Fauquier Health OB/GYN
Dr. Wesley Hodgson, M.D., FACOG
Dr. Elizabeth Garreau, M.D, FACOG,
FACS
Dr. Sumiya Majeed, M.D., FACOG
253 Veterans Drive, Suite 210
Warrenton, VA 20186
Phone: 540-316-5930
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| Dr. Elizabeth Garreau, Dr. Wesley Hodgson and Dr. Sumiya Majeed, of Fauquier Health OB/GYN. |
With the addition of two new
physicians, Fauquier Health OB/GYN has expanded to serve the needs of area families.
Elizabeth Ann Garreau, M.D. and Sumiya Majeed, M.D., have joined Dr. Wesley Hodgson at the Medical
Office Building on the Fauquier Hospital campus.
Dr. Elizabeth Garreau
With 23 years of experience, Dr.
Elizabeth Ann Garreau, OB/GYN, is still enthusiastic about caring for patients.
“OB/GYN is the only specialty that combines primary
care -- seeing patients regularly during different phases of their lives --
with surgery, which is so satisfying because you can fix problems instead of
just managing them. We can make such differences in our patients' lives!”
Dr.
Garreau is a strong advocate for patients to seek care early if they notice a
problem or something they don’t understand. She says, “It is so exciting to find a disease
or problem in a very early stage and treat it then, so the patient is spared
from suffering from a much more serious disease.”
And when it comes to her pregnant patients, she
emphasizes preventative care as well: maintaining a healthy weight, proper
nutrition, regular exercise, and thorough prenatal care, to give the mom-to-be
the best chance for a trouble-free delivery and healthy baby.
Sometimes,
patients get even more than they bargained for. Dr. Garreau recalls, “We had a
young woman who
came in with a missed cycle. Her pregnancy test was positive and she left
feeling surprised. During an early sonogram we found she was carrying twins.
She left feeling really surprised. On
her next visit, a sonogram showed she was actually pregnant with triplets!
She left joking, ‘I'm not coming back. Every time I come in you find
another baby!’ She delivered three healthy identical boys.”
Dr.
Garreau has a simple philosophy when it comes to caring for her patients.
“Patients are generally smart and interested in their care, so they do better
when they understand their condition and are given choices about treatments. I
explain things in understandable language, and I provide lots of information.”
Dr. Sumiya
Majeed
As the second new physician to join
Fauquier Health OB/GYN in the last month, Sumiya Majeed, M.D., also seems to
have a special calling to meet women’s specific medical needs. She says, “Women
have a tendency to place their own personal health care needs at a lower
priority than the other demands in life. I encourage women to take charge of
their own health. To do that, they need the right information. I try to share
with patients my understanding and knowledge of what is happening in ways they
can understand. In fact, I am notorious for my poorly drawn pictures that I use
to help them visualize things!”
Dr. Majeed has a particular
enthusiasm for performing minimally invasive surgery; managing low-and
high-risk obstetrics; helping women choose the best birth control choices, and
providing gynecological care for young adults. “I love creating relationships
with women that I get to see on a regular basis.”
A veteran of a busy city hospital,
Dr. Majeed says that she appreciates the value of the patient-centered model at
Fauquier Health. “I believe the women I will take care of here will recognize
the effort that goes into making their care comfortable and safe.”
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