SGMC News & Events

3/23/2018 The South Georgia Health System d.b.a. South Georgia Medical Center, recently announced a series of promotions affecting the organizational structure of the health system. C. Ross Berry, CEO, announced the changes following the Hospital Authority meeting last month. David Schott, DrPH has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. He was hired in June, 2016 to […]

3/21/2018 SGMC Chief Development Officer Jeff Edwards, Dr. Cliff Thomas, Dr. Kyle Adams, Dr. Laura Guadiana Sanchez and Partnership Health Center Chief Executive Officer John Sparks at the March meeting of the Hospital Authority of Valdosta Lowndes County, GA. The Hospital Authority of Valdosta-Lowndes County recognized SGMC family medicine physicians Drs. Kyle Adams, Laura Guadiana Sanchez, […]

In a presentation to the Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, GA on March 21, Partnership Health Center (PHC) Chief Executive Officer John Sparks and SGMC Chief Operating Officer Dr. David Schott reported on the significant impact of PHC and the difference it’s making in the lives of the local uninsured community.“Lives are being […]

SGMC’s Clinical Laboratory staff voted and named Susan Folding the 2017 Employee of the Year. Folding was presented with an award thanking her for her commitment to SGMC’s mission and values. Folding is the lab support tech in Microbiology but she is always seen around the entire laboratory helping anyone who needs help. According to her […]

3/12/2018 South Georgia Medical Center’s Pearlman Cancer Center recently received a splash of kindness from Hahira Elementary School fifth graders. The students hosted a Kindness Rocks Project with the intent to spread encouragement and happy messages to patients at PCC. To do this, students painted the inspirational messages on hundreds of rocks, then HES teachers […]

The Valdosta-Lowndes Chamber hosted a ribbon cutting for the SGMC Family Medicine practice on Monday, March 12. Accompanying the Chamber Ambassadors are Hospital Authority Board Member Dr. Mary Margaret Richardson, SGMC CEO Ross Berry, and family medicine physicians, Drs. Kyle Adams, Dennis Thomas, Laura Guadiana Sanchez and Clifton Thomas.South Georgia Medical Center is pleased to […]

Patient family members, Stephanie Celestie and Barbara Davis, present South Georgia Medical Center registered nurse Daryn Snipes with the March DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. South Georgia Medical Center presented Daryn Snipes with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for March. The award is part of the international DAISY Foundation, a program developed to recognize […]

At South Georgia Medical Center’s Pearlman Cancer Center a picture is worth a thousand words. Last week the center unveiled a new photo kiosk donated by funds raised through employee giving. Cancer Center patients can use the kiosk to document their recovery milestones. The need for a milestone celebration was identified by PCC nurses Michaela King, […]

In a recent edition of the Valdosta Daily Times, it was reported that SGMC needs more nurses. While this statement is true, the tone of the article implied the nursing shortage is a new problem at SGMC and reflective of current leadership. I want to take the opportunity to clarify this. The nursing shortage is […]

2/27/2018 The Dasher Heart Center at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta has unveiled a state-of-the-art operating room that takes the treatment of vascular and endovascular patients to the next level.According to SGMC Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon Dr. Maurice Solis, this is the only hybrid operating room in South Georgia.”Hybrid operating rooms combine the most […]