GHA-member hospitals are working hard to treat patients, keep communities healthy, and provide state-of-the-art care. To have your news appear on this page, please contact Erin Stewart. Releases will be posted for a limited time. 

 

AdventHealth

• AdventHealth Redmond Sports Med and Rehab hosts kickball event for Parkinson's Awareness Month

• AdventHealth Redmond to offer $30 mammograms in May

• AdventHealth opens new cardiology office in Cedartown

• AdventHealth Redmond to host AngioScreen bus

• AdventHealth Gordon is now offering tattoo and mark-free radiation treatments

• AdventHealth Gordon Robot Day: Free and open to the community

• Richard Mersberger, DO, joins AdventHealth Medical Group Family Medicine at Health Depot

 

Archbold

• Archbold welcomes new Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Luis Wulff, MD

• Archbold Auxiliary gives to Archbold Foundation

• Archbold welcomes Nurse Practitioner Bennett

• Archbold welcomes Provider Merriman

• Archbold asking for input for Community Health Needs Assessment

• Archbold Grady receives Donate Life Award

• Archbold Welcomes New Physician Mutti

• Archbold Radiology Wins Back-to-Back Awards

 

Atrium Health

• Atrium Health Floyd: Ishani Desai’s Path to Medical School Started with Volunteering
• Atrium Health Navicent recognized for promoting organ donation registration
• Advocate Health announces division president for North Carolina and Georgia
• Atrium Health Navicent's Mobile Mammography Coach takes cancer screenings to women in central and south Georgia
• Atrium Health Navicent Healthy Communities to offer health screeenings
• Community plants pinwheel garden in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month
• If you were born in 1980 it’s time to schedule your first colonoscopy
• Atrium Health Floyd easing masking and visitor restrictions
• Atrium Health Navicent eases masking and visitor policies amid decline in respiratory illnesses

 

Carl Vinson VAMC

• Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins visits Carl Vinson VA Medical Center

 

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

• Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the Atlanta Braves to host the 22nd Annual Spring Classic Baseball Game at Truist Park

 

City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta

City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta announces new chief operating officer and medical director of surgical oncology

 

Coffee Regional Medical Center

• Coffee High student gives back to the emergency room that saved her life
• Coffee Regional Medical Center to host educational session on robotic joint replacement
• Coffee Regional Medical Center earns fifth straight ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group
• Coffee Regional Medical Center: Justin Peterson honored with Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award
• Oncology support group to host “Food as Medicine” presentation on March 18

 

Colquitt Regional Medical Center

• Colquitt Regional: Resident spotlight: Dr. Eric Mbua

• Colquitt Regional earns 20th “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group

• Colony Bank donates $35,000 to Colquitt Regional

• Resident spotlight: Faith Hagler, MD

• Ameris Bank donates $500,000 to Colquitt Regional

• Wellstar and Colquitt Regional Medical Center expand training women’s health physicians

• Colquitt Regional receives prestigious Patient Safety and Quality Awards from Georgia Hospital Association

• Resident spotlight: Dr. Kevin Bhagratie

 

Effingham Health System

• Gears & Grub 2025 turned passion for cars into support for local healthcare

 

Emory Healthcare

• AI Showcase highlights work of faculty, staff and students across Emory
• Emory Hillandale’s Violence Prevention Program experiences growth and impact after first year
• Emory University Hospital Midtown achieves first Magnet designation for nursing excellence
• Emory Healthcare launches virtual nursing initiative using AI-driven technology to enhance patient care
• Emory Healthcare launches Wellness Walkers initiative at Northlake Mall
• King appointed chief surgical officer for the cancer service line
• MinuteClinic and Emory Healthcare Network expand primary care access to Georgians
• Emory Healthcare names Molly Biwer as chief marketing officer

 

Effingham Health System

• Bank of Newington donates $200,000 to Effingham Health System through Georgia HEART and Georgia Rural Hospital Income Tax Credit

 

Houston Healthcare

• Quinton Head, Houston Healthcare EMS supervisor, wins statewide Hospital Hero Award
• Houston Healthcare – Perry reported zero hospital-associated infections during 2024
• Houston Healthcare - Perry earns ACR accreditation in breast ultrasound
• Houston Healthcare earns ACR accreditation for new MRI machine
• Next steps in place for Houston Healthcare to join Emory Healthcare

 

Memorial Health

• Memorial Health Meadows Hospital announces new chief executive officer
• Memorial Health earns 2025 Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades
• Memorial Health donates $15,000 to Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia
• HCA Healthcare Foundation awards $25,000 to YMCA of Coastal Georgia
• Memorial Health to build new $265 million patient care tower
• Memorial Health and Coastal Community Health to create new healthcare center for underserved in Savannah

 

Monroe County Hospital

• Casey Fleckenstein named Hospital Administrator of MCH
   

Morgan Medical Center

• Morgan Medical Center to host community health fair on May 17

• Morgan Medical Center receives patient safety and quality award from Georgia Hospital Association

 

Mountain Lakes Medical Center

• Mountain Lakes Medical Center welcomes Mercer medical student for rural clerkship experience
• Dr. Erica McVey Joins Mountain Lakes Medical Center as Audiologist

 

Northeast Georgia Health System

• Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville recognized for 25 years of high-quality echocardiography

• NGMC Gainesville adds four new surgical robots

• Antonio Rios, MD, receives Georgia Hospital Association's Physician Hero Award

• Lynne Cox named NGHS’ employee of the year

• Georgia Heart Institute welcomes Habersham native to care for people in Demorest

• Barrow emergency medical services and NGHS receive state award for trauma car

• NGMC Gainesville opens an epilepsy monitoring unit

 

Northside Hospital

• Northside launches new Radiology Clinical Workforce Program

• Students get hands-on experience

• Northside honors DAISY, BEE award winners

• Northside expands cardiac PET/CT scanning services

• Northside volunteer Ruth Ann Chapin wins hospital hero award

• Northside takes a team effort for maternal health

• Northside recognized as a top company for women

 

Optim Health System

• Mylissa Gregory, staff hospitalist at Optim Medical Center-Screven, wins Ogeechee Technical College’s 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award
• Optim Health System announces Brian G. Evans, MBA, FACHE, as system chief operating officer
• Optim Medical Center-Screven wins statewide patient safety award

 

Phoebe Putney Health System

• Phoebe nurses called ‘God’s hands and feet on Earth’ as they are awarded DAISY Award

• Phoebe and SOWEGANS Soccer Club announce new partnership

• Phoebe celebrates renovations and expansions at Phoebe East

• Phoebe expands STD testing services through urgent care clinics

• Phoebe included in Forbes America’s Best Employers 2025 list

• Phoebe marketing & communications team earns national awards

• Phoebe nurse honored with DAISY Award following four nominations in two month

 

SGMC Health

• SGMC Health launches onsite virtual nursing

• SGMC Health unveils FY2024 Annual Report highlighting $1 billion economic impact and strategic growth

• SGMC Health to host annual stroke seminar

• SGMC Health celebrates ribbon cutting of second urgent care location in Valdosta

• SGMC Health names Hahira Family Medicine Practice of the Quarter

• SGMC Health recognizes Barron as Health System Hero

• SGMC Health to host free webinar on bladder and bowel control

 

Southeast Georgia Health System

• Southeast Georgia Health System to host Sports Medicine Symposium

• Tift Regional Medical Center Foundation donates AED to Tifton Fire Department

• Southeast Georgia Health System celebrates National Doctors’ Day with charitable donations

• A life-changing experience awaits volunteers

• Southeast Georgia Health System urges community to support life by registering as organ donors

• Southeast Georgia Health System and the College of Coastal Georgia team up to host annual Nurse Camp

• Advance planning for important healthcare decisions

 

Southwell

• Tift Regional Medical Center awarded sixth straight “A” grade from The Leapfrog Group

• TRMC Foundation donates 12-Lead EKG Monitor to Wilcox EMS

• Southwell presents Excellence in Leadership Award to Jana Roberson

• Renovation begins at Southwell Medical Nashville Primary Care

• Southwell staff members earn Georgia Department of Education Certification

• Southwell participates in South Georgia Healthcare Summit

• Tift Regional Medical Center welcomes new sleep medicine specialist

• Southwell board members inducted into the Wall of Fame

 

St. Joseph's/Candler

• The St. Joseph’s/Candler Black Creek Campus Opens In Ellabell
• The Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion at St. Joseph's/Candler Joins ASCO's CDK Study for Advanced Breast Cancer in Older Adults

 

St. Mary's Health Care System

• Good Samaritan Hospital receives HEART Achiever Award

• St. Mary’s announces 2024 annual awards recipients

• Ribbon-cuttings set for new St. Mary’s Medical Group locations

• Dr. Christopher Ward named St. Mary’s chief medical officer

• St. Mary’s Foundation brings back annual golf tournament

• Sue Rowe receives St. Mary’s DAISY Award for excellence

 

Tanner Health System

• Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica honored for excellence in specialty care by Healthgrades

• Tanner Health Welcomes New Dean for School of Nursing at UWG

• Ann Marie Frederick, MD, joins Willowbrooke Psychiatric Center in Carrollton

• Tanner Health First in Region to Offer Cutting-Edge da Vinci 5 Surgical Robot

 

Upson Regional Medical Center

• URMC recognizes Maggie Maguire, NP with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses
• Kids Alliance for Better Care celebrates Upson Regional Medical Center’s emergency department as part of the Pediatric Emergency Care Project
• Dr. Moga named chief of Upson OB/GYN
• URMC recognizes Kalyn Evans, RN with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses
• URMC breaks ground on $40 million expansion

 

Vitruvian Health

• Hamilton Medical Center celebrates Volunteer Week

• Hamilton Home Health earns 5-star rating

• Vitruvian Health: Paynter retires after 36 years

• Peeples Cancer Institute introduces massage therapy

• 104-year-old Regency Park patient showed ‘incredible determination’ in recovery

• Whitfield Commons gets beautification grant

• Hamilton to hold women’s event

• Anna Shaw Children’s Institute plans Easter Egg-Stravaganza

Wayne Memorial Hospital

• Blood drive Tuesday, May 20 at Wayne Memorial Hospital with $40 in rewards for donors
• History combined with modern day tools equals innovation in wound care

 

Wellstar

• Wellstar MCG Health achieves medical first: Procedure offers hope for aneurysm patients

• Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center renews accreditation for rectal cancer program

• Wellstar and Colquitt Regional Medical Center expand training women’s health physicians

• Wellstar accelerates training next generation of caregivers

• John Kerndl joins Wellstar as executive vice president and chief financial officer

• Wellstar MCG Health to Exhibit Local Black Artists

• Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center Provides Hospital-Level Care in Patients’ Homes