SGMC News & Events

10/18/2013 Georgia Alliance Honors Hospital for Outstanding Community Contributions(Valdosta, GA) –South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) was named 2013 Large Hospital of the Year by the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals (the Alliance) at its 30th Annual Conference on October 18.  The facility was recognized for its state-of-the-art renovations and projects catered specifically to the needs […]

10/16/2013 Valdosta, GA – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has funded investigators at Yale University to conduct the “Comprehensive Evaluation of Risk Factors in Older Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction” or “SILVER-AMI” study to better understand what is driving outcomes in patients 75 years and older hospitalized with heart attacks (myocardial infarctions). SILVER-AMI is […]

Valdosta, GA — South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) has received the Get With The Guidelines®–Resuscitation Bronze Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association (AHA). The recognition signifies that SGMC has reached an aggressive goal in using guidelines-based care to improve patient outcomes from in-hospital cardiac arrest.More than 18,800 in-hospital cardiac arrests occur each year, […]

The South Georgia Medical Center Foundation honored Dr. Ed Mark and his wife Rhonda with a special thank you luncheon in recognition of a significant financial donation to the SGMC Foundation. Through their dedication to neurosurgery and the medical center, Dr. and Mrs. Mark committed financially to the success of the Dasher Memorial Heart Center […]

ATLANTA – South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) in Valdosta has been named to the Georgia Hospital Association’s (GHA) Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) Safety Leaders Circle, which recognizes hospitals’ improvements in patient care for the second quarter of 2013. SGMC is one of 31 hospitals in Georgia to place in the Elite Circle, the highest on […]

9/30/2013 On Thursday, September 26th, South Georgia Medical Center held its annual Clinical Advancement Program (CAP) Banquet for nurses at Covington’s. The CAP program was designed to support the professional goals of the direct patient care registered nurse at SGMC and enhance the model of professional nursing. The program provides the opportunity for expansion of […]

Valdosta, GA – South Georgia Medical Center’s Berrien Campus announces the opening of the SGMC Berrien Campus Multi-Specialty Care Center.  Located in newly-renovated space within the SGMC Berrien Campus hospital at 1221 East McPherson Avenue in Nashville, this outpatient facility is a satellite office for out-of-town specialty physicians who will see patients in Nashville on […]

Lakeland, Ga. — Dr. J. Michael Sharon, MD., F.A.C.O.G has joined Lakeland Family Care Center, an affiliation partnership with South Georgia Medical Center, Louis Smith Memorial Hospital and Southland.  He will begin seeing patients once a month from 2 to 4 pm starting Wednesday, October 2nd.  Dr. Sharon is a board certified OB/GYN.   Appointments can […]

7/30/2013 Cindy Vickery, RPhDirector of Pharmaceutical ServicesCongratulations to Cindy Vickery for being named the Administrative Director of Pharmaceutical Services. Vickery has been with South Georgia Medical Center for 25 years, serving as the Operations Manager, Pharmacy Systems Manager and Narcotic Pharmacist. She provides leadership to pharmacy departments, with a goal of integrating operational and clinical […]