Swafford joins Hamilton Physician Group

Published 12:04 am Sunday, September 30, 2018

Dr. Sarah Swafford says she planned to become a physician at an early age.

“My interest in psychiatry started in high school,” she said. “I took a class in psychology at Dalton High School my senior year, and it was eye opening for me and really clicked with my interests.”

Swafford is a new psychiatrist at Hamilton Physician Group-Psychiatry, 1107 Memorial Drive, suite 102, in Dalton.

“My favorite part of my job is helping people to be their best selves,” Swafford said.

She completed medical school at the Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, and her residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Psychiatric Medicine.

In the near future, Swafford sees psychiatry growing to have more treatment options and becoming more collaborative with other physicians, making treatment more comprehensive.

Swafford enjoys serving others and has volunteered on medical missions to Haiti. In her free time, she enjoys reading and movies. She’s also loves animals. She has four cats and two dogs.