SGMC News & Events

Patricia Sharpe donated dozens of red hats to be given to babies delivered at South Georgia Medical Center’s Birthplace. Her “red hat project” is a personal story about gratefulness and spreading joy during American Heart Month.Fifteen years ago, Sharpe delivered her first child at the Birthplace. Born at 27 weeks, the 3 month premature baby […]

2/21/2018 SGMC Assistant Administrator of Communications and Public Affairs Johnny Ball presented Director of Educational Services Pam Jones with the February Hospital Hero Award at the Board of Directors meeting. The Hospital Authority of Valdosta-Lowndes County, GA named Pam Jones, SGMC’s Director of Education, as the February Hospital Hero at its monthly board of directors […]

Be Dave Brave Foundation Donates Gift to SGMC Foundation 2/12/2018 Be Dave Brave Board Member Brittny Hammock, Founder April Steinberg, Board Members Maggie Vallotton, Leigh Ann Burgess, SGMC Foundation Director Elizabeth Vickers and Partnership Cancer Fund Committee Member Donna Barber with the donation presented to the SGMC Foundation.  Be Dave Brave Foundation made a $1,500 contribution […]

South Georgia Medical Center presented Ivelisse Sayre with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for February. The award is part of the international DAISY Foundation, a program developed to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform everyday. Sayre was nominated by her colleague who wrote, “Last August, Ivelisse selflessly and kindheartedly put aside her own work obligations […]

The Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, GA named Sandra Tooley as a Hospital Hero for January. Tooley began her career with SGMC in 2003 as a registered nurse in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. She is currently a weekend Senior Staff RN in the Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Tooley has worked in the ER, […]

February is Heart Health Month and South Georgia Medical Center is celebrating National Wear Red Day and hosting several lunch and learns to promote awareness of heart disease throughout our region. SGMC is partnering with the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign and encouraging everyone to wear red on Friday, Feb. 2, National Wear […]

1/10/2018 South Georgia Medical Center has been granted American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) accreditation for transfusion activities. Accreditation follows an intensive on-site assessment by specially trained AABB assessors and establishes that the level of technical and administrative performance within the facility meets or exceeds the standards set by the AABB. By successfully meeting those […]

The Pearlman Cancer Center at South Georgia Medical Center will host a free yoga class for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers on Jan. 9 from 5:30-6:30pm in the cancer center lobby. The event is in partnership with the Christina Phipps Foundation which provides specialized training to experienced yoga instructors enabling them to guide cancer patients, […]

South Georgia Medical Center has employed three experienced, board-certified cardiologists to operate its new SGMC Cardiology practice beginning on January 8, 2018. “SGMC is committed to providing excellence in cardiac care and we are putting things in place to make that happen,” said CEO C. Ross Berry.  “SGMC has employed Cary Rose, MD, FACC, a triple-boarded, […]

Distinguished members of the Silver Cross Society were recognized and thanked from South Georgia Medical Center Foundation Tuesday, November 9, at the annual dinner at The Ravine in Kinderlou. The five-course meal with a fall theme was beautifully prepared by Chef David Brooks and honored over 100 members who have given $10,000 or more to […]