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Phone: (276) 236-2947 Rodney Sirk is a board certified family physician who works in a private practice. Dr. Sirk's partner at Mid-Atlantic Specialists is Robert Benish, M.D., a board certified gastroenterologist. They also have a nurse practitioner and physician assistant on staff. Born May 13, 1964, Dr. Sirk is a citizen of the United States. He is married with three children. Dr. Sirk attended undergraduate school and majored in Biology from 1987 to 1991 at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. He was a successful 3rd year applicant to medical school in 1991 and in 1995, he earned an MD degree from Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia. In 1998, Dr. Sirk completed a three-year residency program with Marshall University Family Practice in Huntington, West Virginia. He has been practicing with Twin County Family Care Centers since 1998. Dr. Sirk was an Aeromedical Specialist with the U.S. Air Force Reserve in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1988 to 1991. From 1983 until 1987, he was a Technical Training Instructor with the U.S. Air Force at Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois. For his services, Dr. Sirk received the United States Air Force Achievement Medal in 1984 and the National Defense Service Medal in 1991. He was elected to the Golden Key National Honor Society in 1990.
About 15 patients visit Dr. Sirk in the office each day. He estimates that he and his associates combined see an average of 75-90 patients a day. About 20% of his patients are under the age of 18; another 40% are adults; and about 50% are adults over the age of 65. Dr. Sirk estimates that 40% of his patients are covered by Medicaid or Medicare; 50% have commercial insurance coverage; and about 10% are uninsured.
Dr. Sirk really enjoys generalist medicine. Personally, he is interested in most outdoor sports, especially kayaking, bicycling, and bow hunting. Residents who train with Dr. Sirk will learn to practice quality ambulatory medicine in a rural area. They will have opportunities to work with excellent emergency physicians at Twin-County Regional Hospital, taking care of patients with strokes, heart attacks, and other evolving problems. Residents who train with Dr. Sirk may choose to stay in local motels -Holiday Inn Express, Super 8, Hampton Inn, Knight's Inn, etc. GMEC can attempt to locate furnished homes or apartments for residents, but we cannot guarantee results because short-term rental properties are extremely difficult to secure in rural areas. Twin County Regional Hospital is a 141 bed acute care facility in Galax, Virginia with a standard range of services: emergency, inpatient and outpatient care, intensive care, surgery and anesthesia, obstetrics, radiology, imaging, cardiopulmonary, laboratory, nutrition, physical therapy, pharmacy, and home health. Specialists on active staff at Twin County represent Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Podiatry, Radiology, and Urology. Named for a mountain wildflower, Galax is an independent city with a population of about 6,700 on the border between Carroll County (pop. 26,504) and Grayson County (pop. 16,278). Quiet hollows, pastured hills, and patches of dense forest characterize the local landscape. To the east, the land rises to the scenic heights of the Blue Ridge Mountains. To the west are more spectacular heights that are seldom seen - Mount Rogers, Whitetop, and the Iron Hills. Galax is lodged in a beautiful setting. Major elements of the economy are manufacturing industries, transfer payments (retirement pensions, disability income, and welfare benefits), retail trade and personal services. In 1995, the largest employers in the city were Hanes Printables (knit underwear), Consolidated Glass and Mirror, Webb Furniture, Vaughan Furniture, Vaughan Basset Furniture, Twin-County Regional Hospital, and Dixon Lumber. The Galax workforce includes about 8,500 people; almost 2,000 more people work in Galax than live there. Four lanes of US Highway 58 access Galax about 10 miles west of an interchange with US Interstate 77. There are several shopping centers in Galax, replete with department stores, restaurants, cinema screens, groceries, discount stores, and specialty boutiques. Three outdoor recreation centers are within 30 miles of Galax Grayson Highlands State Park, New River Trail State Park, and the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area. These parks have facilities for camping, picnicking, hiking, biking, swimming, boating, fishing, hunting, and horseback riding. Mount Rogers is the highest peak in Virginia. |
Rodney Sirk, M.D.
Dr.
Sirk sees patients 40 hours per week in an office setting: 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday. There are six exam rooms on the premises
and a laboratory. Patients who need other services
are referred to Twin County Regional Hospital. Dr. Sirk performs minor
surgical procedures on the premises, including skin excisions, wound
repair, and cryo-surgery.
Dr. Sirk maintains Medicine and ICU/CCU privileges
at Twin County Regional Hospital in Galax, Virginia. The hospital is
less than 2 miles from Galax Family Care. The Twin-County practice group
includes hospitalists who admit and care for most patients. Through
a 1-800 phone link with North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem,
Dr. Sirk can access a full complement of sub-specialists for consultations
twenty-four hours a day.