SGMC News & Events

South Georgia Medical Center is expanding its Women and Infants services to offer moms-to-be a unique birthing experience based on their individual needs.  SGMC recently promoted Lara Davis, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, to Women’s Care Coordinator following 15 years as a labor and delivery nurse at SGMC. In her new role, Davis advocates for patients and connects […]

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College recently hosted a joint dedication of the South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) Atrium and Ben and LaVonne Copeland Nursing Wing in the Edward and Rhonda Mark Health Sciences Building on the Valdosta Campus of Wiregrass.  The dedication ceremony celebrated the partnership between SGMC, the Copeland Family, and Wiregrass to provide more […]

South Georgia Medical Center urges the community to give blood at LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, the sole blood provider to the patients of SGMC.  LifeSouth reports that a decrease in blood donations over the summer months has caused the blood supply to drop to emergency levels. To ensure the patients in our community have a […]

South Georgia Medical Center is pleased to release its fiscal year 2021 annual report for the health system. The report, available online, features a recap of the system’s COVID-19 response, employee recognitions, patient testimonials from various service lines, stories of how the organization has evolved over the past year, and plans for the future.    “2021 […]

South Georgia Medical Center is pleased to announce that interventional cardiologist Edward Distler, DO, has joined SGMC Cardiology. SGMC Cardiology is part of the SGMC Physician Network, which is the most comprehensive multispecialty group in the region with a growing number of providers.   Dr. Distler comes to Valdosta from Phoenix, Arizona. He is trained in interventional […]

South Georgia Medical Center is pleased to announce the opening of SGMC Internal Medicine, a new physician office located at 604 East Park Avenue in Valdosta. The practice will be led by Dr. Joseph Hayes, who serves as the Medical Director.   The practice is part of SGMC’s graduate medical education program in partnership with Mercer […]

South Georgia Medical Center is pleased to welcome general surgeon Howard Bowers, MD.  He joins SGMC Surgery, a general and specialty surgical practice and a part of SGMC’s expanding physician network.  Dr. Bowers has been practicing in the surgical field for more than 12 years. Originally from Ohio, he comes to Valdosta from Idaho, where […]

South Georgia Medical Center is one of only 81 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor of the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain-MI Registry Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2022. In addition, SGMC also received the American Heart Association Get With the Guidelines Resuscitation Gold Award for the eighth consecutive year.  The American College of […]

South Georgia Medical Center honored the leadership team of the Breast Center as the July Hospital Heroes at its monthly Board of Directors meeting.   Dr. Harvey Miller, Chief Clinical Quality Director, Lori Trouille, Breast Health Navigator, and Emily Wetherington, Administrative Director of the Pearlman Cancer Center, were recognized for establishing the Breast Center in March of […]

South Georgia Medical Center received the Bronze Safety Award from the Georgia Hospital Association Workers’ Compensation Fund. This award recognizes SGMC for its outstanding accident prevention and response among its employees in the calendar year 2021.   According to Alan DiGiandomenico, CSP, Senior Risk Control Consultant for Gallagher shared, “SGMC did an excellent job of achieving low […]