Augusta University
Denise ParrishThe Compensation Committees for the boards of AU Medical Center and AU Health System will have a joint meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 in conference room FG-2201, Human Resources offices located at 1515 Pope Avenue. For more information, call...
Sr. Airman Allison Gross, 22, of Indiana, and Craig Harville, 21, of California, were married at 3 p.m. Thursday in the second-floor chapel at AU Medical Center. Allison, who is 30-weeks pregnant with twin girls, is on bedrest and under the watchful...
Medical College of Georgia faculty are consistently recognized among the top 1 percent in the nation for patient care, education, research. For 16 consecutive years, AU Medical Center has been the only local hospital to have its physicians included...
Danielle HarrisIf you were near the Children’s Hospital of Georgia Wednesday morning, you might have heard a lot of noise outside of the medical center. That was due to a Blackhawk landing on the hospital’s helipad as part of the U.S. Department of...
Toni BakerDr. Xin-Yun Lu, an established investigator pursuing the potential of two fat-cell derived hormones as novel therapies for depression and PTSD, has been named professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine at the Medical...
Eric JohnsonApril is Donate Life Month, and what better way to kick it off than with barbeque and snow cones? Don’t miss the Donate Life Month Kick-Off event from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Friday, March 31, at Terrace Green on the Health Sciences Campus. Pot Smokers...
Emergency personnel throughout Augusta will join Augusta University’s medical center in an emergency response exercise on Wednesday, March 29. The mock scenario involves a hurricane that results in the flooding of Downtown Augusta which then...
StaffThe following information was distributed by Lee Ann Liska, executive vice president for health affairs for Augusta University and chief executive officer for AU Medical Center. Our top priority at AU Health is to provide the highest level of...
Georgia ranks highest in the country for maternal mortality, but Augusta University is taking steps to combat this health disparity. Dr. Chad Ray, an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was featured in a new Fusion...
Reneé McCabe, a registered nurse with more than 30 years of experience in pediatrics, is the new coordinator of Safe Kids Greater Augusta, a non-profit organization that works in partnership with Children’s Hospital of Georgia to help prevent...
There once was a girl named Joan who was about to eat dinner at home. Her face was quite glum. I hate milk, she said with a groan. At eight o’clock in walked her Dad. Drink your milk, Joan, or I will be mad. Milk keeps your bones strong and...
Andy NapierIt was easy when your kids were little. “The stork brings babies,” you’d say, and they would blink their wondering eyes, nod solemnly and go on playing. But as your kids grow up, the questions became more pointed. Until—gulp!—you realize: It’s time...
If you want a healthy heart, then aim to eat smart. The first way to do that is to think about legs – not your own, but those you eat, said Dr. Kevin C. Dellsperger. The vice president and chief medical officer for Augusta University Medical Center...
A health care advocate whose personal experiences helped shape the Patient- and Family-Centered Care movement at the Medical College of Georgia in the 1990s is returning to Augusta to lead the enterprise-wide patient experience initiative. Julie...
Haley HughesA steel beam was raised in the $62.5 million expansion and renovation project that will transform the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University.
The meeting of the Medical Center Finance Committee, previously scheduled for March 22 at noon, has been moved to April 10 from 2-4 in the AU Medical Center, Room BI-2006.
For more information, contact Kelly Busbee at 706-721-9659.
Construction crews recently completed renovations on the fifth floor at Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home. New beds, bedside cabinets, wardrobes, flooring, artwork and other amenities are part of the home-like improvements that were made to enhance...
Organized in honor of a baby girl who was stillborn at 8 ½ months due to Down Syndrome, the Kelsi Long Memorial Ride will be held Saturday, March 18. This year’s ride starts at Timms Harley Davidson of Augusta at 11 a.m., where roughly 200 bikes...
“Beauty is pain.” We’ve all heard this mantra and know someone who goes to great lengths to achieve their beauty goals. Perhaps they go to a tanning bed to get that “healthy glow,” insisting that they’re safer than sunlight – right? After all...
We blame the media. Sudden heart conditions in young athletes lead to dramatic headlines, and parents understandably start worrying: “What if this happens to my child?” For a breakdown of the average sports physical and why children competing in...