Dr. Mary Allison Henderickson-Quirk, DO, FACP

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Get to know Internist & Wound Specialist Dr. Mary Allison Hendrickson-Quirk, who serves patients in Brunswick, Georgia.

Dr. Hendrickson-Quirk is an internist & wound specialist who is affiliated with the Southeast Georgia Health System – Brunswick Campus, located in Brunswick, Georgia. The Brunswick Campus is anchored by a 300-bed hospital with more than 300 physicians on its medical staff representing nearly every major medical specialty. The mission of the Southeast Georgia Health System is to provide safe, quality, accessible, and cost-effective care to meet the health needs of the people and communities it serves.

Dr. Hendrickson-Quirk holds certifications by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine, and the American Osteopathic Board of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.

Dr. Hendrickson-Quirk is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the American Professional Wound Care Association, and a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists. Fellowship is an honorary designation given to recognize ongoing individual service and contributions to the practice of medicine.

Dr. Hendrickson-Quirk received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth, Texas. She then went on to complete her residency in internal medicine and her internship at Methodist Hospitals of Dallas in Dallas, Texas.

Internal medicine or general medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. As an internist, Dr. Hendrickson-Quirk diagnoses and provides non-surgical treatment of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems.

Wound specialists, like Dr. Hendrickson-Quirk are healthcare professionals who have been trained in the care and treatment of all types of wounds, acute and chronic. Among the most commonly treated wounds are those sustained from an acute injury, surgical wounds, diabetic wounds, and pressure sores.

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