SGMC News & Events

South Georgia Medical Center honored its Berrien Campus Laboratory Staff, as well as Director of Nursing Selena Brady, as the April Hospital Heroes at its monthly Board of Directors meeting.  The lab was recognized for their dedication during the January spike of COVID-19, where they were processing significantly more tests than average. The team typically runs […]

South Georgia Medical Center is pleased to announce Iris “Nancibeth” Shealy as Interim Director of the Emergency Department.  In this role, Shealy will oversee the operations and staff of the emergency department.  Shealy began her career as a buyer in a department store but decided to join the healthcare field after finding herself in New […]

South Georgia Medical Center is thrilled to announce its first cardiac electrophysiology case and ablation at the Dasher Heart Center. Cardiac electrophysiology offers cutting-edge treatments for arrhythmias and other potentially serious disorders affecting the heart’s rhythm.   The first case performed by Kamil Hanna, MD, the area’s only cardiac electrophysiologist, used a cryoablation technique performed to treat atrial fibrillation and took […]

Jesi Clanton, Registered Nurse at South Georgia Medical Center, was named the April DAISY Award recipient for extraordinary nursing care. Clanton has been with SGMC since 2018.  Clanton was nominated by Betsy Garland, a Hospice of South Georgia employee, who shared that Clanton went above and beyond to provide compassion for a family grieving the loss […]

South Georgia Medical Center announces the promotion of Ansley Panizzi as Executive Director of Langdale Place. Ansley has twenty-four years of long-term care experience at Langdale Place, most recently serving as the Assistant Director of the facility for over fifteen years.   In her new position, Panizzi will continue to oversee the day-to-day operations of the facility.  Panizzi […]

Mothers who deliver their babies at South Georgia Medical Center will now have the opportunity to publicly bank their umbilical cord blood, at no cost, in a heroic effort to help patients with life-threatening diseases.     Cord blood, which is normally discarded by most following delivery, can be used to save lives by effectively treating more […]

South Georgia Medical Center announced its continued support and investment in the Partnership Health Center at the March meeting of the Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, Georgia. Since 2006, SGMC has invested nearly $8.5 million in the organization, which offers low-cost medical and dental care to the area.   The PHC provides primary care, […]

South Georgia Medical Center recently provided a donation of Naloxone, commonly known as Narcan®, to the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office.  Narcan is a prescription medicine used to treat overdose from opioids, including heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid medications. It quickly blocks the effects of the drug and restores normal breathing within a matter of minutes. […]

South Georgia Medical Center is pleased to announce that William Nash, MD, has joined SGMC and will be practicing at SGMC Family Medicine Nashville, McPherson.   Dr. Nash is local to the Berrien County community and has been practicing since 1995. He completed his residency in family medicine at The Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia. He […]

As COVID-19 cases decline dramatically across the country, South Georgia Medical Center is seeing its COVID-19 inpatient numbers near zero.   At its highest peak in August 2021, SGMC had 113 positive COVID-19 patients. As of March 28, 2022, SGMC  had only three positive inpatients and reported zero percent testing positivity rates three times in the […]