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Dean will give State of the School Address Publish Date: 05-NOV-2009 03:38 PM Dr. D. Douglas Miller, dean of the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, will give his bi-annual State of the School Address at noon Friday, Nov. 13 in the Natalie and Lansing B. Lee Jr. Large Auditorium in the Auditoria Center.
MCG resident elected to American Academy of Pediatrics post Publish Date: 03-NOV-2009 08:56 AM AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Joshua Smith, a third-year pediatric resident in the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, has been named chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Section on Medical Students, Residents and Fellowship Trainees.
The 10,000-member section develops ideas and programs to improve the care of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. Dr. Smith was elected at the organization's annual national conference in October for the yearlong post.
MCG nursing students to offer seasonal flu shots Publish Date: 30-OCT-2009 09:05 AM AUGUSTA, Ga. – Clinical Nurse Leader Program students at the Medical College of Georgia will offer free seasonal flu shots for all Augusta-Richmond County employees Wednesday, Nov. 4.
MCG celebrates National Allied Health Professions Week Publish Date: 28-OCT-2009 03:55 PM AUGUSTA, Ga. – Students and faculty in the Medical College of Georgia School of Allied Health Sciences will celebrate National Allied Health Professions Week Nov. 2-8.
"There is an unprecedented need for allied health professionals due to many factors, including the aging population, greater emphasis on team-oriented patient care, greater need for primary, preventive and rehab services, complexity of health information and enhanced technology in diagnostic testing, to name a few," says Dr. Kent Guion, the school's acting dean. "Any significant health care reform that increases access to care will further increase the need, so it's important that we prepare more of these professionals that populate essentially every health care venue."
Mrs. McVicker Named Interim President/CEO of MCG Health Inc. Publish Date: 27-OCT-2009 08:57 AM AUGUSTA, Ga. - Sandra I. McVicker, senior vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at MCG Health, Inc., has been named interim president and chief executive officer of MCG Health, Inc. effective immediately.
MCG School of Graduate Studies alumnus named president of Georgia Southern University Publish Date: 26-OCT-2009 03:42 PM The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) today named Dr. Brooks A. Keel, 53, vice chancellor for research and economic development and professor of biological sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, president of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro.
MCG School of Nursing hosts Non-Food Halloween Festival Publish Date: 26-OCT-2009 08:20 AM AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing will host its third annual Non-Food Halloween Festival Friday, Oct. 30 from 3-5:30 p.m. on the fourth and fifth floors of the Health Sciences Building.
