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StaffNurses 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...
Eric JohnsonSexual 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...
Denise ParrishAfter 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...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, 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...
Carla G. Allen, a Senior Staff Nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital of Georgia, has been named Chair of the Shared Governance Coordinating Council (SGCC). Shared Governance in Nursing is a professional practice model...
During National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 19-25, 2015, GRHealth specially recognizes its laboratory professionals and celebrates their dedication as a crucial member of the health care team, collaborating together to improve...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Other than tobacco, alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance in the United States, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and about 17.6 million people suffer from abuse or dependence. In...
Watch television coverage of the Grand Opening Celebration of the new Georgia Regents Digestive Health Center. WJBF News Channel 6 personality and patient Jennie Montgomery helped cut the ribbon and shared how Center Director Dr. Satish Rao...
Tunisia WilliamsEmployee Self Service and Manager Services will be down beginning Friday, April 24th through Sunday, April 26th. Both systems will be back online Monday, April 27th. If you have any questions, you can contact Donna Fields, Director HR Records and...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Augusta franchise owners of Moe’s Southwest Grill® are donating $2,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Georgia in honor of PGA golfer Bubba Watson. On a recent episode of the “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” Watson told...
Following the tragic events of September 11, the Georgia Hospital Association convened a group to explore gaps in emergency preparedness. The group recognized a disaster event may create a need for patient evacuation or transfer. Such an event could...
If it seems like it’s been awhile since you’ve heard about the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), you’re right. But that doesn’t mean nothing’s happening. “We did a huge marketing campaign with Phase One, and we’ve been a little quieter recently...
At January’s second annual TEDx event, an impressive number of speakers – four of the 17 to be exact – were from GRU. “For Georgia Regents University to be able to share some of its innovative thinkers with a TEDx Augusta that is potentially...
Dr. Azziz’s final State of the Enterprise address is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22 at 12pm in Lee Auditorium (BC-1040). Lunch will be provided. There will also be an overflow room located in the Small Auditorium (BC-1400). Summerville will have...
Scientists and physicians from the region interested in regenerative and reparative medicine techniques, such as helping aging stem cells stay focused on making strong bone, will meet in Augusta April 24 to hear updates from leaders in the field and...