PCOM third-years soon to begin clinical clerkships

Release: PCOM South Georgia Medical Students To Begin Clerkships After two years of classroom learning and laboratory experience, students in PCOM South Georgia’s inaugural class are entering the clinical world. Third-year Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine…

SGMC receives 2020 Georgia EMS of the Year…

Release: SGMC EMS Named 2020 Georgia Emergency Medical Service of the Year South Georgia Medical Center was recently awarded the Georgia Emergency Medical Service of the Year award for 2020 by the Georgia Emergency Medical…

SGMC provides scholarships to two Lanier High seniors

Release: SGMC Foundation Awards Jay Shaw Scholarship Recipients   Lanier County High School seniors Ashton Abbott and Jenna Shaw received the 2021 Jay Shaw Scholarship, awarded by South Georgia Medical Center Foundation and the Shaw Family. Both…

SGMC earns the ADA Education Certification

Release: SGMC Diabetes Education Service Merits ADA Recognition  The SGMC Diabetes Management Center recently received the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for its quality diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) service. DMC has maintained this…

South Health to host mobile vaccine clinics in…

Release: Georgia Department of Public Health South Health District will host two COVID-19 vaccination clinics. The first will be held on Friday, May 14 at First Antioch Baptist Church, 517 N. Oak Street in Valdosta from…

SGMC’s CardioVascular Institute gets a new surgeon

Release: Dr. Shoptaw joins SGMC CardioVascular Institute South Georgia Medical Center welcomes James Shoptaw, MD, cardiothoracic surgery. Dr. Shoptaw joins SGMC’s CardioVascular Institute which is now comprised of three cardiothoracic surgeons and one vascular surgeon.…