Dr. Markle and Dr. Hinshaw have been married and practicing gynecology together since 1982. They moved to Macon County in 2000 and have been building their own house in the Ellijay Community. They attended medical school together and completed their 4-year residency requirements in the same university program. Their first practice was in Tarboro, North Carolina, where they were partners in the Tarboro Clinic and on the staff of Edgecombe General Hospital and Heritage Hospital. After Tarboro, they practiced in Florida until returning to North Carolina. The Florida practice was started in Lake City, but after several years, a Gainesville office was added. The doctors maintained staff privileges at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville and Lake City Medical Center in Lake City. By the time they left Florida, the practice had cared for more than 14,000 patients, many on a very long term basis. Both doctors currently maintain adjunctive staff status at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, North Carolina and are emeritus staff members in Lake City and Gainesville.
Dr. Robin Markle
Dr Markle was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Poughkeepsie High School in Poughkeepsie, New York and was awarded a BS in Chemistry by the State University of New York at Albany. After some time as a clinical chemist and a research associate in biochemistry at the Albany Medical College, in Albany New York, she was awarded advanced placement in the medical school and earned her MD degree there. Her four-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology was at the Albany Medical Center Hospital, where she served as chief resident.
Dr. Banks Hinshaw
Dr Hinshaw was born in Durham, North Carolina. He graduated from Durham High School and was awarded a BS with Distinction in Chemistry by Duke University in Durham. He received a PhD in biomimetic synthetic organic chemistry from Stanford University in Stanford, California, and thereafter practiced as a medicinal research chemist at the Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute in East Greenbush, New York. He earned the MD degree cum laude from the Albany Medical College in Albany, New York and at the same time held the positions of assistant research professor of biochemistry at the College and associate research chemist at the New York State Health Department. His four-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology was at the Albany Medical Center Hospital, where he served as administrative chief resident.