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Dispatch From: Providence, Rhode Island

After spending his early life in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas; his high school days in Atlanta and his undergraduate years at Wake Forest, Curt LaFrance chose to get his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia, a choice that allowed him...

After the Storm

A tragedy brought Augusta University professor Dr. Melanie O’Meara together with her husband, Augusta University alumnus Lucas O’Meara, but it took Augusta University to give them a future. Read about their romance in  “After the...

Teaching Excellence Award winners announced

The Office of Faculty Development and Teaching Excellence is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 Augusta University Teaching Excellence Awards. These new annual awards were instituted at the recommendation of the Office of Faculty...

Khleif to step down from Georgia Cancer Center

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...

Noon Arts performers impress with talent, courage

  An enthusiastic audience that included none other than President Brooks Keel, who even tweeted from his seat at the Lee Auditorium, enjoyed the initial “Noon Arts: Live at the Lee” concert on Wednesday, Oct. 5. The “Noon Arts: Live at...

Tingen named to National Cancer Institute committee

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Martha Tingen has been named to the research committee of the National Cancer Institute’s Community Oncology Research Program. The NCI community research program was established to develop an integrated national network tasked...

‘Chat with the Chief’ debuting on Oct. 5

Augusta University Public Safety and the Office of Critical Events Preparedness and Response (CEPaR) will be hosting a series of open forums designed to provide information and prompt conversation on topics that concern an individual’s safety...

Augusta University offers Saturday mammograms

Finding the time for a mammogram can be challenging for busy women. However, a weekend mammogram might be your answer. October is national Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Breast Health Center at Augusta University is offering patients a chance...

Mother uses grief to shine a light on suicide prevention

Dr. Leslie Lesoon, a physician assistant in Augusta University’s department of neurosurgery, lost her daughter Natalie to suicide on Jan. 27, 2015. To help others who are struggling, Lesoon formed Natalie’s Light, an organization with the goal of...