Liver Disease:
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Emory University Hospital Midtown is the first and only academic medical center in Georgia to use endoscopic spine procedures through new technology to decrease recovery time and pain for patients undergoing spine surgery.

Emory Heart and Vascular recently reached another major milestone in the innovative treatment and care for patients with advanced heart failure, implanting its 1000th durable ventricular assist device (VAD) on December 10. VADs are a vital alternative for patients whose hearts are in end-stage failure, but who do not qualify for a transplant or would not receive a transplant in time.

Gary Teal, who joined Emory’s faculty in 1986 and will retire Dec. 31, has been instrumental in growing the Woodruff Health Sciences Center into the powerhouse of academic medicine that it is today.

On Nov. 18, the heart failure and transplantation team at Emory University Hospital made history, performing the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of ventricular assist device (VAD), which provides crucial care to patients with failing hearts.

Joseph T. Massey Jr. started his Emory career 55 years ago as a switchboard operator. Now the university’s longest-serving staff member, he has grown with the times and been instrumental in modernizing Emory’s university- and hospital-wide phone systems.

Emory Healthcare and Emory Healthcare Network today announced a new population health collaborative with Guidehealth, an AI-enabled health care and value-based managed services company, to enhance and expand primary care access across Georgia.