Tanner Heart & Vascular Specialists
A Practice Specializing in Matters of the Heart
When it comes to heart care, it is important to have a medical team focused on clinical excellence, innovation and compassion. Tanner Heart & Vascular Specialists provides a wide range of services specifically for patients with heart disease and other vascular disorders by using state-of-the-art technology to provide high-quality, cost-effective and comprehensive cardiac care.
Our cardiologists have offices in Carrollton, Villa Rica and Bremen to make access to quality cardiac care easier, and as part of Tanner Medical Group, Tanner Heart & Vascular Specialists have access to the full range of services available through Tanner Health System, including the new Tanner Heart and Vascular Center at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton.
Our Services
Tanner Heart & Vascular Specialists provides the following services:
- Medical management of congestive heart failure
- Pacemaker and defibrillator checks and reprogramming
- Carotid catheterization
- Electrocardiograms
- Echocardiograms
- Venous and arterial extremity ultrasounds
- Renal and renal arterial ultrasounds
- Carotid ultrasounds
- Holter and event monitoring
- Nuclear stress testing
- Tilt table testing
- Ankle brachial index (ABI)
- Invasive cardiac procedures
- Vascular studies
- Cardiac catheterization
- Cardiac angioplasty and stenting
- Intravascular ultrasound
- Peripheral vascular interventions
Meet Our Staff
Christopher Arant, MD
Dr. Arant is board-certified in cardiology and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine as well as board eligible in interventional cardiology. Dr. Arant received his medical degree from the Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon. He completed his residency and fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at Shands at the University of Florida. He also completed an additional fellowship in interventional cardiology and endovascular interventions for peripheral vascular disease at Shands.
Onaje Greene, MD, FACC, FASNC
Dr. Greene is board-certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine as well as in cardiovascular and nuclear cardiology subspecialties by the American Board of Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Greene earned his medical degree from the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore and a fellowship in cardiology at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC.
Shazib Khawaja, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM
Dr. Khawaja is board-certified by the American Board of Vascular Medicine as an endovascular specialist and the American Board of Internal Medicine in Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Subspecialty. Prior to moving to west Georgia, Dr. Khawaja served as director of the Cardiac Cath Lab and was chief of Interventional Cardiology at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL. He is currently active as an adjunct professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology at the University of South Alabama and serves as medical director of interventional cardiology at Tanner Health System.
William Rogers, MD, FACC
Dr. Rogers joined Tanner’s medical staff in 1983. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, where he also completed his internship, residency and fellowship in cardiology. Dr. Rogers is medical director of the John and Barbara Tanner Cardiac Rehab Center at the Tanner Heart and Vascular Center, and he is an affiliate member of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the American Heart Association.
Dennis Boswell, PA-C
Dennis Boswell is a certified physician’s assistant. He earned his degree as a physician’s assistant from the Medical College of Georgia and is certified in primary care and surgery.
Debra Fikes, APRN-BC
Fikes is a board-certified advanced practice registered nurse and a graduate of Auburn University. She has master’s degrees in nursing from Emory University and in social work from the University of Alabama.
Beth Schmitz, RN, MSN, NP-C
Schmitz is a certified nurse practitioner and earned her master’s degree in nursing from the Kennesaw State University primary care nurse practitioner program in Kennesaw, GA.
