April 2008 In an innovative collaboration, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Saint Joseph's Health System and Saint Joseph's Translational Research Institute (SJTRI), a division of Saint Joseph's Health System, have signed agreements designed to move new treatments, therapies and products into clinical use with patients more rapidly. The agreements call for the $18.5 ... Continue Reading
Archives for April 2008
Breast Cancer Survivor Fashion Show
More than 250 people attended Bosom Buddies' 25th Anniversary of Celebration of Life Luncheon and Fashion Show: "Stronger Together," presented by Georgia Cancer Foundation (GCF), Saturday, March 8, to celebrate breast cancer survivors, honor those who have stood by them as members of their support family, and reflect on those who have succumbed to the disease. The event ... Continue Reading
Electronic Medical Attachments Agreement
Medical Electronic Attachment, Inc. (MEA) announced it has signed an agreement with eLifeCare Solutions to receive and process electronic Medical attachments from their Providers. MEA's FastAttach system enables healthcare offices to transmit healthcare attachments - including vision, workman's compensation attachments, professional and institutional attachments, and other ... Continue Reading
Henry Approved for Level III NICU
Henry Medical Center recently received approval of its Certificate of Need (CON) for a Level III Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The approval designates eight of the hospital's 28 NICU beds to be used for Level III care. Offering the highest level of care to babies born at Henry Medical Center was a consideration when the North Tower expansion was added. During ... Continue Reading
NGHS To Relocate Acute Care & Emergency Services
Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) announced plans to relocate all of Northeast Georgia Medical Center's acute care and emergency care services currently at the Lanier Park Campus to the main campus when the hospital's new North Patient Tower (NPT) opens in spring of 2009 and redevelop part of the vacated space into a replacement skilled nursing facility for New Horizons ... Continue Reading
Wellstar To Purchase 127 Acres In North Paulding
WellStar Health System has signed a contract to purchase 127 acres located in the Cedarcrest Road/Seven Hills Parkway corridor in North Paulding County. The contract includes a pledged donation to the WellStar Foundation in excess of $5 million. "WellStar is purchasing land to meet the tremendous growth in North Cobb, West Cobb and Paulding County," said Gregory L. Simone, ... Continue Reading
Langford Joins Wellstar
Ellen Langford has been named Executive Director of the WellStar Institute for Better Health, where she will also serve as the primary liaison to the Institute's Board of Advisors.Ms. Langford received her Bachelor's Degree of Nursing from Kennesaw State University, and in 2005 she earned her Master's in Business Administration from Kennesaw State University. Ms. Langford has ... Continue Reading
InnovaMed Alliance Launches Five Clinical Research Studies
InnovaMed Alliance, a research partnership formed in November 2006 by Quantum Radiology P.C. and Cardiovascular Medicine P.C., has been selected to participate in 6 clinical research studies related to cardiac disease and cardiovascular imaging. The studies are sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), CardioMEMS, Bracco Diagnostics, ARYx Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and ... Continue Reading
Piedmont Physicians Group
Louis V. Cohen, M.D. recently joined Piedmont Physicians at East Cobb after 25 years of experience practicing medicine in the Atlanta area. Dr. Cohen is board-certified in family medicine. He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Emory University and obtained his medical degree from the Universidad Aútonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico. He completed his internship ... Continue Reading
Southern Orthopaedic Opens Surgery Center
The physician owners of Southern Orthopaedic Surgery Center of Fayetteville LLC are pleased to announce the opening of their single-specialty ambulatory surgery center. Located on the first floor of a Medical Office Building on the campus of Piedmont Fayette Hospital, the center maintains a staff of professionals skilled in Orthopaedic surgical care. The Southern Orthopaedic ... Continue Reading
ROS Joins Saint Joseph’s
Radiation Oncology Services (ROS), a provider of radiation oncology and cancer care in Atlanta for more than 25 years, will join Saint Joseph's Hospital to direct clinical radiation therapy operations, effective July 1, 2008. Nancy Wiggers, MD, joins the Saint Joseph's team as medical director of the program along with Peter Possert, MD and John Giesler, MD. Under the ... Continue Reading
Dr. Sholas Named CHOA Rehabilitation Services Director
Maurice G. Sholas, M.D., Ph.D., was recently named Medical Director of Rehabilitation Services at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Sholas is Board Certified in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (one of less than 120 in the U.S.) and comes to Children's from a previous appointment as an Assistant Professor and Director of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine for the Physical ... Continue Reading
Saint Joseph’s Offers ‘Virtual Colongraphy’
Saint Joseph's Hospital announced today that it is now offering a ‘virtual' colonoscopy. The minimally-invasive CT colonography has been recommended by the American Cancer Society as a screening option for colon cancer and also for those patients who have previously had an ‘incomplete colonoscopy' or for other reasons, those who are not good candidates for an invasive ... Continue Reading
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery At Northside Hospital
Northside Hospital has expanded its robotic surgery program to include thoracic procedures, recently performing its first thymectomy (removal of the thymus gland). Northside is one of only two hospitals in Georgia to offer this minimally invasive technique for thoracic surgery. Used for thoracic, urologic and gynecologic surgical procedures, computer-assisted robotics ... Continue Reading
Saint Joseph’s Offers MAKOplasty Procedure
Saint Joseph's Hospital announced that it is offering the MAKOplasty procedure which allows surgeons to perform partial knee resurfacing robotically through a minimal incision."This is an alternative for people suffering from osteoarthritis or just plain ‘bad knees' who have been told that they should wait for a total knee replacement," says Ken Kress, MD, orthopaedic ... Continue Reading
