Stephen Shiver, MD, named chair of MCG’s Department of Emergency Medicine

Stephen Shiver, MD, who has been serving as interim chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been named chair of the department.

Shiver, a 1997 MCG graduate who also completed his emergency medicine residency training at his alma mater, has held multiple roles in the department. He joined the faculty in 2005, and in 2008 became the residency program director, serving in that role for nine years.

His career then moved into clinical operations, as medical director of the emergency communications center from 2020 to 2023 at Wellstar MCG Health. In 2020, he was named the department’s clinical service chief and vice chair of clinical operations.

“Since he stepped in as chair, patient experience scores in the Emergency Department have dramatically improved, which is a testimony to Dr. Shiver’s leadership and all the physicians, nurses and staff in the ED,” said David C. Hess, MD, dean of MCG. “For that and many other reasons, I’m glad to know that Dr. Shiver will continue guiding the department through an exciting period of growth and transition, including the Wellstar partnership and the opening of the new Columbia County hospital. His vision is clear: strengthen our foundation in education and research while ensuring that the Wellstar MCG Health Emergency Department delivers efficient, patient-centered, world-class care to patients across Georgia and beyond.”

Shiver completed a general surgery residency at Wake Forest University’s Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and is an alum of the University of Georgia, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in microbiology. He is a member of the board of directors for the Georgia College of Emergency Medicine and has won multiple teaching awards at MCG, most recently the MCG Distinguished Faculty Award for Institutional Service in 2024.