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FirstHealth Primary and Specialty Care Clinics
We offer a variety of primary and specialty care services to meet the needs of your entire family.
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FirstHealth has convenient care clinics in Moore and Richmond counties.
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Primary Care & Specialty Clinics
FirstHealth offers a variety of primary care and specialty services to meet the needs of families throughout the Sandhills region.
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FirstHealth's primary care and specialty care clinics include transition care, convenient care, cardiology, orthopaedics, back & neck pain, OB/GYN, internal medicine, family care and much, much more.
All Primary and Specialty Care Services
FirstHealth offers a number of clinics throughout our service area to meet the needs of your entire family. We invite you to learn more about our services here.
Patient Experiences
FirstHealth Cardiology Services
A broken heart doesn't have to leave home to find one of the best heart programs in the world.
FirstHealth Cancer Care
The people you see here share a common belief that all the compassion, conviction and capability needed to fight cancer is right here at FirstHealth.
FirstHealth Orthopaedics
For a bum knee, a worn-out hip or painful back, world-class orthopedic care isn't a world away. It's right here at FirstHealth.
FirstHealth Transition Care Clinic
When Southern Pines resident Tom Worth needed advice about adapting to his just-diagnosed case of diabetes, the staff of the FirstHealth Transition Care Clinic was available to help.
Innovation and Treatment
FirstHealth Primary Care
Providing high-quality, comprehensive primary and preventative care throughout the Sandhills region.
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FirstHealth Specialty Services
We offer a number of specialty clinics throughout the region including orthopaedics, cardiology, back & neck pain, neurosurgery, OB/GYN and much more.
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FirstHealth Convenient Care
Get in. Get out. Get better. FirstHealth offers convenient care offices in Moore, Richmond and Hoke counties.
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View Entire Team Meet Our Medical Professionals
Board Certified
Peter Isaac Ellman, M.D., FACS
Specialties
- Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
- Heart
Hospital Affiliation
- Moore Regional Hospital
Training
- M.D., University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship
- Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, University of Florida
- General Surgery, University of Virginia
Internship & Residency
- University of Virginia
Available for Patients
Yes
Accepts Medicare Insurance
Yes
Accepts Tricare Insurance
Yes
Hours
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday
Hobbies
Golf, guitars and music
Board Certified
Peter J. Vassallo, M.D.
Specialties
- Cardiology
- Heart
Hospital Affiliation
- Moore Regional Hospital
- Montgomery Memorial Hospital
- Moore Regional Hospital-Richmond
Training
- M.D., Universidad Del Noreste, Mexico
Fellowship
- Cardiology, Bridgeport Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, Bridgeport, Conn.
Internship & Residency
- Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, NY; Bridgeport Hospital, Conn.
Available for Patients
Yes
Accepts Medicare Insurance
Yes
Accepts Tricare Insurance
Yes
Board Certified
Peter L. Duffy, M.D.
Specialties
- Cardiology
- Interventional Cardiology
- Heart
Hospital Affiliation
- Moore Regional Hospital
- Montgomery Memorial Hospital
- Moore Regional Hospital-Richmond
Training
- M.D., New York Medical College
Fellowship
- Cardiology, Georgetown University; Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Washington, DC
Internship & Residency
- St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, NY
Available for Patients
Yes
Accepts Medicare Insurance
Yes
Accepts Tricare Insurance
Yes
Tonya Eteo, FNP
Specialties
- Emergency Medicine
Hospital Affiliation
- Moore Regional Hospital
- Moore Regional Hospital-Richmond
- Moore Regional Hospital-Hoke
Training
- FNP, Frontier Nursing University, KY
Hours
