2024 News

Findings from the LAURA Phase III trial — presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting by Winship Executive Director Suresh Ramalingam, MD, and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine — show osimertinib significantly extends the time patients live without their cancer worsening, offering the first effective therapy and new hope for those with advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. Read More

Emory Decatur Hospital has unveiled approximately $22 million in improvements to its behavioral health services unit, now offering adult outpatient and inpatient services in one space at the hospital. Read More

Emory Healthcare employees, Emory University employees and Atlanta residents will soon have a new option for quality early education and care with Primrose School at Emory Healthcare – Northlake Campus, slated to open in summer 2024. Read More

Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital physicians Dhaval Desai, MD, and David Kooby, MD, have been named the 2024 recipients of the E. Napier “Buck” Burson, Jr., MD, Physician Award of Distinction. Read More

Discover how Emory is advancing health care and academic excellence through the responsible use of AI. Read More

Dignitaries from the White House, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and local officials visited and toured Emory Hillandale Hospital on April 24, following $11 million in improvements to its Stonecrest facility. Read More

Mike Goodman has been named assistant vice president of generative AI (artificial intelligence) and innovation at Emory, effective May 1. Read More

The Addiction Alliance of Georgia, a partnership between Emory Healthcare and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, is hosting the “Comfort of Recovery” quilt throughout the month of April at the Emory Addiction Center. Read More

Emory Decatur Hospital and the state of Georgia’s Path2College 529 Plan collaborated to award the first “Tax Day Baby” born at the hospital with a college savings contribution on April 15. Read More

Emory University researchers will soon begin testing whether the use of artificial intelligence can reduce mortality in a subgroup of patients with sepsis, a life-threatening disorder that leads to organ dysfunction following an infection. Read More

Forty health professionals, clinicians and journalists from France and Belgium attended a March 8 presentation and tour of Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Midtown. Read More

Pioneering care and innovation come together in the expansion of Emory University Hospital’s new, state-of-the-art heart and vascular facilities, the result of an $87.7 million investment and three years of meticulous planning and design. Read More

Emory Healthcare is leading the way in transforming how clinicians access patient health records with its deployment of the 15-inch MacBook Air and the launch of the new native Epic Hyperspace app. Read More

The Atlanta Vibe, Atlanta’s first professional women’s indoor volleyball team, has named Emory Healthcare its official team health care provider. Read More

The Emory Healthcare Network, the most comprehensive clinically integrated network in Georgia, has aligned with Southeast Primary Care Partners, the state’s largest primary care-focused independent medical group, to provide Georgians greater access to primary care physicians and seamless care to specialists. Read More