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SGMC CardioVascular Institute’s Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Dr. Randy Brown, was asked to serve on the advisory board of the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center at Mercer University School of Medicine. The […]

South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) is hosting a program aimed at bringing literacy and community resource awareness to new parents. Talk with Me Baby Named Talk with Me Baby, this […]

Lawanna Cole, Senior Staff Nurse, with SGMC, was named the July Hospital Hero by the Hospital Authority of Valdosta-Lowndes County, Ga.  Cole was recognized by a patient who said, “I […]

This is SGMC’s fifth consecutive award for quality stroke care. South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold-Plus Target: Stroke Honor […]

South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) received two Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation Awards. Recognition is earned by implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association (AHA). Measures are […]

All in the Family For Dennis R. Thomas, M.D. and Clifton Thomas, M.D., father and son physicians isn’t the whole story of Thomas family medical excellence. In this family that […]

Mackenzie Budzinsky, Registered Nurse at South Georgia Medical Center, received The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the international DAISY Foundation, a program developed to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day.

The Hospital Authority of Valdosta & Lowndes County, GA awarded the distinction of Hospital Hero to SGMC Lanier Campus Pharmacy Tech, Rose Benefield, for her exemplary patient care.Benefield, who has […]

South Georgia Medical Center recently presented a check for $15,264.21 to the American Cancer Society. The money was raised for Valdosta-Lowndes County Relay for Life, which is a community-based fundraising […]

Beverly Henderson presented Hospice of South Georgia with an $8,000 donation today at their Langdale Hospice House. The donation comes from proceeds of the annual Doug Henderson III Golf Tournament […]