SGMC News & Events

South Georgia Medical Center is hosting the hospital’s first in-person Nursing Career Fair of the year on April 22, 2021 from 10 AM – 3 PM at Mathis City Auditorium in Valdosta. Representatives from all nursing units will be available to provide interviews and give job offers. Candidates are required to bring their resumes and […]

South Georgia Medical Center announces the promotion of Sylvia Uddyback to Director of Employee Health Services. Uddyback has been with SGMC for 39 years. In this new position she will oversee many programs that promote health and wellness for SGMC employees and providers across the health system.  Uddyback said, “I am excited and passionate about […]

South Georgia Medical Center’s Berrien Campus has commissioned Barlow-McCarthy to conduct its Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to determine the health status, behaviors and needs of residents in the Berrien County area. The CHNA is a federal requirement for all not-for-profit hospitals under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of March 2010. The last […]

South Georgia Medical Center is proud to announce that local obstetricians Ellen Eanes Courson, MD, MBA, Jerthitia Taylor Grate, MD, and Danielle McFarland, MD, have joined the SGMC Physician Network. The partnership is part of SGMC’s goal to develop a comprehensive women’s healthcare program for the region.   Their practice, SGMC Women’s Health, will provide experienced obstetrical and […]

The Birthplace at South Georgia Medical Center received its first CuddleCot on behalf of Ashlie’s Embrace. Ashlie’s Embrace is a non-profit organization that raises awareness of CuddleCots and helps make them available in medical facilities.  A CuddleCot is a device that allows parents more time with their baby after a loss. The $3,000 system cools […]

South Georgia Medical Center honored its pharmacy professionals as the March Hospital Heroes at its monthly Board of Directors meeting. SGMC Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Operating Officer Randy Smith stated, “The members of our pharmacy team been key to our success in providing COVID vaccines to patients and staff, and we would not have […]

South Georgia Medical Center announces the promotion of Lilliana Johnson to Director of Graduate Medical Education. Johnson has been with SGMC since 2014. In her new position she will oversee the Graduate Medical Education (GME), Undergraduate Medical Education and Continuing Medical Education programs. The GME program has taken tremendous steps as SGMC recently received approval […]

Thursday, March 11, 2021 marked one year since South Georgia Medical Center received confirmation of its first positive COVID-19 patient and entered the battle against the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. As a public show of support for its healthcare workforce and to honor the lives lost, SGMC launched 30 days of light.         For 30 days, the Dasher Memorial Heart Center will don a blue glow, the […]

South Georgia Medical Center welcomes Harold Howe, MD, colorectal surgery. Dr. Howe joins SGMC’s vast network of surgical specialists who are trained in a range of specialties which include general surgery, plastic surgery, neurological surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, and vascular surgery. Dr. Howe specializes in colon and rectal surgery and treats diseases of the lower digestive […]

South Georgia Medical Center recently completed a $6 million upgrade of its two linear accelerators. Located in the Pearlman Cancer Center, the versatile linear accelerators deliver customized external beam radiation treatments to cancer patients. These units are an essential part of cancer treatment with two-thirds of Pearlman’s patients receiving radiation therapy at some point during […]