Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
VICKERY E MICHELE
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NOVAMED INC [NOVA] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Executive VP Operations
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
980 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, SUITE 1620		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/02/2006
(Street)

CHICAGO, IL 60611		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 10/02/2006   M(11)   16,600 A $ 2.2 106,793 D  
Common Stock 10/02/2006   S(11)   16,600 D $ 7.8022 90,193 (12) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 2.2 10/02/2006   M(11)     16,600   (1) 03/31/2007 Common Stock 16,600 $ 0 66,400 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 3.5               (2) 02/01/2008 Common Stock 24,000   0 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 5               (3) 02/17/2009 Common Stock 30,000   0 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 12               (4) 03/09/2010 Common Stock 40,000   0 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 1.75               (5) 04/20/2011 Common Stock 100,000   0 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 0.78               (6) 04/02/2012 Common Stock 90,000   0 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 1.27               (7) 03/21/2013 Common Stock 15,000   0 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 4.45               (8) 03/16/2014 Common Stock 45,000   0 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 5.96               (9) 06/16/2015 Common Stock 55,000   0 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 6.87               (10) 06/20/2016 Common Stock 12,500   0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
VICKERY E MICHELE
980 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE
SUITE 1620
CHICAGO, IL 60611		       Executive VP Operations  

Signatures

 /s/ John Lawrence by Power of Attorney   10/04/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This option was originally granted for 200,000 shares on 3/31/97 and provides for vesting in monthly installments over four years. Pursuant to this option grant, the Reporting Person exercised 34,000 shares on 5/28/99, 4,000 shares on 5/8/06, 12,600 shares on 5/9/06, 11,600 shares on 6/1/06, 5,000 shares on 6/2/06, 16,600 shares on 7/3/06, 16,600 shares on 8/1/06 and 16,600 shares on 9/1/06, all of which have been previously reported.
(2) Subject to certain restrictions, 3,000 of these options vested on 8/1/98, with the remainder vesting 500 per month starting on 9/1/98.
(3) Subject to certain restrictions, 3,750 of these options vested on 8/17/99, with the remainder vesting 625 per month starting on 9/17/99; all such options became fully vested upon completion of an initial public offering.
(4) Subject to certain restrictions, 5,000 of these options vested on 9/8/00, with the remainder vesting 833 per month starting on 10/8/00.
(5) Subject to certain restrictions, 12,500 of these options vested on 10/19/01, with the remainder vesting 2,083 per month starting on 11/19/01.
(6) Subject to certain restrictions, 11,250 of these options vested on 10/1/02, with the remainder vesting 1,875 per month starting on 11/1/02.
(7) Subject to certain restrictions, 1,875 of these options vested on 9/20/03, with the remainder vesting 312 per month starting on 10/20/03.
(8) Subject to certain restrictions, 5,625 of these options vested on 9/16/04, with the remainder vesting 937 per month starting on 10/16/04.
(9) Subject to certain restrictions, 6,875 of these options vested on 12/17/05, with the remainder vesting 1,145 per month starting on 1/17/06.
(10) Subject to certain restrictions, 1,563 of these options will vest on 12/20/06 with the remainder vesting approximately 260 per month starting on 1/20/07.
(11) Exercise of option and sale of underlying common stock pursuant to a 10b5-1 sales agreement previously adopted by reporting person.
(12) Includes 4,167 restricted shares of common stock.

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