Every year, the healthcare landscape witnesses remarkable advancements, policy shifts and innovative strategies to improve patient care and shape the industry’s future. To remain at the forefront of these developments, healthcare professionals seek opportunities to collaborate, gain insights from industry leaders and exchange ideas. One such prominent opportunity for ... Continue Reading
Dr. Vinod Thourani Named Piedmont’s Marcus Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery
Vinod H. Thourani, M.D. has joined Piedmont Heart Institute as the Marcus Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery for Piedmont Healthcare and the Marcus Heart Valve Center. Dr. Thourani is a national cardiovascular thought leader and is active in professional cardiac surgery and cardiology organizations. He is president-elect of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association starting in ... Continue Reading
Cancer Treatment Centers of America Publishes Cancer Patient Treatment Results
Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a national network of five hospitals, announced the release of its fifth annual Patient Treatment Results, a transparent and comprehensive reporting of patient treatment outcomes for 11 cancer types, including the most common: • Breast cancer • Colon cancer • Esophageal cancer • Kidney cancer • Lung cancer • Ovarian ... Continue Reading
Dr. Dhaval Desai named Outstanding Clinician of the Year by Emory University’s Department of Medicine
Dhaval Desai, MD, director of hospital medicine at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, has been named Outstanding Clinician of the Year by Emory University’s Department of Medicine. Each year, the Department of Medicine gives awards in multiple categories, from clinical to research to education. Desai was awarded this honor from among more than 800 faculty in the divisions of ... Continue Reading
Negative Mood’s Affect on Radiology Procedures
Patients who feel scared, distressed or hostile before undergoing an interventional radiology procedure may experience a poor outcome, according to research presented at the Radiological Society of North American Annual Meeting in Chicago on Dec. 3, 2015. Nadja Kadom, MD, acting associate professor of radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, and colleagues at the ... Continue Reading
Emory Offering Breakthrough Heart Failure Monitoring Device
Emory Healthcare is the first health care system in Atlanta offering patients a miniaturized, wireless monitoring sensor, implanted in the pulmonary artery (PA), to help remotely manage heart failure (HF). The CardioMEMS HF System is the first and only FDA-approved heart failure monitoring device that has demonstrated in clinical trials to reduce hospital admissions when ... Continue Reading
New CEO for American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society has announced that Gary M. Reedy has been selected by the Society's Board of Directors as its next chief executive officer, effective April 27, 2015. Reedy replaces John Seffrin, Ph.D., who has served as CEO of the Society since 1992 and previously announced his retirement in January 2014. Reedy joins the Society after serving as Worldwide Vice ... Continue Reading
New Medical Director for Piedmont Heart Institute
Piedmont Heart Institute has named Andrew Boyle, M.D. as the new medical director for its Advanced Heart Failure Center. As Piedmont continues to grow its advanced heart failure program, Dr. Boyle oversees the medical management of heart transplant, mechanical circulatory support, heart failure and cardiomyopathy patients. He most recently oversaw the heart transplant program ... Continue Reading
New Hi-Tech Screening Device Helps Detect Cervical Cancer
A new computerized diagnostic tool designed to assist in the early detection of cancerous and pre-cancerous cervical lesions, called DySIS™ Advanced Cervical Imaging System, is making its U.S. debut, after undergoing extensive testing and review in Europe. Endorsed by the U.K. National Institute of Health and Care Excellence, the new FDA-cleared medical device is ... Continue Reading
New Chief Consumer Officer, Chief Strategy and Performance Improvement Officer and Chief Nursing Executive for Piedmont Healthcare
Matt Gove Matt Gove has accepted the role of chief consumer officer for Piedmont Healthcare where he will oversee Piedmont Healthcare's patient experience and philanthropy. This is in addition to his current responsibilities managing the system's marketing, communications and external affairs. In the expanded role, he will work closely with the system's practices, hospitals ... Continue Reading
WellStar and KSU Team Up to Provide Nursing Students With a New Clinical Experience
WellStar and Kennesaw State University have teamed up to provide nursing students with a new high quality clinical experience and ultimately, create more proficient nursing graduates. In the Dedicated Education Unit (DEU), which launched in WellStar Kennestone Hospital’s acute pulmonary unit this fall, each student was paired with a WellStar nurse who served as the ... Continue Reading
Dr. William Silver to Join the Atlanta Institute for Aesthetic Facial Surgery
Dr. William Silver, who has practiced facial plastic surgery in North Atlanta for over 30 years, is moving practices. He is now undertaking a new assignment at the Atlanta Institute for Aesthetic Facial Surgery. He is joining Dr. Pradeep Sinha and will be seeing his old and new patients at his new office. Dr. Silver is very active in local, state and national medical ... Continue Reading
DeKalb Medical Nurse Awarded the Georgia Hospital Heroes Award
DeKalb Medical Nurse Clinician Rose McKeever, LPN, was awarded the Georgia Hospital Heroes Award at the Georgia Hospital Association’s (GHA) Annual Meeting on Nov. 13. McKeever, who was one of only 10 individuals to receive the award, was recognized for her work with breast cancer patients.  McKeever has been employed as a nurse at DeKalb Medical since 1978 and ... Continue Reading
The DeKalb Medical Foundation Announces New Medical Vice Co-Chairs
The DeKalb Medical Foundation announced the appointments of two new Medical Vice Co-Chairs for its Board of Trustees, Raoul Mayer, M.D. and Melissa W. Seely-Morgan, M.D., effective immediately. Both will serve three-year terms in this position. “I would like to congratulate Dr. Mayer and Dr. Seely-Morgan on their new appointments,†said outgoing Medical Vice Chair, Robin ... Continue Reading
Norman Gitlin, MD, Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD)
Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates recently announced that one of its physicians - Norman Gitlin, MD - was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) as part of the 2014 inaugural class of AASLD fellows. Founded in 1950, and now an international society, the AASLD is the leading organization of physicians, scientists, researchers, and ... Continue Reading
