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StaffSamantha Hughes is the charge nurse in the Children’s Hospital of Georgia’s emergency department. She helps to manage the nurses, EMTs and clerks on the pediatric side of the emergency department. Samantha is the lead-by-example kind; during busy...
Catrina Crawford is a senior staff nurse in the echo lab and performs stress tests to increase the heart’s workload and monitors for changes in the patient’s blood pressure and electrical activity of the heart. “Catrina advances the power of our...
Augusta University Health will celebrate the hard work, dedication and commitment of all our medical center personnel with a host of activities during Hospital Week, May 9-13. Monday, May 9, 8-10 a.m. in the Magnolia Room (Terrace Dining): Healthy...
Haley HughesExciting changes are in store for the M. Bert Storey Cancer Research Building. On May 9, work will begin on the 78,000 square feet of additions and renovations, the first phase of a single center that seamlessly combines clinical cancer care and...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottAUGUSTA, Ga. – The group who developed the National Disaster Life Support Courses, which prepare health care professionals and emergency response personnel for mass casualty events, has been honored with the Ron J. Anderson Public Service Award from...
Denise ParrishCheck out the latest Philips Healthcare blog by Matt Bierbaum, Philips’ VP of Managed Services and Enterprise Partnerships, on how Augusta University Health and Philips continue to transform health care through a 15-year, $300 million alliance...
Steven UhlesAUGUSTA, Ga. – The GRU Cancer Center will become the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University. “This new name not only reflects our status as the state of Georgia’s official cancer center, but our commitment to research, treatment and outreach in...
Patients, families, caregivers and anyone else affected by Parkinson’s disease are encouraged to attend a free educational symposium from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 14 at the J. Harold Harrison, MD Education Commons. Special guest Dr...
Kicking off Alumni Weekend, Dr. Kevin Campbell delivered the Drs. Robert and Lois Ellison Lecture on Thursday, April 28. His talk, titled “Using Social Media to Transform Healthcare,” explored how mobile technology has allowed patients to be more...
Delwanda Thurmond has been named Employee of the Quarter for the second quarter in FY2016, earning the Legacy Award at Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation & Specialty Hospitals. Thurmond, a long time charge nurse with the Inpatient...
Danielle HarrisToday’s woman has a life jammed with work, family and social events. Oftentimes, women get so busy taking care of others that they fail to care for themselves, and this can be dangerous. In honor of National Women’s Health Week, May 8-14, Augusta...
Nick GarrettPresident Brooks Keel paid a special visit to clinical staff throughout the health system yesterday to deliver cookies and share his appreciation. During Keel’s visit, staff were given the opportunity to ask questions of the president...
It’s a time that Marjorie St. John describes as “March madness” — the month that her 2-year-old daughter suffered 500 grand mal seizures and three hospitalizations. From talking, giggling and walking, Amelia, or Ami as her family calls her...
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 whether a robot or a highly skilled doctor may provide better treatment for a...
By now you have probably had the opportunity to experience the new Augusta University brand. You may have seen our new look on television or billboards … while taking a stroll through downtown Augusta or shopping at the local mall … or maybe you’ve...
Representatives from medicine, pediatrics and surgery tried to sway Medical College of Georgia students during the 14th annual Raft Debate Friday, April 15, by debating which specialty is most important and would help the most people if saved. You...
The following email was distributed to the Augusta University community earlier today from Shawn Vincent, interim chief operating officer, Augusta University Health In November 2014, the Department of Community Health granted a Certificate of Need...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home is ranked in the nation’s top 15 percent of senior health care providers for patient satisfaction, according to Pinnacle Quality Insight, earning the 2016 Customer Experience Award. This is the second...
Arthur TakahashiAUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta University will celebrate the homecoming of its inaugural president, Brooks A. Keel, PhD, during a week of events between April 24 and May 1. “It feels good to be back home; home to the city where I grew up; home to this great...
A stroll along the beautiful streets of Paris isn’t the most likely place to spot an early symptom of Parkinson’s disease, but for John Baker of Columbia, South Carolina, that’s exactly what happened. During a family trip to the City of Lights, his...