Northside Forsyth

The Medical Team

Our Providers

At Northside Forsyth Family Medicine and Geriatrics, we forge deep, trusting relationships, delivering exceptional care, one patient at a time. Even in today’s uncertain healthcare landscape, you deserve unwavering commitment to your well-being. Experience the difference: personalized attention, comprehensive expertise, and unwavering dedication to your health. Contact us today and discover what true patient-centered care feels like.

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Dr. Padhiar studied abroad and earned his medical degree in Katowice, Poland at the University of Silesia in 2001. Upon returning to the states, he completed his three-year Family Practice residency at the Medical College of Georgia in 2004, one year in Augusta, Georgia and two years in Waycross, Georgia with a private practice group. During his residency training, Dr. Padhiar was exposed to a broad range of specialties that included clinic, hospital and nursing home care, which he has incorporated into his practice still today. He became board certified in Family Medicine in 2004

In 2024 he established his new practice of Northside Forsyth Family Medicine and Geriatrics to continue to care for the patients in metro Atlanta. 

Dr. Padhiar resides in Cumming with his wife Amy and enjoys traveling and is an avid sports fan!

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Mēgan graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor degree in Exercise Physiology in 2007. She was the program coordinator for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta, developing programs for obese children. From there she earned her Bachelor’s degree in nursing from Piedmont College in 2012 and worked in the labor and delivery unit at Habersham Medical Center. 

She then secured an RN position in the labor and delivery department at Northside Hospital Forsyth, where she provided care to high-risk perinatal patients as well as a Childbirth Educator. Mēgan went on to earn her Master’s degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner from South University.

Mēgan has trained extensively and has gained a great deal of knowledge, skill and understanding for the Geriatric population.

Mēgan is originally from Minnesota, but her heart is in the south!  She lives with her husband and three children and is an avid distance runner.