GHA-member hospitals are working hard to treat patients, keep communities healthy, and provide state-of-the-art care. GHA is proud to share the news of our hospitals. To have your news appear on this page, please contact Jeff Sunderland. Releases will be available here for a limited time. Please keep checking back as our hospitals continue to do amazing work in the communities they serve.

 

AdventHealth

• Garvin Chandler, DO, Lacey B. Johnson, DO, and Janna Lister, FNP-C, join AdventHealth Medical Group Family Medicine at Adairsville Health Park

• AdventHealth Georgia challenges community to light porches pink for breast cancer awareness

• AdventHealth Medical Group cardiology clinics host open house

• AdventHealth Redmond to Host AngioScreen Bus in September

• AdventHealth Murray Receives 5-star Rating From CMS Third Year in a Row

• AdventHealth Medical Group Neurosurgery at Rome now open

• AdventHealth Redmond Receives 5-star Rating From CMS

 

Archbold Medical Center

• Archbold Welcomes Provider Cavaliere

 

Atrium Health Floyd

• Atrium Health Floyd NICU Nurse Helps Mother and Tiny Baby Thrive
• Chattooga Native Named Clinical Manager of New Emergency Department

 

Atrium Health Navicent

• Atrium Health Navicent Hosts Free Family Fun Day
• Join Atrium Health Navicent in Observing Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• Join Atrium Health Navicent in Raising Awareness about Gynecological Cancers
• Atrium Health Navicent Breast Care Center Designated as Breast Imaging Center of Excellence

 

Augusta University

• Augusta University researcher uses $2M NIH grant to explore cancer suppressor found in high-fiber diets

• Augusta University President Brooks Keel to retire in 2024

• Faulkner to be honored by American Heart Association

• Medical College of Georgia trailblazer Joseph Hobbs, MD, to receive Hall of Fame award

• MCG Anesthesiology Externship Program helps grow profession

 

Carl Vinson VA Medical Center

• Dublin VA's Patriot Day ceremony honors 9/11's fallen and American spirit of excellence

• Dublin VA to team up with American Legion for POW-MIA Recognition Day program on Sept. 15

 

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

• Measuring Children’s Looking Behavior Yields New Tool to Help Diagnose Autism Earlier, Research Shows
• Marcus Autism Center Launches First-Of-Its-Kind FDA-Authorized Device for Early Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

 

Coffee Regional Medical Center

• Coffee Regional Medical Center Recognizes Dell Atkins, Paramedic, as BEE Award Winner for 2nd Quarter 2023

• Coffee Regional Medical Center Recognizes DAISY Award Winner, Brittany Hughes, LPN

• Coffee Regional Auxiliary to Hold Quilt Raffle

 

East Georgia Regional Medical Center

• East Georgia Medical & Surgical Associates and East Georgia Pulmonary & Sleep Disorder Medicine Welcome Tarek Amoun, M.D., Board-Certified Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Disease Physician
• Small Changes Could Help Prevent Type-2 Diabetes

 

Emanuel Medical Center

• Crider Foods Donates $250,000 to Georgia HEART Program to Support the Emanuel Medical Center

 

Emory Healthcare

• $24.8 million in federal funding fuels Winship's innovative research in cancer and immunology

• Joe Depa named inaugural chief data and analytics officer at Emory

• NIH funds Emory center to advance cellular mechanics

 

Hamilton Health Care System

• Hamilton Health Care System receives quilt as a token of thanks
• Dr. Edwin Rao Joins Hamilton Physician Group – Specialty Care

 

Memorial Health

• Board-certified Physician Returns to Savannah Roots

• Memorial Health Announces New Chief Operating Officer

• Memorial Health’s Level 1 Trauma Center Recognized by American College of Surgeons

 

Northeast Georgia Health System

• More than 130 Northeast Georgia Health System volunteers honored at annual luncheon
• NGMC Donates Lifesaving Kits to Gainesville Police Department

 

Northside Hospital

• Northside Cherokee earns Mended Hearts honor
• New Health Choice Urgent Care opens in Lawrenceville

 

Phoebe Putney Health System

• Phoebe Extern Keeps Nursing All in the Family

• Phoebe Expands Its Surgical Robotics Program

 

Shepherd Center

• Georgia Tech Partners with Shepherd Center to Advance Rehabilitative Patient Care and Research

 

Southeast Georgia Health System

• Be Heart Smart: Understand Your AFib Risk

• Southeast Georgia Health System to Host American Red Cross Blood Drive on September 22

• Early Detection of Prostate Cancer Often Provides Better Treatment Options

• Summit Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Surgery Welcomes Foot and Ankle Specialist Jason Bowman MD
• Frederica Academy Receives National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School Award

 

South Georgia Medical Center

• SGMC Recognizes Andros with DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing
• SGMC Honors Nurse with Safe Care Award
• SGMC Honors De Los Rios as Health System Hero
• SGMC and LifeSouth Host 2nd Annual Winnersville Classic Blood Drive
• SGMC Expands GI Services at Smith Northview Campus
• SGMC Presents Second Annual Girls Just Wanna Have Brunch Fundraiser
• SGMC Expands GI Services at Smith Northview Campus
• SGMC Resumes Normal Operations Following Hurricane Idalia

 

Southern Regional Medical Center

• Southern Regional Offers Mammogram Specials for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Southern Regional Medical Center’s Phillip Pope Named as a 2023 Healthcare Warrior at Annual Valor Awards

 

St. Mary's Health Care System

• Build your breast cancer knowledge with free St. Mary’s webinarBuild your breast cancer knowledge with free St. Mary’s webinar

• St. Mary’s awarded on Newsweek’s America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers 2023 list

• Dr. Lucia Cotten joins Endocrine Specialists of Athens

• Dr. Graham Mercier joins Athens General & Colorectal Surgeons

 

Tanner Health System

• Tanner equips Roanoke City, Randolph County schools with STOP THE BLEED emergency kits

• Tanner Continues Reign Among Metro's Best, Healthiest Employers
• Tanner Foundation Appoints New Trustees

Tift Regional Medical Center

• Hospice of Tift Area's "Legacy Bear” project helps to preserve memories

 

Wellstar Health System

• Wellstar and Augusta University Officially Launch Unified Health System