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Denise ParrishAUGUSTA, Ga. – Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home has been ranked in the nation’s top 15 percent among senior health care providers for patient satisfaction, earning the 2015 Customer Experience Award™ from Pinnacle Quality Insight, a nationally...
Eric JohnsonAt 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12, the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior is presenting “Reward Processing in Autism” by Dr. Gabriel S. Dichter, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology and Director, Clinical Affective...
Safe Kids Greater Augusta, led by Children’s Hospital of Georgia, logged nearly 2,000 hours of service in 2014 among its members, according to Coalition Coordinator Rene Hopkins. As a result, more than 6,000 adults and children combined were...
As Black History Month was about to kick off, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Kent Guion took some time to sit at the side table in his office in the G. Lombard Kelly Administration Building to talk about the intersection of black history...
The new Ronald McDonald House on the campus of Georgia Regents University has its first house guests this week. See the NBC Augusta TV story.
Screen Time Savvy: AUGUSTA Magazine Feb./March issue You’ve probably heard the warning most of your life: “Don’t sit too close to the TV! You’ll hurt your vision.” But the only real issue is that you may be blocking...
The Augusta Chronicle and WRDW-TV News 12 spoke briefly to Valerie Weaver about her son Preston, the first child in Georgia participating in the clinical trial of cannibinoid oil for the treatment of intractable seizures, during his first follow-up...
StaffStart your Super Bowl celebration on Friday, Jan. 30, at the Terrace Café with its annual tailgate party. Wear your jerseys and team colors. All stations will be serving tailgate-inspired dishes, wearing team colors, and playing fight songs. Feeling...
Please welcome the following new medical staff members for January 2015:
Pachiappan Arjunan, PhD
Periodontics
Earl ‘Mark’ Brewster, MD
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Allyson Missura, DDS
Oral Rehabilitation
Shalin Shah, DO
Anesthesiology
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Resolutions, resolutions. From quitting smoking to losing weight, each new year brings the opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start fresh. “Parents tend to set personal goals, but they are not as quick to set or contemplate goals...
Kelly JasperA new Clinical Research Unit opened Wednesday at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia, providing a new site for pediatric research, including community studies and clinical trials. Faculty and staff toured the new facility on the fifth floor of...
After submitting his resignation to the Board of Regents, Dr. Ricardo Azziz, President of Georgia Regents University and CEO of Georgia Regents Health System, spoke with the GReport in order to directly address faculty, staff, and students of the...
When Augusta’s second TEDx event is held at the Imperial Theatre on Friday, Jan. 30, four of the 17 speakers will be from Georgia Regents University. For those who might not have seen one of the popular videos frequently shared on social...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – More than 3 million Americans live with atrial fibrillation, a serious heart rhythm disorder that makes them five times more likely to have a stroke. But doctors at Georgia Regents Medical Center can reduce this risk by using an...
On December 30, 2014 the NIH released three important notices. • Notice of Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts (NOT-OD-15-049): Please start using the new salary cap of $183,300 effective for all proposals submitted on...
Haley HughesSeveral choked back tears Thursday as the ribbon was cut on the new Ronald McDonald House at Georgia Regents University, including Rachael Peeples. Peeples’ 6-year-old daughter, Haley, has been a regular patient of Children’s Hospital of Georgia...
The need at Children’s Hospital of Georgia for an on-site research unit has been met with the addition of a new Clinical Research Unit designed to help bring studies and research from the bench to the bedside in order to provide better care for our...
Augusta’s first baby of 2015 was born at Georgia Regents Medical Center. Treyvon Tremaine Harris made his way into the world at 12:16 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2015. Treyvon, son of Joyce and Jamar Harris of Augusta, weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and was...
On Thursday, Jan. 8, at 4 p.m. the ribbon will be cut on the new Ronald McDonald House on the Health Sciences Campus near the Children’s Hospital of Georgia. The event is open to the public. Public parking will be available at the Alumni...