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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 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 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.
Dr. Dolen appointed to Residency Review Committee for Allergy and Immunology Publish Date: 22-OCT-2009 02:10 PM AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. William K. Dolen, professor of pediatrics and medicine in the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine and director of MCG's Allergy-Immunology Fellowship Program, has been appointed to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's Residency Review Committee for Allergy and Immunology.
Medical students, residents and faculty inducted into honor society Oct. 22 Publish Date: 21-OCT-2009 03:03 PM AUGUSTA, Ga. – Seventeen students, one resident and faculty member and two alumni in the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine will be inducted into the Georgia Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Oct. 22.
Alpha Omega Alpha is the only national honor society for medicine in the United States. Founded in 1902, AOA fosters honesty and higher ideals of scholastic achievement.
Eating right, not supplements, is best at keeping your good gut bacteria healthy, dietitian says Publish Date: 21-OCT-2009 10:24 AM AUGUSTA, Ga. – Healthy eating, not supplements, is the best way to keep the good bacteria in your gut healthy, says Gail Cresci, a dietitian and researcher.As with vitamins, it's best to get the bacteria you need from healthy food rather than taking often expensive and potentially ineffective supplements, she says.
Thyroid surgery safe for older patients, study finds Publish Date: 19-OCT-2009 03:29 PM AUGUSTA, Ga. – Thyroid surgery is safe for older patients, say physicians who found only slight differences in rates of complications and hospital readmissions in a multi-year study.
