Urologist in Decatur, GA
In-Office Testing, No Operating Room
Decatur is a clinic office. Evaluation, laboratory work, and in-office testing all happen at Irvin Way. This address does not have an operating room, so we schedule procedures at one of our surgery centers.
What it does have is a large clinical team for an office this size, and that is deliberate. That means appointments here are generally quicker to get than at a smaller office, and a symptom you have been meaning to address doesn't sit on a waiting list for weeks. Blood in the urine, a flagged PSA, or an infection that keeps returning are all worth being seen for sooner rather than later, and this office is built to do that.
Common Conditions We Treat
PSA Testing And Prostate Symptoms
Most men book here after a physical turned up
a number somebody wanted followed up. PSA testing is a starting point rather than an answer,
and what it means depends on your age, your history, and what earlier readings
showed. Men noticing a weaker stream, waking repeatedly at night, or struggling
to start can have an enlarged prostate evaluation at the same appointment rather than booking
twice.
Bladder Control Problems And Repeat Infections
Women make up a large share of the patients
seen here, and bladder symptoms are usually the reason for a first visit. Frequent and urgent urination and bladder control problems are both treatable, and neither is an
unavoidable part of getting older. Infections get looked at as a pattern rather
than treated one at a time, and urinary infections that return are worth a urology appointment rather than
another course of antibiotics.
Kidney Stone Symptoms And What To Do First
Stone pain comes in waves, usually in the side
or lower back, and it sends more people to an emergency room than it needs to. Kidney stone symptoms can be worked up here with in-office imaging
and laboratory work, which is often a faster route to a plan. Severe pain, an
inability to keep fluids down, or a fever are different, and those need
same-day emergency care rather than a clinic appointment.
The Advanced Difference
Advanced Specialists™ are board-certified
urologists who each concentrate on a narrow area of urology rather than
practicing across the whole field. For a Decatur patient, that is what sits
behind this office: a clinic built for quick access, with the practice's
subspecialists available when a case needs one.
Care also stays inside one practice from your
first Decatur visit through any procedure at Snellville or Sandy Springs.
Nothing gets re-explained to a new office, and nothing waits on records moving
between systems. This comprehensive care integration leads to a better experience and better outcome at lower cost. For self-pay patients, surgery priced as one amount covers the surgeon, anesthesia, and facility
fees, quoted before we schedule anything.
Meet Our Awesome Decatur Physicians
Hayden Drake
Physician Assistant
Snellville Clinic & Surgery Center
1557 Janmar Rd
Snellville, GA 30078
Decatur Clinic
2711 Irvin Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Payton Eason
PA-C
Alpharetta / Roswell Clinic & Surgery Center
11660 Alpharetta Hwy
Ste 700
Roswell, GA 30076
Decatur Clinic
2711 Irvin Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center
1450 S Johnson Ferry Road
Sandy Springs, GA 30319
Mackenzie Helland
Physician Assistant
Johns Creek Clinic & Surgery Center
10730 Medlock Bridge Rd
John's Creek, GA 30097
Cumming Clinic
4150 Deputy Bill Cantrell Memorial Rd.
Suite 180
Cumming, GA 30040
Decatur Clinic
2711 Irvin Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Bailey Murry
Physician Assistant
Snellville Clinic & Surgery Center
1557 Janmar Rd
Snellville, GA 30078
Decatur Clinic
2711 Irvin Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Shelby Shimberg
Physician Assistant
Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center
1450 S Johnson Ferry Road
Sandy Springs, GA 30319
Decatur Clinic
2711 Irvin Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Hunter Woodard
Physician Assistant
Decatur Clinic
2711 Irvin Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Snellville Clinic & Surgery Center
1557 Janmar Rd
Snellville, GA 30078
Sierra Blanton
Physician Assistant
Conyers Clinic
1366 Wellbrook Circle
Suite B
Conyers, GA 30012
Decatur Clinic
2711 Irvin Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Snellville Clinic & Surgery Center
1557 Janmar Rd
Snellville, GA 30078
Samantha Smith
Physician Assistant
Decatur Clinic
2711 Irvin Way
Decatur, GA 30030
Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center
1450 S Johnson Ferry Road
Sandy Springs, GA 30319
Common Questions About Urology Care In Decatur
Q Will I see a urologist or a physician assistant?
Most first visits at the Decatur office are with a physician assistant, who takes your history, examines you, orders and interprets testing, and manages ongoing care. They work with the practice's urologists, and if your case needs a surgeon's judgment, you see one inside the same practice. Ask when you book if you would prefer to see a urologist specifically.
Q How quickly can I get an appointment in Decatur?
Usually quick. This office runs a larger clinical team than its size suggests, which is what makes short waits possible. Call the office for current availability rather than relying on a published figure, since it changes week to week.
Q Is surgery done at the Decatur office?
No. Decatur is a clinic office with in-office
testing but no operating room. We schedule procedures at our Snellville clinic and surgery center east on Highway 78, or at Sandy Springs north of the perimeter, depending on which is easier for you. Advanced Urology has no surgery center in Decatur.
Q Do you see women at the Decatur office?
Yes. Bladder symptoms and recurrent urinary tract infections bring women to this office as often as any other concern. Urology covers the urinary tract in women as well as men, which makes it the right specialty to start with for urgency, leakage, and infections that keep returning rather than one you reach later.
Q What is a common reason to see a urologist?
The most common are kidney stones, a PSA
result flagged at a physical, an enlarged prostate causing urinary symptoms in
men, bladder urgency or leakage in women, blood in the urine, and urinary tract
infections that keep coming back. Any one of those is a reason to book rather
than wait.
Q Can a urologist help with erectile dysfunction?
Yes, and it is one of the more common reasons
men book a urology appointment. Erectile dysfunction is often an early sign of something else,
including cardiovascular disease or diabetes, which is a reason to have it
assessed properly rather than treated based on information from a website. The evaluation starts
with history and basic testing, both of which happen at this office.
