2023 News

Two Emory Healthcare nurses received top honors from the 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Celebrating Nurses program for going above and beyond their duties as exceptional nurses in their respective roles. Read More

Emory Healthcare is announcing that Jen Schuck has been named chief executive officer of Emory Decatur Hospital, Emory Hillandale Hospital and Emory Long-Term Acute Care, effective immediately. Read More

In commemoration of Military Appreciation Month in May, the Atlanta Falcons announced a $225,101 donation to the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program. The donation is intended to support the health care needs of veterans and service members who have served our country. Read More

Emory Healthcare and the Goizueta Institute @Emory Brain Health are joining forces with NeuroFlow, a behavioral health infrastructure company, to support and improve the delivery of psychiatric services for both patients and providers. The collaboration will also pilot a primary care suicide prevention program. Read More

The new Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown, which will open for patients May 9, is designed to support a unique model of patient-centered, multidisciplinary cancer care integrated with innovative research to provide the best patient outcomes and a personalized patient experience. Read More

As Emory Healthcare CEO, Joon Sup Lee will be responsible for overseeing the most comprehensive academic health system in Georgia, with 11 hospitals, 250 provider locations and more than 24,000 employees. He joins Emory on July 1. Read More

New research led by Emory Healthcare, in partnership with the Veterans Health Administration, is shining a light on the need for better medical interventions and more aggressive treatment for veterans with peripheral artery disease, a serious condition found in 10 million U.S. individuals nationwide that is one of the leading causes of the 185,000 major lower extremity amputations that happen each year. Read More

The American Organization for Nursing Leadership has named Emory Healthcare Chief Nurse Executive Sharon Pappas, PhD, RN, FAAN, as the 2023 recipient of its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Read More

The fourth season of the Emmy award-winning PBS television series “Your Fantastic Mind” debuts April 19 at 7 p.m. A partnership between Emory and Georgia Public Broadcasting, the season premiere addresses the crisis of adolescent mental health in America. Read More

In a bid to highlight the impact of violence on health care workers, Emory Healthcare is recognizing April as Workplace Violence Awareness Month. The health care system is focusing on ways to provide meaningful solutions and resources to its employees, as well as creating a culture of safety for its staff and patients. Read More

Physician and faculty member Vicki Teodorescu, who is one of the 15% of women in vascular surgery nationwide, looks back at her decades-long career in health: “To me, blood is the elixir of life, and if you can direct it, it’s miraculous.” Read More

On March 27, Alistair Erskine will join Emory in the newly created positions of chief information and digital officer for Emory Healthcare and vice president of digital health for Emory University. Read More

Julie Swann, vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer (CNO) at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, has been elected to serve as a member of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Board of Directors and Nominating Committee. Read More

Four Emory Healthcare hospitals have been named top Georgia and U.S. hospitals, and one has been named a top global hospital, in Newsweek’s lists of World’s Best Hospitals 2023. Read More

Critical care patients at Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, Georgia, and Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, Georgia, are receiving access to additional care and remote monitoring through Emory Healthcare’s eICU (electronic Intensive Care Unit) services, based in Atlanta. Read More