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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The LifeLink Foundation  announced the appointment of Dr. Clark Kensinger as Chief Medical Officer. A nationally respected multi-organ transplant surgeon and board-certified intensivist, Dr. Kensinger specializes in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation and currently serves as Surgical Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation at the Piedmont Transplant ... Continue Reading

On April 16, Northside Hospital Forsyth celebrated the groundbreaking of a major campus expansion that will include a new six-story patient tower and a significantly expanded Emergency Department. The project includes a six-story patient tower with 96 new patient rooms, more than 260,000 square feet of new construction and 57,000 square feet of renovations to existing space. ... Continue Reading

Bruce Ziran, MD joined Shepherd Center’s medical staff as the medical director of orthopedics, providing comprehensive orthopedic services, including surgical procedures. Before coming to Shepherd Center, Dr. Ziran was involved in orthopedic trauma program salvage and development and helped take Atlanta Medical Center to Level I status. He then went to Gwinnett Medical ... Continue Reading

A collaboration between Emory Healthcare, Emory School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has led clinicians to perform the world’s first minimally invasive coronary artery bypass technique without open-heart surgery. The collective medical team included Emory cardiovascular surgeons Adam Greenbaum, MD and Vasilis Babliaros, MD as well as Christopher ... Continue Reading

After 15 years leading Grady as its President and CEO, John Haupert announced his retirement at the end of 2026. Effective immediately, Anthony Saul, Grady’s current Chief Operating Officer, will assume the role of President and COO, and take the helm as President and CEO on January 1, 2027. Saul is a seasoned healthcare executive with more than 25 years of experience ... Continue Reading