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Dr. Jamie Wallace was born at in Atlanta and grew up in Marietta, GA. She received her BS degree in Biology from Furman University in Greenville, SC in 1991. Then she received her MD degree in 1995 from the Medical College of Georgia and stayed in Augusta for her residency in Pediatrics.

Dr. Wallace had a strong desire to join a practice with other Christians and was led to ABC Pediatrics in the summer of 1998. She met her husband in the singles group at New Hope Church, and they were married in February of 2001. In the summer of 2006 the Wallaces were blessed with their first child and in 2007 their second child was born.

The Wallaces enjoy travelling a lot! Dr. Wallace has been to 70+ different countries and her husband has been to almost 80! Their favorites are mission trips to tell others the good news about Jesus Christ and His love for them. The couple helps lead a Bible Study Class at New Hope Church North where Dr. Wallace enjoys singing in the choir.

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Dr. Tereasa Ballay was born in Virginia and spent her early childhood in Nebraska. At the age of 9, she moved to Arlington, Texas where she later graduated from High School. She graduated from Texas Women's University with a major in Chemistry and a minor in Biology. She became a doctor in 1997, graduating from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Residency followed at Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas.

Dr. Ballay became Board Certified in Pediatrics in October, 2000. Since that time, she has practiced in 2 different pediatric offices in East Texas. The family moved to Georgia in 2005 and she joined ABC Pediatrics that summer. Dr. Ballay is married and has 2 girls. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, swimming, skiing, scrap-booking, and photography.

Dr. Ballay has enjoyed opportunities to participate in community service including Diabetes Camp for Youth, and a mission trip to Mexico.

Dr. Deanna Smoak was born in south Georgia and moved to Fayetteville when she was 10 yrs old. She was homeschooled through middle and high school and then attended State University of West Georgia where she received her BS degree in Biology in 2002. Dr. Smoak graduated from Mercer University School of Medicine in 2007 and started here at ABC Pediatrics soon after completing her pediatric residency at University of Alabama in Birmingham in 2010.

As the oldest of six children, Dr. Smoak was always passionate about caring for children and spent a lot of time babysitting and working in the church nursery as a teenager. Her family was not surprised when she chose pediatrics as a career. She enjoyed growing up in Fayetteville and felt that God was leading her back to practice here.

Dr. Smoak is married and has two daughters and two sons. She enjoys reading, watching movies, and spending time with her family.