak, call 440-998-0322.
ACMC’S WORLD-CLASS
PHYSICIANS
SPECIALISTS
in Ashtabula
County
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Emily Cheich, DO
David Novak, MD