Dr. April Speed, MD

Dr. April Speed, MD

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Dr. April Speed, MD is a general surgery specialist in Conyers, GA and has been practicing for 9 years. She graduated from Morehouse School of Medicine in 2003 and specializes in general surgery, oncology, and more.Read her story
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Dr. April L Speed

1364 Wellbrook Cir NE

Conyers, GA 30012

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Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Test
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Test
  • Bluegrass Family Health
  • Cigna
  • Coventry Health Care
  • Coventry Health Care of Georgia
  • Employee Health Systems
  • Humana
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Background Check

No malpractice claims found for Georgia
No disciplinary actions found for the years we collect data
No board actions found for the years we collect data
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Dr. Speed's Top Procedures and Conditions

Treatment Frequency
Breast Diseases
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very high

Treatment Frequency

Dr. Speed treats Breast Diseases more than 95% of her peers

Dr. Speed treats this condition more than 95% of her peers

Cancer
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Treatment Frequency

Dr. Speed treats Cancer more than 67% of her peers

Dr. Speed treats this condition more than 67% of her peers

Rating Includes other areas of care:

  • Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
  • Adolescent Cancer
  • Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma
  • Adrenal Gland Cancer
  • Adult Cerebral Astrocytoma
  • Adult Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Ampullary Carcinoma
  • Anal and Rectal Cancer
  • Anal Cancer
  • Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
  • Angiosarcoma of the Breast
  • Appendix Cancer
  • Astrocytoma
  • Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)
  • Basal Type Breast Cancer
  • Benign Astrocytoma
  • Bile Duct Cancer
  • Biliary Cancer
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Blood Cancer
  • Bone Cancer
  • Brain and Nervous System Cancer (Includes: Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
  • Brain Cancer
  • Brainstem Glioma
  • Breast Cancer
  • Breast Cancer Recurrence
  • Bronchioalveolar Carcinoma
  • Bronchogenic Carcinoma
  • Cancer of Floor of Mouth
  • Cerebellar Astrocytoma
  • Cerebral Astrocytoma
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Chordoma
  • Choriocarcinoma
  • Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma
  • Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Distal Colorectal Cancer
  • Distal Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
  • Duodenal Cancer
  • Ear Cancer
  • Endocrine Cancer
  • Endometrial Cancer
  • ENT Cancer
  • Epidermoid Carcinoma
  • Epithelial-Myoepithelial Carcinoma
  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
  • Eye Cancer
  • Facial Skin Cancer
  • Fallopian Tube Cancer
  • Familial Colorectal Cancer
  • Familial Pancreatic Cancer
  • Familial Renal Cancer
  • Familial Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Follicular Adenocarcinoma
  • Follicular Thyroid Cancer
  • Gall Bladder Cancer
  • Gallbladder & Biliary Tract Cancer
  • Gastric Cancer, Borrmann 4
  • Gastroenterologic Cancer (Colon, Stomach, Esophageal, Liver)
  • Genital System Cancer
  • Genitourinary Cancers
  • Gland Cancer
  • Glassy Cell Carcinoma
  • Glioma
  • Gliomatosis Cerebri
  • Gynecologic Cancer
  • Hamartomatous Colorectal Cancer
  • Heart Cancer
  • Hepatobiliary Cancer
  • Hepatocellular Cancer
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Hip Cancer
  • Hypopharyngeal Cancer
  • Inflammatory Breast Cancer
  • Infundibulocystic Basal Cell Carcinoma
  • Intestinal Cancer
  • Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Invasive Breast Cancer
  • Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
  • Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
  • Joint Cancer
  • Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma
  • Laryngeal Cancer
  • Laryngeal Carcinoma
  • Limb Cancer
  • Lip Cancer
  • Liver Cancer
  • Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
  • Lung Cancer
  • Lymphoma of the Breast
  • Male Breast Cancer
  • Male Genitourinary Cancer
  • Malignant Astrocytoma
  • Malignant Breast Tumor
  • Malignant Glioma
  • Mediastinal Cancer
  • Medullary Thyroid Cancer
  • Medulloblastoma
  • Melanoma-Astrocytoma Syndrome
  • Merkel Cell Cancer
  • Metastatic Adrenal Gland Cancer
  • Metastatic Blood Cancer
  • Metastatic Bone Cancer
  • Metastatic Breast Cancer
  • Metastatic Cancer
  • Metastatic Liver Cancer
  • Metastatic Lymph Cancer
  • Metastatic Nervous System Cancer
  • Metastatic Prostate Cancer
  • Metastatic Skin Cancer
  • Metastatic Soft Tissue Cancer
  • Metastatic Spinal Cord Cancer
  • Metastatic Squamous Neck Cancer With Occult Primary
  • MSI-H Colorectal Cancer
  • MSI-L Colorectal Cancer
  • MSS Colorectal Cancer
  • Muscle Cancer
  • Nasal Cavity Cancer
  • Nasopharyngeal Cancer
  • Neck Cancer
  • Nerve Cancer
  • Neuroendocrine Cancer
  • Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome
  • Nodular Basal Cell Carcinoma
  • Noduloulcerative Basal Cell Carcinoma
  • Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
  • Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer, Familial
  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Nose Cancer
  • Oligodendroglioma
  • Oral Cancer
  • Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Oropharyngeal Cancer
  • Oropharyngeal Cancer, Adult
  • Osteosarcoma of the Breast
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
  • Palate Cancer
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Pancreatic Islet Cell Cancer
  • Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Papillary Thyroid Cancer
  • Paranasal Sinus Cancer
  • Parathyroid (Gland) Cancer
  • Parathyroid Carcinoma
  • Parotid Gland Cancer
  • Pediatric Cancer
  • Pelvic Cancer
  • Penile Cancer
  • Pharyngeal Cancer
  • Pigmented Basal Cell Carcinoma
  • Pleura Cancer
  • Pre-Invasive Breast Cancer
  • Primary Prostate Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 1
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 10
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 11
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 14
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 2
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 3
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 4
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 5
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 6
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 7
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 8
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 9
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - X-Linked 1
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - X-Linked 2
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary -12
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary -13
  • Prostate Cancer - Hereditary -15
  • Radiation-Induced Angiosarcoma of the Breast
  • Rectal Cancer
  • Renal (Kidney) Cancer
  • Renal Cell Cancer
  • Respiratory System Cancer
  • Retinal Cancer
  • Salivary Gland Cancer
  • Sebaceous Gland Carcinoma
  • Secretory Breast Carcinoma
  • Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
  • Sinus Cancer
  • Skin Cancer
  • Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Spinal Cord Cancer
  • Spleen Cancer
  • Sporadic Colorectal Cancer
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Conjunctiva
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
  • Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
  • Stomach Cancer
  • Stomach Cancer, Familial
  • Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma
  • Supraglottic Laryngeal Cancer
  • Testicular Cancer
  • Thoracic Cancer
  • Throat Cancer
  • Thymus Cancer
  • Thyroid Cancer
  • Thyroid Cancer, Anaplastic
  • Thyroid Cancer, Familial Medullary
  • Thyroid Cancer, Hurthle Cell
  • Tongue Cancer
  • Trachea Cancer
  • Transitional Cell Cancer
  • Transitional Cell Carcinoma
  • Tubular Carcinoma
  • Urachal Cancer
  • Ureteral Cancer
  • Urinary Tract Cancer
  • Uterine Cancer
  • Vaginal Cancer
  • Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma
  • Vocal Cord Carcinoma
  • Vulvar Cancer
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Breast Cancer
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normal

Treatment Frequency

Dr. Speed treats Breast Cancer more than 63% of her peers

Dr. Speed treats this condition more than 63% of her peers

Rating Includes other areas of care:

  • Angiosarcoma of the Breast
  • Basal Type Breast Cancer
  • Breast Cancer Recurrence
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
  • Inflammatory Breast Cancer
  • Invasive Breast Cancer
  • Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
  • Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
  • Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
  • Lymphoma of the Breast
  • Male Breast Cancer
  • Malignant Breast Tumor
  • Metastatic Breast Cancer
  • Osteosarcoma of the Breast
  • Pre-Invasive Breast Cancer
  • Radiation-Induced Angiosarcoma of the Breast
  • Secretory Breast Carcinoma
  • Tubular Carcinoma
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Dr. Speed's conditions and procedures:

Angiosarcoma of the Breast
Basal Type Breast Cancer
Biopsy of Breast
Blood Disorders
Brain Disorders
Breast Abscess
Breast Brachytherapy
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Recurrence
Breast Cancer Surgery
Breast Cancer Treatment
Breast Diseases
Breast Duct Papilloma
Breast Exam
Breast Fibroadenoma
Breast Needle Localization
Breast Surgical Procedure
Breast Tumor
Cancer
Carcinoma in Situ
CoolSculpting®
Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Gynecologic Cancer
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Invasive Breast Cancer
Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
Lobular Carcinoma in Situ (LCIS)
Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
Lumpectomy
Lymphoma of the Breast
Lymphosarcoma
Male Breast Cancer
Mammosite Catheter Insertion
Mammotome® Breast Biopsy
Mastectomy
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Osteosarcoma of the Breast
Ovarian Cancer
Partial Mastectomy
Pre-Invasive Breast Cancer
Radiation-Induced Angiosarcoma of the Breast
Secondary Malignancies
Secretory Breast Carcinoma
Skin-Sparing Mastectomy
Stereotaxis
Stomach Diseases
Tubular Carcinoma
Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy
Ultrasound-Guided Breast Biopsy
Ultrasound-Guided Mammotome® Biopsy

About Me

Care Philosophy

My patients deserve the best! We provide uncompromising breast care service with dignity and detail!

Specialties

  • General Surgery
  • Breast Oncology
  • Breast Surgery
  • Breast Surgical Oncology
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Board Certifications

  • General Surgery
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Education

  • 2009
    University Of Texas-Md Anderson Cancer Center
    Fellowship Hospital
    2009
  • 2008
    Grady Memorial Hospital
    Residency Hospital
    2008
  • 2004
    Grady Memorial Hospital
    Internship Hospital
    2004
  • 2003
    Morehouse School of Medicine
    Medical School
    2003
  • 1999
    Norfolk State University
    Undergraduate School
    1999

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

Awards

  • Healthgrades Honor Roll
  • Dr. Jean-Renior Eugene Resident of the Year Award, 2004
  • We're a "favorite Place on Google" We're 1 of less than 250 K businesses in the US to receive this recognition; that's >than 1% of all U.S. businesses, 02/2010
  • National Susan G. Komen Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Fellow, 2008
  • Dr. Jean-Renior Eugene Resident of the Year Award, 2005
  • 2010 Recipient of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Diversity in Oncology Initiative Award, May 2010
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Dr. Speed's Reviews

Likelihood to recommend Dr. Speed

4.9

Based on 72 reviews

5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Star
2.7777777777777777%
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Best ever. Hope this is the direction health care is going for all categories of medcine. I am confident her decisions are the best for my situation. Everything is done in an informative atmosphere with visuals.
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Dr. Speed is one of the best doctors around. Not only is she extremely knowledgeable but her compassion for what she does is very evident. Whether you are her patient or not, she with your permission, consults and encourages everyone. Her words are very encouraging and make you realize that as...Read More
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Dr. Speed was just a wonderful and the most caring doctor I have ever met in so many ways. I would absolutely recommend her to any of my family and friends. God Bless her and her family. God Blesed me with her. Thank you Lord.
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Makes you feel comfortable and allows for the time needed to answer all questions. No question is off limits.
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Dr. Speed and her staff are the best. From the minute I entered the office I knew I was in good. hands. The spa atmosphere was so calming. Every staff member on Dr. Speed's team was caring, warm and friendly. Dr. Speed's ability to connect with her patients is as gift as is she. I am so thankful I...Read More
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Dr. April L Speed

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  • Hours
    • Mon: 9:00am - 4:30pm
    • Tue: 7:15am - 2:00pm
    • Wed: 9:00am - 4:30pm
    • Thu: 9:00am - 4:30pm
    • Fri: 8:00am - 12:00pm
    • Sat: closed
    • Sun: closed
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia POS
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Blue Choice Test PPO
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Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
Blue Traditional PPO
Bluegrass Family Health
Worker's Compensation WC
Cigna
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Cigna POS
Cigna PPO
Coventry Health Care
Coventry Health Care PPO
Coventry Health Care of Georgia
Coventry Health Care of Georgia HMO
Coventry Health Care of Georgia POS
Employee Health Systems
Humana
Tricare
TriCare for Life
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WellCare
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