Jeanne M. Hungerpiller, MD

Jeanne Marotta Hungerpiller was born in Brooklyn, NY, and grew up in East Stroudsburg, PA. She graduated as Valedictorian from Notre Dame High School and Magna Cum Laude as an undergraduate at the University of Scranton. Medical school took her to Philadelphia, where she graduated from Hahnemann University School of Medicine, which is now known as the Drexel College of Medicine.

During residency at the Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, she met her late husband, John, a Savannah native, and thus moved to Savannah in 1989.

Initially employed at Winn Army Community Hospital Emergency Department as a Civilian Contractor, she served as Civilian Medical Director for the Emergency Room until transitioning to Candler Hospital Emergency Department in 1991. From 1992 to 2000, she was part of the Candler Medical Group. She exited into a solo practice in 2000, where she remained until teaming up with Your Family Medical Group and Primary Care Savannah in 2020.

Dr. Hungerpiller still remains on the Medical Staff at St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System and is a member of the Southern Medical Association. She has served on the Institutional Review Board at St. Joseph’s/Candler since 1992 and currently is Chairman of the committee. She has also served as a Clinical Preceptor for the Physician’s Assistant Programs at South University and Augusta University, in addition to various Nurse Practitioner Programs.

In her free time, Dr. Hungerpillar enjoys yoga, jewelry making, photography, cooking, sewing, and quilting.