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Pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon joins MCG faculty Publish Date: 18-NOV-2008 02:45 PM AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Mohsen Karimi, a cardiothoracic surgeon specializing in the repair of congenital heart defects in children, has joined the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine.
Master's program in orthopaedics takes lab findings to bedside Publish Date: 12-NOV-2008 10:27 AM AUGUSTA, Ga. – When Dr. Anthony Florschütz's great-grandfather came across a medical problem with no answer, he found one.
As a surgeon in the Balkan War, Dr. Vatroslav Florschütz designed a relatively straightforward technique known as the Balkan method, which drastically reduced deaths due to broken bones. Dr. Florschütz’s design stabilized the fractured bone, allowing greater mobility and physician access, relieving pain and pressure and improving blood flow. Components and principles of the method remain a standard in orthopaedic surgery today.
Drs. Cowell and Ding named Georgia Cancer Coalition Scholars Publish Date: 10-NOV-2008 01:11 PM AUGUSTA, Ga. - Drs. John K. Cowell and Han-Fei Ding, researchers at the Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center, have been named Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholars.
Dr. McDonough receives Distinguished Service Award Publish Date: 07-NOV-2008 09:03 AM Dr. Paul G. McDonough, professor emeritus in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Physiology, and Pediatrics in the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, has received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. The award is being presented at the society’s annual meeting this week in San Francisco.
MCG Receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research by Dr. Koni Publish Date: 05-NOV-2008 10:52 AM AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Medical College of Georgia announced today that it has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Dr. Pandelakis A. Koni titled “Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity Targeted Against HIV-1 Env Glycans.”
Impact of insulin pump under study Publish Date: 04-NOV-2008 02:48 PM Using an insulin pump to manage diabetes is more convenient than managing the disease with daily insulin injections. That much, physicians already know.
But the pump’s impact on the lives of diabetics and their primary caregivers is an important question that hasn’t been answered yet, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.
Publication edited by Drs. Buckley and Kirkpatrick wins top award Publish Date: 03-NOV-2008 11:43 AM AUGUSTA, Ga. - Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses, a quarterly publication focusing on the latest research and clinical advances in the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders, is the 2008 gold medal winner for Best Healthcare Business Publication by Medical Marketing & Media.
Program aims to improve patient rounds Publish Date: 29-OCT-2008 03:33 PM Nettie Engels remembers the excellent care she received at the Medical College of Georgia after being diagnosed with cervical-uterine cancer five years ago.
Today, she is giving back by volunteering as a patient adviser in a project to improve patient rounds.
Scientists identify new gene responsible for puberty disorders Publish Date: 27-OCT-2008 08:54 AM A new gene responsible for some puberty disorders has been identified by Medical College of Georgia researchers.
They found that the gene mutated in CHARGE syndrome – a multi-system disorder characterized by diverse problems from heart defects to hearing loss to cleft lip and palate and mental retardation – also accounts for about 6 percent of two puberty disorders – idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, or IHH, and Kallmann syndrome.
