Wellstar Health System and Mountain Lakes Medical Center (MLMC) announced that they have finalized an agreement for Wellstar to acquire the northeast Georgia-based hospital. The transaction is expected to close August 1, pending the conclusion of regulatory requirements and customary closing conditions. Mountain Lakes Medical Center is a 25-bed critical access hospital ... Continue Reading
Wellstar Health System to Acquire Mountain Lakes Medical Center
Emory’s Dr. Christian Larsen Receives Innovation Award for Work in Transplantation
Christian P. Larsen, MD, DPhil, FACS, an Emory kidney and pancreas transplant surgeon and immunologist, internationally recognized for transforming organ rejection prevention, is the recipient of this year's American College of Surgeons Jacobson Innovation Award. The award honors living surgeons who have innovated a new development or technique in any field of surgery. “It's ... Continue Reading
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Performs 2,000th Solid Organ Transplant
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta reached a historic milestone with its 2,000th pediatric solid organ transplant, underscoring more than four decades of life-saving care for children throughout Georgia and the Southeast. Two-year-old John Miller became Children’s 2,000th solid organ transplant recipient on June 3 when he received a kidney transplant. Diagnosed in utero with ... Continue Reading
Children’s Leads First-in-Human Peanut Allergy Trial Testing Microneedle Skin Stamp
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta today opens a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial to study the safety and tolerability of a microneedle stamp applied to the skin, with the eventual goal of determining whether it might prevent peanut allergy reactions through desensitization in future studies. The stamp was developed by Moonlight Therapeutics, Inc., an Atlanta-based biotech ... Continue Reading
Dr. Sandra Fryhofer Elected American Medical Association President-Elect
Atlanta internal medicine physician Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD, won the office of American Medical Association (AMA) president-elect June 9. She was voted into office by physician and medical student delegates gathered at the 2026 AMA Annual Meeting in Chicago. Following a yearlong term as president-elect, Dr. Fryhofer will be inaugurated as AMA president in June 2027. Dr. ... Continue Reading
Managing Difficult Patient Conversations in High-Stress Moments
By MyAdvice at MagMutual
Every healthcare professional has experienced it: a conversation that becomes challenging despite the best intentions. These encounters can be emotionally taxing and difficult to resolve in the moment. Whether driven by fear, frustration, unmet expectations or clinical uncertainty, tense interactions can quickly erode trust if they are not handled thoughtfully. Yet these ... Continue Reading
First Mantle Cell Lymphoma Patient in Novel Therapy Trial
The Northside Hospital Cancer Institute announced its Blood & Marrow Transplant (BMT), Leukemia and Immunotherapy Clinical Research Program has enrolled the first mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) patient nationwide in an early-phase clinical trial evaluating novel dual-target CAR T-cell therapies for patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell lymphoma. The study, titled "A ... Continue Reading
Dr. Nelson Oyesiku Named Chief of Neurosciences at Piedmont
Piedmont has named Nelson Oyesiku, M.D., PhD, FACS, an internationally-recognized Neurosciences leader, Chief of Neurosciences for the healthcare system. Dr. Oyesiku was most recently professor and chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery and professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Oyesiku will assume system-wide leadership of ... Continue Reading
Dr. Trivedi’s Research Finds AI Mammogram Analysis Leads to Better Detection of Cardiovascular Disease
A new study published in the European Heart Journal has found that analyzing mammograms with artificial intelligence or AI can lead to better detection of cardiovascular disease in women, the leading cause of death in the U.S. The retrospective study led by Hari Trivedi, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences and the Department of ... Continue Reading
Emory Establishes Unit to Study Human-to-Human Infectious Transmissions Indoors
The Emory Center for Transmission of Airborne Pathogens, in collaboration with Emory Hope Clinic, is establishing a dedicated research unit within Emory University Hospital to transform how airborne infectious diseases are studied. A ribbon cutting was held on May 19 in preparation for the opening of the new unit, the only one of its kind in the U.S. studying human-to-human ... Continue Reading
Emory Healthcare Brings Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Program to Georgia
Patients who are diagnosed with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) can now receive comprehensive care for their condition through Georgia’s first and only program located at Emory Healthcare. CTEPH is a unique type of pulmonary hypertension that can be life-threatening if not treated properly. The condition occurs when blood clots accumulate in the ... Continue Reading
Menopause Is Not a Specialty. It Is a Shared Responsibility.
By Jayne Morgan, MD
Medicine is organized by specialty. Menopause is not. And that disconnect is exactly where we are failing our patients. A woman does not experience menopause through the lens of cardiology, endocrinology, gynecology, or psychiatry. She experiences it as a whole-body transition, one that affects how she sleeps, thinks, metabolizes, moves, and feels. Yet, when she enters the ... Continue Reading
Menopause Hormone Therapy and Cardiovascular Risk
By Kristen Harris, MD, Arielle M Schwartz, MD, Gina P Lundberg, MD
The menopause transition is a vulnerable cardiometabolic period in a woman’s life. Characterized by unfavorable changes in blood pressure, cholesterol, and metabolic function, many women simultaneously endure a host of symptoms including but not limited to sleep disruption, hot flashes, night sweats, mood changes, and weight gain. These symptoms impair quality of life and ... Continue Reading
Menopause, Equity, and Chronic Disease
By Gloria Richard-Davis, MD, MBA, NCMP, FACOG
It's been over three decades since genetic testing was first introduced as a tool for patients at risk of hereditary cancer syndromes. In its early days, genetic testing was expensive, time-consuming (often taking up to eight weeks for results) and offered limited impact on clinical management. Fast forward to 2026, genetic testing is now a routine part of cancer care. It’s ... Continue Reading
Menopause Care for Persons Living with HIV
By Nadi Kaonga, Mary Grace Tadros,Sam Opara,Lisa Flowers
There are roughly 1.2 million individuals in the United States living with HIV, and in 2022 people assigned female at birth accounted for 19% of new HIV infections.1 In 2023, Georgia had the second highest rate of new HIV diagnoses in the South, with metro Atlanta, in particular, having the highest HIV diagnosis rate in the state.2 Within our state, black cisgender women are ... Continue Reading
