Published 10:28 am Tuesday, September 1, 2026 CAIRO — When she’s not at PCOM South Georgia teaching family medicine and osteopathic manipulative treatment to medical students, Robyn Long, DO, MS, runs Harvest Health Cairo, a practice in Cairo, Georgia. She and her husband manage the office together, where she provides primary care to patients of all ages. Dr. Long sees many patients with diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease related to diet and nutrition, and helps patients with complex medical needs access the care they need in their own community. One patient came to her with severely unmanaged diabetes and a need for insulin, but he could not afford it. She treated him every day in the office until he was able to get his prescription filled. “In rural Georgia, you get to know your patients differently; they are your neighbors. I can better care for them because I know the community and its resources. One of our signs says: ‘We will treat you like a neighbor, not a number.’” As director of the OMM Clinical Scholars Program at PCOM South Georgia, Long is not only helping to care for patients in South Georgia, but also giving her medical students real-world clinical experience by having them work at her practice. Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) Scholars take an extra year to complete their Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree, which allows for an additional year of clinical experience. This year, OMM Scholars are volunteering at Harvest Health one day…
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