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Nick GarrettThe Educational Innovation Institute (EII) is now accepting applications for the 2017 Faculty Development Fellowship. The purpose of the EII Faculty Development Fellowship Program is to provide select Augusta University health professions faculty...
The Augusta University Academy of Health Sciences Educators (AHSE) is now accepting applications for new members. Ideal candidates are distinguished health sciences educators with a commitment to excellence in educational activities and scholarship...
Denise ParrishThe New York Times published a special supplement this week for Philips Health Systems called “Loving Hearts: How Innovation Is Reducing Costs and Improving Cardiac Care in Hospitals and Beyond.” Several of the articles about heart...
Danielle HarrisIn an effort to help schools alleviate the stress on school budgets, the Children’s Hospital of Georgia partnered with Huddle Inc.’s Make It Better program to provide 23 local elementary schools with medical supplies. Huddle Inc. works with...
Eric JohnsonIn this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, talks about new frontiers in the battle against organ rejection among transplant patients...
The JagStore on the Health Sciences Campus is currently accepting orders for new Augusta University-branded lab coats. Lab coats are available for individuals representing Augusta’s colleges and Augusta University Health. To ensure your orders are...
Toni BakerPulmonary hypertension is a highly lethal disease that transforms the thin, flexible vasculature of the lungs into thick, dysfunctional blood vessels that can kill. Scientists believe that a protein highly expressed in the deadly disease is a major...
Steven UhlesA gift of $1.4 million is being made to the Georgia Cancer Center and the Children’s Hospital of Georgia. The gift will fund the critical pediatric cancer research at the cancer center, the Child Life Program and other areas of need at CHOG. The...
StaffWorkforce Development Educational and Training Opportunities Spotlighted Courses for July–August HR Workforce Development is pleased to offer a variety of training and educational opportunities for all employees for July and August in management...
Dr. Carol Lefebvre, dean of The Dental College of Georgia, presented two graduating residents with the Connie L. Drisko Resident Award for Professionalism at two separate events last week. The award was presented for the first time in 2015 to honor...
Carlton Deese, the associate director at Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home, and Dr. Nicholas Madden, a radiation oncology resident for the Georgia Cancer Center, have been named to the Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce/Augusta Magazine 2016 list of...
Telestroke system celebrates milestone in patient care Over the last 13 years the REACH program, which was established by stroke specialists at the Medical College of Georgia, including Dr. David Hess, has provided rapid stroke care via tPA to more...
FY 2017 Parking Registration Annual parking registration for faculty and staff of Augusta University, Augusta University Medical Center and Augusta University Medical Associates will take place from June 28, 2016 through July 15, 2016 Most rates are...
The following message was sent to all Augusta University Health medical personnel on Tuesday, June 28, by Dr. Kevin Dellsperger, chief medical officer of Augusta University Health. The survey below is intended for direct care providers, ancillary...
A pain medicine that potently activates a receptor vital to a healthy retina appears to help preserve vision in a model of severe retinal degeneration, scientists report. Potentially blinding diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular...
Learn more about your fellow Augusta University and health system community members, including staff and regional campus faculty, by joining the Randomized Coffee Trials (RCT). All campuses are invited to join. This innovative, program is a play on...
Khleif to participate in White House discussion to improve patient access to records AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Samir N. Khleif will represent the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University at the National Cancer Moonshot Summit held June 29 at Howard...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottIt took just four days to change Zach Klaassen’s life forever. As a fourth-year medical student at St. George’s University Medical School in Grenada, Klaassen was 99 percent positive he was headed for a career as a vascular surgeon. Until a call...
A molecule that enables strong communication between our brain and muscles appears to also aid essential communication between our neurons, scientists report. On the surface of our numerous star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes, they have found...
More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a 2016 report from the Alzheimer’s Association. The sixth-leading cause of death in the United States, every year Alzheimer’s claims more lives than breast and prostate...