about us

Our physicians offer you and your family the diagnostic and treatment expertise of emergency medicine trained physicians in a relaxing and welcoming environment. We treat medical conditions that require prompt attention, but do not pose an immediate threat to your life or health - without the wait and cost of an ER visit.

Our Physicians

	T. Chad VanDerHeyden, M.D., FACEP Graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA where he was elected into the AOA Honor Medical Society Completed Emergency Medicine Residency at University of Arizona Board Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine Physician at Springhill Medical Center emergency department; serves as Springhill Emergency Physicians’ Vice President Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM), and a member of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama Practiced emergency medicine in Santa Barbara, CA before moving to Fairhope four years ago
	Trey Simms, M.D. Graduated from UAB medical school Completed Emergency Medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Board Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine Physician at Springhill Medical Center emergency department Involved in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), Wilderness Medicine Society, and the Mobile Medical Society Practiced emergency medicine in Miami, FL and Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia before returning home to the Eastern Shore
	Michael J. Bindon, M.D. Graduated from UAB medical school Completed Emergency Medicine residency at UAB where he served as chief resident Board Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine Physician at Springhill Medical Center emergency department; serves as Springhill Emergency Physicians’ Treasurer and Secretary Involved in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the Alabama College of Emergency Physicians (ALACEP), and a member of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama
	J.C. Jacobs V, M.D. Graduated from UAB medical school Completed Emergency Medicine residency at UAB Board eligible in Emergency Medicine Physician at Springhill Medical Center emergency department Involved in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the Alabama College of Emergency Physicians (ALACEP), American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM), and the Mobile Medical Society
	Alan J. Babcock, M.D. Graduated from UAB medical school Completed Emergency Medicine residency at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina Board Eligible in Emergency Medicine Physician at Springhill Medical Center emergency department Involved in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the Alabama College of Emergency Physicians (ALACEP), and the Mobile Medical Society