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The Coastal Georgia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen has awarded a $60,000 grant to Southeast Georgia Health System for the "Mammograms in Motion" project on March 25 during its Annual Grant Awards Luncheon. The Health System previously received grants for $40,000 in 2011, $45,000 in 2012, and $50,000 in 2013. "Mammograms in Motion places special emphasis on reaching out to individuals ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System is pleased to welcome Wanda Moore, R.N., BSN, MHA, CNOR as the new director of Surgical Services and Joseph Saunders Jr. as the new director of Wound Care Services. As director, Moore is responsible for the Health System’s surgical services operations on the Brunswick and Camden campuses. Moore joins the Health System from Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital in ...
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The Southeast Georgia Health System Wellness on Wheels (WOW) mobile health vehicle will provide screenings at the following locations during the month of March. Please note that all mammograms require a physician's order; insurance is accepted and financial assistance is available to patients who qualify. Monday-Tuesday, March 3-4, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Glynn County Health Department, 2747 4th St., ...
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What are the risks and benefits associated with postmenopausal hormone therapy? What hormonal and physical changes occur with menopause? What are the treatment options for menopausal symptoms? Join us for the Wellness Wednesday Lunch and Learn at the Golden Isles YMCA from 12 to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 26, as Tina Mitchell, M.D., board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, presents ...
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The College of Coastal Georgia radiology students presented a $265 donation to the Southeast Georgia Health System Breast Care Center on January 17, 2014, with the request that funds be applied toward the purchase of educational handbooks for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer. The donation was the result of numerous breast cancer awareness fundraisers hosted by the students in October ...
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Residents of the Southeast Georgia Health System Senior Care Centers hailed the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi with their own version of the Olympic Games on Friday, Feb. 7. Assembled into groups representing the teams of different countries, residents from Senior Care Center-St. Marys joined residents at Senior Care Center-Brunswick for the day-long "Senior Olympics." The event began ...
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The southbound lanes of the Sidney Lanier Bridge on Highway 17 in Brunswick will be closed to traffic from 6 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, for the Southeast Georgia Health System Bridge Run. Southbound traffic will be re-routed using Hwy. 341. The northbound lanes across the bridge will remain open. More than 2,200 runners and walkers are expected to attend this year’s Bridge Run. ...
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Glynn County residents have the opportunity to learn more about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and receive assistance with online enrollment in a health insurance plan during a public forum from 12-6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 27, at Southeast Georgia Health System, Linda S. Pinson Conference Center, 2415 Parkwood Drive, Brunswick. During the forum, individuals and small business owners will receive ...
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In celebration of Black History Month, Southeast Georgia Health System will host two performances by the Sankofa Cultural Group, a group composed of professional artists schooled in African art forms. The performances are free and open to the community. The first performance will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 5 p.m. in the Linda S. Pinson Conference Center on the Brunswick Campus, 2415 Parkwood ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System is pleased to announce the naming of Nelda Johnson and Tammy Matthews as Stars of the Quarter. Each quarter, Health System team members nominate their peers for performance that exceeds the Health System’s standards of service excellence. Johnson, a 5 Telemetry unit clerk and monitor tech on the Brunswick Campus, has been employed with the Health System since ...
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Is it normal to leak urine as I get older? Do the surgeries for urinary leakage work? Is surgery my only option for urinary leakage? Join us on Thursday, Feb. 27, as Steve A. Nickisch, M.D., obstetrician & gynecologist with Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Obstetrics & Gynecology, presents "Myths About Urinary Leakage." The lecture will offer important information on ...
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The Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick Campus is the first hospital in the southeast Georgia region to offer single-incision cholecystectomy surgeries using the daVinci Robotic Surgery System®. The procedure was performed on December 16, 2013, by Stephen Kitchen, MD, FACS, a board-certified general surgeon, using a single incision through the belly button. In the past month, Kitchen has ...
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The Southeast Georgia Health System 2014 Bridge Run over the SidneyLanierBridgehas grown tremendously in recent years as word of the challenging event has spread throughout the running community in the Golden Isles and beyond. Record numbers are expected for this year’s Bridge Run on February 15. While many enjoy the competition and the challenge of the bridge, for others who walk or run as ...
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As the Southeast Georgia Health System 2014 Bridge Run approaches, Nicole Goebel, a CamdenCountyresident, continues to recruit her co-workers at the City of St. Marysto join her for the event, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 15. Goebel has both walked and ran the event several times in the past, but this is the first year she has recruited co-workers to tackle the 7,780-foot-long SidneyLanierBridgein ...
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