Board of Directors
Robert A. Gadlage, M.D., FACS
Chairman
Dr. Robert Gadlage received his undergraduate degree from Xavier University and went on to earn his medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He completed his Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery residency at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Board Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Gadlage has practiced medicine for more than 25 years.
He continues to be actively involved with several professional organizations and also serves as a consultant for the Atlanta Braves, the Atlanta Falcons and the Georgia Force Arena League Football organization.
Jim Ellis, M.D., FACEP
President
Jim is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and serves as an emergency physician for the Atlanta Falcons home games. Dr. Ellis’ experience in Venue Medicine includes the NFL, NCAA basketball, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, the LPGA, World Cup Soccer and both Summer and Winter Olympic games. Dr. Ellis was appointed Co-Chairman of the Olympic Medical Support Group by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games in 1994 and named Medical Director of the Olympic Stadium in 1996.
Dr. Ellis just completed his 14th year coordinating team medical care for the NFL at the Super Bowl. He has recently made visits to Russia working as consultant to Sochi 2014 which will host the Winter Olympic Games.
Randy B. Cronic, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Randy B. Cronic received his undergraduate degree from North Georgia College & State University and earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia. He completed his Family Practice residency and served as Chief Resident at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Board Certified by the American Board of Family Practice and the American Academy of Family Medicine, Dr. Cronic ’ s prior practice experience has been in family, preventive and sports medicine. For eight years he practiced family medicine with Gwinnett Physicians Group where he also served as the Medical Director. Since 1994, Dr. Cronic has been the team physician for the National Football League (NFL) Atlanta Falcons. He is on the Medical Advisory Board of the Living Heart Foundation, a non-profit organization that offers cardiovascular screening to athletes. Dr. Cronic also works with the Sports Medicine Department at Georgia State University taking care of the medical needs of their athletes.
Dr. Cronic ’ s goals are to promote wellness by combining the latest technology and his medical experience into assessing individual risk, detecting disease and early intervention. From experience with his own family practice, and from interactions with many experts in preventive medicine, Dr. Cronic has learned that while most physicians prefer to practice medicine, they tend to spend their time treating diseases that are already well advanced. This is mainly due to the fact that health insurance companies reimburse based on diagnosis and treatment of symptoms, rather than predictive evaluations that can detect pre-symptomatic diseases.
Honorable Howard Cook
Was sitting State Court Judge in Gwinnett County, Georgia for 20 years, and was a Chief Judge for 17 of those years. Since retiring in December, 2004, he has served the court as a Senior Judge.
Jeff Porter, ATC
Head Athletic Trainer for the Atlanta Braves for four seasons, has been with the Atlanta Braves Major League club since 1985. His professional career as a trainer began in Wilmington, N.C. as a student athletic trainer at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington in 1974 where he received a Bachelor’s degree in 1977 in Physical Education. He later attended the University of Denver as an Assistant Athletic Trainer and graduated in 1979 with an MA in PE and Sports Sciences. He spent 6 years as a trainer in the Minor Leagues with the Denver Bears, Jamestown Expos, Memphis Chicks, and Indianapolis Indians before joining the Atlanta Braves Major League team in 1985 as an Assistant Athletic Trainer. Since 2003 Jeff has served as the Head Athletic Trainer of the Braves. His notable accomplishments have included being a part of the 1995 World Champions and being involved in 5 World Series altogether. He and the Braves have hosted 3 PBATS Baseball Team Medicine Conferences in Atlanta, where he has served on the Executive Board since 2004 as the National League Rep and also as Treasurer since 2005. He was the Athletic Trainer for the National League 1996 All Star Game in Philadelphia, PA and also the Athletic Trainer for the 2006 MLB Japan All Star Tour.
Paul Brizendine, MD
Board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and has been an emergency physician since 1978. He is Chief of Emergency Services at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center in Paintsville, Kentucky and is an Associate Clinical Professor in Emergency Medicine for the University of Kentucky.
Bart Gadlage, CFP®
Is a Certified Financial Planner TM and holds Series 7, 63, and 65 securities licenses through his current broker dealer Synovus Securities. Currently, he provides financial planning and investment advisory services to many of Atlanta’s high net worth individuals and corporate executives. He also serves on the investment committee and helped build and manage firm assets under management from close to $300 million in 2001 to almost $1 billion through 2007. He built and automated a trading system to streamline the management of the $100 million exchange traded fund strategy used by the firm.
ERIC GADLAGE, CFP®
Chief Operating Officer
Eric delivers business development and operations solutions from his experience consulting with affluent individuals and corporations. He has established key networks in the sports and entertainment, public relations, luxury, concierge, and private/institutional financial industries, in areas such as Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Texas, and Chicago. He has also expanded his networks internationally having served as Executive Director, USA of the World Chamber of Commerce and member of the WTCA. Eric received his bachelors in Economics from the University of Georgia and is a graduate of Oglethorpe University’s Financial Planner Program.
