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In an effort to unify its leadership under a more streamlined structure, Joon S. Lee, MD, CEO of Emory Healthcare, will assume the expanded, integrated roles of executive vice president for health affairs of Emory University and vice chair of the Emory Healthcare Board of Directors, along with continuing his current position of CEO of Emory Healthcare.

Emory Healthcare is the first health system in Georgia to offer the least invasive surgical option — using one small incision and new robotic technology — to treat certain thoracic or chest conditions.

Emory Healthcare hosted its first Champions of Community Health event, celebrating more than a dozen community organizations and individuals whose work has strengthened public health across Georgia.

Two Emory Healthcare facilities and Grady Health System have been awarded funding through the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust to continue combatting the opioid crisis in the state.

Emory University emergency medicine physician Brent Morgan, MD, will serve as the new medical director for the Georgia Poison Center.

Emory Healthcare is pleased to welcome Houston Healthcare, a community-based health system headquartered in Warner Robins, to the family, advancing high-quality patient care and expanding services to central Georgia.