2025 News

Heather Dexter, FACHE, president of the Emory Healthcare Regional Hospital Division, has been elected to the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) Board of Trustees. Read More

Three Emory Healthcare hospitals have ranked prominently in 2025’s regional rankings of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals issue. Read More

Robotic-assisted technology at Emory is bringing a new level of precision to the operating room, leading to improved patient outcomes with less pain and faster recovery for knee replacement surgery. Read More

Emory Hillandale Hospital commemorated 20 years of serving the community of Stonecrest and south DeKalb County with a series of events for community leaders and its employees. Read More

Emory physicians across multiple specialties recognized for the exceptional patient care they provide in the 2025 “Top Doctors” issue of Atlanta magazine. Read More

Emory infectious diseases expert Carlos del Rio, MD, has been honored with the prestigious 2024 James Shepherd Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA). Read More

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University Hospital participated in a nationwide exercise designed to test and validate the nation’s ability to move patients with highly infectious diseases safely and securely. Read More

Emory Integrated Memory Care, an Atlanta-based primary care practice specializing in geriatric and dementia care, has been named an Edge Runner by the American Academy of Nursing. Read More

Effective July 1, 2025, Joon S. Lee, MD, assumes 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. Read More

Emory Healthcare is the first health system in Georgia to offer a single-incision robotic surgical option to treat certain thoracic or chest conditions. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

Emory Johns Creek Hospital received its second Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program, this time with distinction. Read More

Emory Healthcare nurse Kenosha Tillman named one of Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s (AJC) best nurses in the region after receiving the AJC Nurse Excellence Award. Read More

Emory Healthcare announces the transformation of Emory Hillandale Hospital as the first hospital in the U.S. fully powered by Apple products and integrated with Epic, the leading electronic health record system. Read More