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StaffThe 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...
Denise ParrishAUGUSTA, 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...
In 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 a new treatment, currently in clinical trials, that may be a solution for some women...
Kelly Jasper–Please note the new venue– The Augusta University Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program celebrates Donate Life Month on Friday. Employees, patients and patient volunteers are invited to Medical Office Buiilding (BA 580) at noon Friday...
Media advisory for Friday, April 15 WHAT: Augusta University celebrates Donate Life Month with a proclamation on National Blue & Green Day April 15. President Brooks Keel will address employees, patients and patient volunteers who have been...
Nick GarrettEffective Monday, April 11, Blood Donor Services will begin offering new temporary hours of operation. The new hours are as follows: Monday: 7-9 a.m., 2:30-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday: 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Vergilia Velez, program specialist of Augusta...
Danielle HarrisAUGUSTA, Ga. — Youth aged 13 to 24 make up an estimated 26 percent of all new HIV infections in the United States and over half of youth with HIV do not know they are infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. April 10 is...
In 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 a gene that can repair our DNA and cause breast cancer. The Medical Minute airs at...
Immunotherapy can help fight cancer by working with the body’s own immune system, and some of its top researchers are right here in Georgia, according to a new article in Georgia Trend magazine. After decades of research and development...
Eric JohnsonAugusta, Ga. – Dr. Samir N. Khleif, director of the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, will chair the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Radiation and Immunotherapy Leadership Summit in Bethesda, Maryland, on Thursday, March...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – From developing some of the first oral contraceptives to pioneering telemedicine technologies for faster stroke intervention, doctors at Augusta University and its historic Medical College of Georgia have long been recognized as...
In 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 what scientists are learning about managing the rejection of transplanted organs from...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Augusta University’s health system has generated more than $1.2 billion in revenue for the local and state economy, according to a recent report by the Georgia Hospital Association, the state’s largest hospital trade association. In...
Steven UhlesSiblings, and budding philanthropists, Charlie, Hank and twins Winifred and Murphy Mae Frost – ages 9, 7 and 4, respectively – raised more than $1,000 for the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University one drink at a time. Inspired by their...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Rite Aid is asking customers to help strengthen the care provided by Children’s Hospital of Georgia by purchasing $1 Miracle Balloons or making other monetary donations for the not-for-profit hospital through April 30. Rite Aid has...
Brennan MeagherThe desk you’re sitting in, the computer you’re typing on, the equipment in your biology lab, the hospital’s medical and surgical supplies, the equipment used for patient care and the food you eat in the Jaguar Student Activities Center or Terrace...
The movie crew that converged on the Health Sciences campus of Augusta University over the past several weeks has wrapped up filming for the project. The faith-based movie is based on The Reason, a book by author William Sirls. Thanks to everyone...
Christopher M. Brown recently joined Augusta University’s health system as the director of security. Previously, he served as director of security and parking for Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan. Prior to that, he held positions as...