Kaiser Permanente has announced that Pamela Shipley is the new regional president for Kaiser Permanente in Georgia. Shipley comes to Kaiser Permanente from Sharecare, Inc., a virtual health solutions company based in Atlanta, Georgia, where she served as the chief operating officer, with oversight of Sharecare's comprehensive virtual health platform, as well as ... Continue Reading
Alliance Physicians Rosenfeld, Masson and Neckman Participate in ECAP Study
At Alliance Spine and Pain Centers' Carrollton location, Dr. David Rosenfeld, Dr. Scott Masson and Dr. David Neckman participated in a national clinical trial for Evoke Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) System, a new investigational device designed to relieve chronic back and/or limb pain. Alliance Spine and Pain is 1 of 19 centers in the country to participate in the ... Continue Reading
Northside’s Second Lung Nodule Clinic Opens in Gwinnett
Northside Hospital Cancer Institute has opened a second Lung Nodule Clinic dedicated to providing early diagnosis, coordination and timely care for lung nodules. In most cases, lung nodules are considered to be Benign. Although, there is always the possibility that they could indicate early signs of lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and ... Continue Reading
4 New Cardiovascular Specialists Join the Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta
The Piedmont Heart Institute, Piedmont Healthcare's hearts and vascular program, has hired four cardiovascular specialists to practice out of Piedmont Atlanta. The physicians include Kelli Salter, M.D.; Robert Cole, M.D.; Rahul Loungani, M.D. and Katherine Kunkel, M.D. Dr. Slater Dr. Slater is a board-certified surgeon who received her medical degree from the University of ... Continue Reading
CHOA’s Abatacept Trials Lead to FDA Approval
Following the results of a clinical trial with participation from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine, the drug abatacept, used for the prevention of acute graft versus host disease (GVHD,) is now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The drug is permitted for use in children as young as two years old undergoing unrelated ... Continue Reading
Emory Receives $50 Million Grant for the Goizueta Institute @Emory Brain Health
The Goizueta Foundation donates $50 million to Emory University to establish the Goizueta Institute @Emory Brain Health, renaming the landmark initiative announced in May 2021 as the Emory Brain Health Personalized Medicine Institute. The Goizueta Institute @Emory Brain Health will use large-scale data collection and analysis with patients and the health care community to ... Continue Reading
Alliance Spine & Pain Centers Offering FDA Approved Spinal Cord Stimulation System
Alliance Spine and Pain Centers now offers the HFX Solution, a spinal cord stimulation system approved by the FDA to manage pain associated with diabetic neuropathy. “Many of our patients’ pain issues are related to diabetes,” says Allen H. Hord, MD. “It can be challenging to pinpoint the right treatment. Having an FDA-approved option for painful diabetic neuropathy is a ... Continue Reading
Wellstar Opens Two Pediatric Vaccination Clinics for COVID-19
Wellstar Health Systems has opened two pediatric vaccination centers for COVID-19 following the United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the COVID vaccine for existing Wellstar pediatric patients aged 5 to 11. Wellstar began offering COVID vaccinations for children under age 12 the weekend of Nov. 5, 2021 and quickly filled more ... Continue Reading
Dr. Lizamarie Bachier Joins The Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia
The Blood and Marrow Transplant Group of Georgia welcomes Dr. Lizamarie Bachier to the Northside Hospital Atlanta campus. Dr. Bachier is board certified in the subspecialties of oncology and hematology. Her clinical and research interests include novel approaches to allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation, leukemia and CAR T-cell therapies. Dr. Bachier graduated from the ... Continue Reading
Piedmont to Renovate Women’s Center and Expand Oncology Services
Piedmont Healthcare has raised $5 million in philanthropic donations to renovate The Women’s Center at Piedmont Atlanta but plans for a $30 million investment in the project. The renovation will include updated Labor and Delivery, Antepartum, intermediate nursery, neonatal intensive care, and postpartum facilities on the second floor of the main hospital. Besides the ... Continue Reading
Dr. Katherine Poruk Joins the CTCA Atlanta Physician Team
Katherine Poruk, MD, a board-certified and fellowship-trained surgical oncologist and researcher, joins the Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA), Atlanta, physician team. She will focus on gastrointestinal and hepatopancreatic cancers, as well as sarcomas and melanomas. Dr. Poruk earned her medical degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake ... Continue Reading
Northside Hospital Announces New Medical Campus Development in Cumberland
Northside Hospital has announced its development of a three-story, 60,000 square foot state-of-the-art medical office building in Cumberland's West Village community. The new medical campus will offer patients and community members access to a broad scope of services, including: Imaging Primary Care Urgent Care Specialties Northside partnered with Realty ... Continue Reading
Emory Opens New Emory Musculoskeletal Institute
Emory has officially opened its new 180,000-square-foot, Emory Musculoskeletal Institute, located in Emory’s Executive Park health innovation district in Brookhaven, Georgia. The new six-story building, with a focus on innovation, improving the patient experience and research, will continue to provide all musculoskeletal services in one location for patients, and serve as ... Continue Reading
Wellstar Expands COVID-19 mAb Treatment Access with Aid From HHS
Wellstar Health System, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is expanding access to COVID-19 monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapies at several of its eleven existing infusion locations, with Wellstar Cherokee Health Park being the first Wellstar facility to launch this program. Wellstar is the first healthcare provider in Georgia to join ... Continue Reading
Winship Co-led Immunotherapy Studies Show Promise for OCSCC Treatment
Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University played a leading role in two new studies which could change the way oncologists treat oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC), the most common form of head and neck cancer. The findings, published in Cell Reports Medicine, found that pre-surgery immunotherapy is safe and effective in treating some patients with ... Continue Reading
