Northside Hospital announced the expansion of its radiology services with the opening of the new outpatient imaging center in Dawson County. The new Dawsonville location provides digital X-ray and digital mammography services. ... Continue Reading

Gwinnett Medical Center has submitted its application with state health officials to provide open heart surgery and related services. The certificate of need application was submitted to the state's Department of Community Health, which will now begin a formal review process. GMC's application also provides compelling rationale as to why the need exists. Gwinnett is the ... Continue Reading

Piedmont Newnan Hospital acquired a 64-slice SOMATOM Sensation computed tomography (CT) cardiac scanner. The new 64-slice CT scanner is capable of performing the latest CT clinical applications, to include CT angiography of the heart and other vessels, calcium scoring and low-dose lung screening. It can detect strokes, head injuries, herniated discs, fractures and bone and ... Continue Reading

An anonymous gift of $1 million to purchase a da Vinci Surgical System was given to the Medical Center Foundation of Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC). The da Vinci Surgical System will provide innovative robotic surgery options for cardiac patients at NGMC, along with many other applications, including urology, gynecology and more. ... Continue Reading

With more than 900 children visiting Children's for epilepsy each year, the brand new will be able to care for all of them. Children diagnosed with epilepsy and other disorders of brain development and function will have access to leading-edge technology in the new Leadbetter Dean Neurophysiology Lab at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. New technology in the Lab includes a ... Continue Reading

Piedmont Newnan Hospital announced that the Certificate of Need (CON) Application for a new hospital facility was filed with the Georgia Department of Community Health, Division of Health Planning, on Thursday, January 31. The facility will be located on approximately114 acres on Poplar Road near Interstate 85. The application defines a 362,376 square foot, 136-bed hospital ... Continue Reading

Lynnette Ball is Henry Medical Center's new Vice President Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer. Ball brings to her role at Henry Medical Center 15 years of experience as a CNO. Throughout her career, Ball has worked in healthcare administration at various hospitals including the WakeMed Hospital System in Raleigh, North Carolina, North Fulton Regional Hospital in ... Continue Reading

Christopher M. Kane was named senior vice president of strategic business development for WellStar Health System. Kane's responsibilities include managing new business strategies for WellStar Health System as well as the WellStar Institute for Better Health. Previously, Kane served as practice leader in strategic services for Tatum, LLC. Prior to joining Tatum, he was a ... Continue Reading

Alan Bier, MD, MMM, FCCP CPE, is the new executive vice president and chief medical officer. Jeffrey D. Nowlin, CHE, has accepted the role of executive vice president and chief operating officer. Alan Bier, MD, MMM, FCCP CPE comes to GMC from Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn., where he served as vice president for medical affairs and chief medical officer ... Continue Reading

Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) named James Bailey, MD, as Chief Medical Officer for the organization. Dr. Bailey is a cardiac anesthesiologist and has worked at NGMC as an intensivist in the intensive care unit (ICU) and cardiac care unit since 2002, when he was instrumental in the development of NGMC's open heart surgery program. Dr. Bailey will continue to ... Continue Reading

Psychiatrist Thomas G. Cobb, MD, has joined the staff at Laurelwood, Northeast Georgia Medical Center's mental health and substance abuse treatment center.Dr. Cobb earned his medical degree at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. He completed his residency in general psychiatry and served as Chief Resident at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, ... Continue Reading

Reginald Fowler, M.D., joined the healthcare team of Belinda Brown-Saddler, M.D. and Patrick Coleman, M.D. of Piedmont Physicians in Atlantic Station. Board-certified in internal medicine, Dr. Fowler earned his medical degree from the Tufts University School of Medicine and completed his residency in internal medicine at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. Prior to joining ... Continue Reading

Kiery Braithwaite, M.D., and Laura Hayes, M.D., recently joined Children's Healthcare of Atlanta as pediatric radiologists. Dr. Hayes will be joining the radiology team at Children's at Scottish Rite, while Dr. Braithwait will join the Radiology team at Children's at Egleston. Prior to joining Children's, Dr. Braithwaite earned her medical degree from Georgetown University ... Continue Reading