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New emergency telehealth network connects Augusta University to five Georgia hospitals.
Augusta University’s student chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners outperformed chapters at four Georgia universities to take top honors in a statewide competition.
Ten Talks series educates students in the art of adulting.
Michael Shaffer, vice president of government relations and chief advocacy officer at Augusta University, has been named executive vice president of strategic partnerships and economic development for the university and health system. Russell Keen...
AU Medical Center, Inc. (AUMC) and Augusta University have notified a limited number of patients about a recently discovered security incident involving faculty email accounts. Letters have been mailed to individuals who may have been affected to...
A new report published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows new evidence to support the link between brain disease and repeated concussions or blows to the head. As part of the study, researchers examined the brain tissues...
Dr. Mark Allen Poisel, vice president for enrollment and student affairs, has accepted the position of vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Poisel joined Augusta University in 2013 as vice president for...
Dr. Andrew Balas, dean of the College of Allied Health Sciences, will step down Aug. 11, to return to his faculty role within the college. Balas has served as dean since 2011, and in that time, has worked to increase student enrollment and retention...
More than half of rural hospital patients are now admitted through emergency departments, said Catherine Clary, director of the Center for Rural Health Support and Study at Augusta University Medical Center. “The emergency department has become the...
As the president of Augusta University, I am proud to lead an institution whose faculty, staff and students work hard every day to provide leadership and excellence in teaching, discovery, clinical care and service to our community. And I am even...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta University President Brooks A. Keel has been named to Georgia Trend’s list of “100 Most Influential Georgians.” Included in this month’s issue of the magazine, the 2017 list includes individuals from Georgia’s government...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 3, 2017) – The Augusta University Rural Hospital Task Force, convened in 2016 by President Brooks A. Keel in response to the closure of more than eight of Georgia’s rural hospitals since 2001, half within the past three years –...
Dr. David Hess has been named interim dean for Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia and executive vice president of Medical Affairs and Integration. Both appointments are effective Jan. 17, upon the departure of Dr. Peter F. Buckley, who...
Dr. Samir N. Khleif will step down as director of the Georgia Cancer Center. “I am grateful to Dr. Khleif for his leadership and wish him much future success,” said President Brooks A. Keel. “We have a talented group of clinical and research faculty...
Two new administrative appointments will enhance the integration of medical education, research and clinical practice at Augusta University. Dr. Julian J. Nussbaum, professor and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and co-director of the...
The inaugural celebration and investiture of Augusta University’s first president, Brooks A. Keel, is Wednesday, April 27. The event will begin with a welcome and introduction from Augusta University Provost Gretchen Caughman, followed by remarks...
James C. Lyon, Jr., has been named director of public safety at Augusta University, effective March 1. The appointment follows the conclusion of a national search that began last summer to recruit a new director of public safety who would provide...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The names of the clinical entities associated with Augusta University will change following support from the board of directors of Georgia Regents Health System and Georgia Regents Medical Center. University President and Health...
Augusta University President Brooks A. Keel has been named to Georgia Trend’s list of “100 Most Influential Georgians.” Included in this month’s issue of the magazine, the 2016 list includes individuals from Georgia’s government, education and...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The College of Dental Medicine will become the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University, said President Brooks A. Keel during a noon event at the college today. After hearing from students, faculty, staff and alumni about the...
