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“The care we received and how quickly we got in for our surgery, it blew my mind."
MCG scientists looking at body's natural checkpoint, the enzyme CD73, and how it may convert the cell fuel that normally promotes our immune system to attack head and neck cancer cells into something that instead inhibits that attack.
“If something was going to make my life easier, I was all for it."
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 leaders in...
“For select people, endoscopic skull base surgery avoids a lot of the incisions, retractions and disruption, and it’s a more direct route to areas of the base of the skull and brain.”
Faculty at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University were recognized with Exemplary Teaching Awards for their contributions to students and residents at the state’s public medical school.
Did you know that talking on a plane can damage your voice?
Two-year-old Kyse Sims heard his mother’s voice for the first time after a double cochlear implant surgery.
Dr. Stilianos Kountakis, chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, is the recipient of a 2017 Presidential Citation from the American Rhinologic Society. Kountakis, who...
Dr. David Terris, a Regents’ Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the Medical College of Georgia, is the recipient of a 2017 Presidential Citation from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. The awards recognize...
Fourteen percent of people under the age of 65 in Richmond County do not have health insurance. On Friday, April 21, Augusta University’s Otolaryngology Clinic hosted a free oral, head and neck cancer screening event. This year, more than...
Media advisory for Friday, April 21, 2017 WHAT: Free oral, head and neck cancer screenings will be offered to the community. WHEN & WHERE: 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 21 at the AU Health Medical Office Building, 1447 Harper St., fourth floor...
This year, more than 50,000 new cases of oral, head and neck cancers will be diagnosed in the U.S. Many of these cases will not be diagnosed until the cancer is in an advanced stage. Head and neck cancers are common forms of cancer affecting the...
The fate of a cardiologist, a surgeon and a pediatrician is in the hands of students at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. All three are aboard a sinking ship, and their only escape is a one-person raft. Who should be saved...
Infection with the common human papillomavirus can result in a rare condition that can leave children chronically hoarse and with difficulty breathing. A pediatric otolaryngologist who treats children with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, or...
In 2005, Cheryl Goldsleger, Augusta University’s William S. Morris Eminent Scholar in Art, had an exhibition at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington. When she returned for another exhibition in 2013, the academy had started a program...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A standardized treatment approach that starts with good screening and ends with patients going home to well-prepared caregivers, means outpatient thyroid surgery is safe for the vast majority of patients, including the elderly and...
For many patients, visiting a hospital can be a difficult experience. Illness is frightening. Few patients expect to hear good news from a hospital visit. Fewer still feel comfortable staying away from their homes. Only the effort of talented health...
