Refer a Patient to Gary Levongood, MD
How to refer a patient to Dr. Levongood.
Referring a patient
Gary Levongood, MD, practices orthopedic sports medicine in Lawrenceville, with a clinical focus on the shoulder and elbow. He completed an orthopedic surgery residency at St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center and fellowship training in sports medicine at The Hughston Clinic. He is affiliated with Northside Hospital Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, and completed medical school at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University. For referring physicians, his subspecialty areas are sports injury and shoulder and elbow presentations, the focus his residency and fellowship built toward. Training and affiliation detail is on his physician profile; referral thresholds by presentation are set out in the when-to-refer guide for this practice. Accepting new patients.
At a glance
Which patients should I refer to Dr. Levongood?
Shoulder and elbow complaints, and sports-related musculoskeletal injuries, are the core referral population for this practice.
Dr. Levongood completed fellowship training in sports medicine at The Hughston Clinic. He sees patients through Northside Hospital Orthopedics - Sports Medicine in Lawrenceville, GA, and is currently accepting new patients. For criteria organized by urgency tier, see the in-depth referral guide.
What should I send with the referral?
Send the exam findings, any imaging already obtained, and a brief summary of conservative treatment tried so far.
A copy of the imaging report itself, not just the images, speeds the first visit, and a note on the mechanism of injury is useful for sports-related cases given Dr. Levongood's focus on shoulder and elbow injuries in active patients.
How do I reach the office to refer a patient?
Contact the Lawrenceville office directly to start the referral.
Include the patient's contact information, the clinical summary above, and your own office's contact details so the practice can send confirmation back once the referral is received. More on Dr. Levongood's training and clinical focus is available if your staff want it before scheduling.
What happens at the patient's first visit?
A focused history and exam built around the shoulder, elbow, or sport-related injury that prompted the referral, not a repeat of the baseline workup already on file.
Dr. Levongood reviews the referring diagnosis and any imaging obtained before the visit, then weighs functional and activity-specific findings as closely as structural ones, reflecting his fellowship training in sports medicine at The Hughston Clinic. The visit closes with a stated diagnosis and a plan, both documented back to the referring physician. See his background and training for the full credential history.
How will the findings come back to me?
A written consultation note, not a phone summary or a verbal relay through the patient.
The note states the exam findings, the working diagnosis, and the recommended plan, addressed to the referring physician directly so the patient's chart stays current without a separate call. What to send ahead of the visit, and what the return note covers, is detailed in the referral guide.
Does Dr. Levongood send updates after the initial visit?
Yes, whenever treatment continues beyond the first consultation.
A referring physician who wants to stay informed receives a note at the completion of treatment and at any point the plan changes materially, rather than only at the close of the episode.
Ready to talk about your care?
Call the office or request an appointment. Accepting new patients.