The healthcare you receive at Highland Urgent Care & Family Medicine comes from a team of professionals who have been together for more than two decades. We share a common commitment to our patients’ health and well-being. Working together, we provide the continuity that ensures you’ll get the best care possible.
Nicholas J. Beaulieu
MD
Dr. Nick has over 32 years’ experience in Family, Functional, and Travel Medicine; Urgent Care; and Emergency Medicine.
As a family practice primary care physician, he’s dedicated his career to building an independent, family-run, community-focused practice. And he’s driven to find innovative ways to make healthcare, effective, efficient, accessible, and fairly priced for all patients, whether they have insurance or not.
Dr. Nick oversees Pear’d and our Travel Medicine and Urgent Care clinics. In his personal practice, Dr. Nick focuses on Functional Medicine, working with patients who want to be more proactive in optimizing their health in our Highland Personal Health program.
Dr. Nick is certified by The Institute for Functional Medicine. He also holds certifications in Family Medicine and Travel Medicine. He is fluent in medical Spanish, as well as English and is a member of the International Society of Travel Medicine and of the Direct Primary Care Coalition.
Dr. Nick completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, with minors in Chemistry and English, at the University of Miami. He received his Medical Degree from Morehouse School of Medicine and completed his Residency in Family Practice at USC (1993-1996), where he served as Chief Resident from 1995-1996.
Amy Hatfield
Physician Assistant
Amy Hatfield is a Physician Assistant who grew up in Gwinnett County. She’s been with Highland Urgent Care & Family Medicine since 2009. Amy sees patients in our Urgent Care Clinic, Family Medicine Practice, and Travel Medicine Clinic.
Anyone who has experienced Amy’s kindness and the level of care she provides her patients won’t be surprised to learn that she began her medical career as a pediatric emergency room nurse. After five years, she moved to Charleston South Carolina to complete her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Amy attended the University of Georgia for her undergraduate studies and earned her Bachelors in Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia. A true Bulldog at heart, when she’s not at work, Amy enjoys traveling, spending time with her family and watching UGA football.
Dian Dowling Evans
PhD, FNP-BC, ENP-C
Dian has always been dedicated to helping people. She started out her career as a counselor. After several years in practice, she realized that with nursing skills and knowledge, she would be able to do more to support her clients’ health and well-being.
Dian is dually board-certified as a family and emergency practitioner. She’s studied integrative medicine therapies since the 1980s, has practiced yoga for more than 20 years, and did her PhD dissertation on research into the effects of yoga on chronic pain. Her years of working in pediatrics, family and emergency medicine, and urgent care settings, have taught Dian the value of bringing a wide range of approaches to patient care.
Dian met Dr. Nick in 1999, where they spent five years working alongside each other in the E.R. at Gwinnett Medical Center. In 2008, Dian became the Director of the Nurse Practitioner program at Emory’s School of Nursing. She reached out to Dr. Nick about setting up HUCFM as a clinical training site, and they’ve been caring for patients and training future Nurse Practitioners and Physician’s Assistants ever since.
Dian is a Clinical Professor at Emory School of Nursing and is the Director of their Emergency NP program. She received her BS in nursing from the Medical College of Georgia, her MSN as a family nurse practitioner from Emory, and her PhD from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center – Memphis. She also holds a graduate degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Georgia.
As a wife, a mom, and grandmother to four, Dian especially enjoys women’s health and the diverse group of patients who trust Highland Urgent Care for their health care needs. Her pledge to you as her patient is to listen to and support your choices on your journey to wellness and excellent health.
Paula Tucker
PhD, DNP, FNP-C, ENP-C, FAANP, FAAN
Paula is a board-certified family and emergency nurse practitioner with nearly 16 years of experience providing compassionate, patient-centered care across a variety of healthcare settings. She is passionate about helping patients feel heard, supported, and empowered in their health and wellness journey. Paula values building meaningful relationships with her patients and providing personalized care tailored to their individual needs. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her children, traveling, and creating lasting memories with family and friends.
