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Eric JohnsonGeorgia Regents University’s Division of Georgia Correctional Health Care received the Medical Association of Georgia’s (MAG) Bliven Award for Excellence for the medical care it provides at the Jack T. Rutledge State Prison in Columbus. The award...
StaffThe following was distributed as an email by Shawn Vincent, Vice President of Partnerships, International Healthcare and Strategic Affiliations: Dear Colleagues, By now you have likely heard that Doctors Hospital has filed a lawsuit against the...
Georgia Regents University continues its long tradition of offering innovative, forward-thinking degrees with the launch of its new doctoral degree in applied health sciences. The three-year, practice-oriented doctoral program is the first of its...
Kelly JasperAUGUSTA, Ga. – In recognition of National Nurses Week, Georgia Regents University and Health System have more than a dozen events planned to highlight and thank nurses for their contributions to quality patient care. National Nurses Week begins each...
GRHealth’s Heart and Cardiovascular Services will open a new center on campus May 18. The Cardiovascular Center 15th Street will be located at 937 15th Street, Augusta, Georgia, 30912 – the site of the former sports medicine center. The center...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – An enzyme that converts testosterone to estrogen appears to have significant impact in a healthy and injured brain, scientists report. There’s mounting evidence that in the healthy brain, aromatase and the estrogen it enables...
A new academic home; a 15 percent increase in medical school applicants; a record-in-recent-history number of seniors choosing the Medical College of Georgia and GRHealth for their residency training; an unprecedented amount of clinical growth; and...
Denise ParrishDotMed: April 30, 2015 On July 1, 2013, Philips Healthcare and Georgia Regents Medical Center embarked on a 15-year partnership worth $300 million to transform the health care delivery model. Nearly two years later, GRHealth has experienced about...
Pictured above are Kayla Davis (right) and her kidney donor Jennifer Moss in Davis’ room at Georgia Regents Medical Center shortly after the successful transplant surgery. (Photo courtesy of Time.com) Time.com: April 30, 2015 Jennifer Moss and...
Nursing Cap submissions for award selection and recognition Saturday, May 2nd, at the 2015 Nurses Gala. Entries were submitted by:
1) 8West Perianesthesia Nursing
2) NICU
3) PICU
4) 7 South ENT
5) Ortho Trauma
6) Pediatric Clinic
7) GRU Transplant
Fierce Health Finance: April 21, 2015 Hospitals turn to outside firms to provide more clinical services [Special Report] Hospital imaging often renders a disquieting financial picture. The equipment costs millions of dollars to either purchase or...
Nurses Week, May 6-12 Hospital Week will be celebrated from May 10 to 16 with a variety of events. On Monday, employees can get healthy snacks in Terrace Dining . On Tuesday, there will be random drawings for a variety of goods and services. On...
Sexual Assault Awareness Month winds down after a successful series of events bringing attention to the victims of sexual assault. Approximately 250 people participated in the 6th Annual Take Back the Day 5K Run/Walk on April 18. One of the...
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals ‘Put Your Money Where the Miracles Are’ campaign kicks off this Friday, May 1. The new campaign featuring celebrity spokesperson and mom, Jennifer Lopez, is to help raise awareness of Children’s Hospital of...
After taking viewers inside the operating room for heart surgery with Drs. Vijay Patel and Vinayak Kamath a few weeks ago, WJBF News Channel 6 Reporter Renetta Dubose talks with three heart patients about their diagnoses and treatments. Patient...
The Augusta Chronicle: April 28, 2015 Inside the simulation center at Georgia Regents University, interim Director Wendy Jo Wilkinson was struggling to get the birthing simulator to deliver a fetus when Dr. Xianhui Zhu made a wry observation. “Maybe...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – To honor donors and inspire future philanthropy, the Medical College of Georgia Foundation, Inc., has contributed $1 million toward retiring remaining debt on the J. Harold Harrison, M.D. Education Commons. “We feel this is an...
It’s never easy to say goodbye, but it’s always a little better when you can say it with ice cream. So don’t miss this week’s Presidential Farewell Ice Cream Social. The classic ice cream social will feature vanilla and...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Peter F. Buckley, a psychiatrist, expert in schizophrenia, and Dean of the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, is a member of the seven-person Executive Committee charged with planning the future of the...
President Ricardo Azziz used his final State of the Enterprise address to remind the GRU community of some of the challenges it faced during his five years in office while celebrating some of the many successes. “At the start of this journey, if...