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Medical College of Georgia News

Welcome Home, Tommy

MCG's third black student takes pride in where he has gone -- and in coming back.

MCG's Desegregation 50th Anniversary video - https://youtu.be/wXq-K9Xx9Ms

Donor Profile: The Life and Times of Dr. Jones

The only physician in Gray, Georgia, for about 35 years, Dr. H.B. Jones never forgot his roots or the medical school that made his life possible.

Chair Profile: A Matter Of Connection

MCG's Chair of Physiology has made inflammation and hypertension his life's work.

When his mother passed away in 1994, Dr. Clinton Webb gathered a few of her items that held great meaning for him from his childhood.

One of those was a creamer that Bobbie Webb always kept on the windowsill in her kitchen. "On the side of the creamer is this saying that was meaningful to her and me: 'Speak little, speak well'," says her son.

Webb speaks little of himself, but is enthusiastic about his research and the people he works with, past and present.

Jillella returns as J. Harold Harrison MD Chair for Medical Oncology

May 18, 2017

Dr. Anand P. Jillella returns to the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University July 1 as the J. Harold Harrison, MD, Distinguished University Chair in Medical Oncology. Jillella also has been named chief of the MCG Division of Hematology/Oncology and associate director of Medical Oncology Services at the Georgia Cancer Center. He will also direct ambulatory services for the cancer center.

Hess Named Dean and Executive Vice President

April, 28 2017

Dr. David C. Hess, stroke specialist, honored educator, biotech entrepreneur, and longtime leader at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been named dean of Georgia's public medical school and executive vice president for medical affairs and integration for the university.

$9.4 million grant helps scientists explore how cell death from high blood pressure fuels even higher pressure

February 9, 2017

It's been known for decades that a bacterial infection can raise your blood pressure short term, but now scientists are putting together the pieces of how our own dying cells can fuel chronically high, destructive pressure.

Problem Solver

January 13, 2017

Dr. Mark Newton hopes to do for the state what he has done for years as an emergency medicine physician - take care of Georgia's families.

The Promise

January 13, 2017

Dr. H. Gordon Davis came home to rural southwest Georgia to practice ? and wants to encourage others to do the same.

Like Father, Like Daughter

January 23, 2017

Dr. Betsy Richwine Bolton honors her dad, Dr. Sam Richwine, with the first-ever named lectureship in surgery.

More Alumni and Philanthropy News

January 26, 2017

Plagenhoef ('87) Named President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists

Donor Spotlight: William B. Mullins, MD

November 29, 2016

Dr. William B. Mullins was passionate about life and his career. He desired to help others but with little fanfare.

Room to Grow

April 26, 2016

Dr. Roy Witherington tends his alma mater as carefully as he tends his garden "Things in Florida don't quit growing, they grow...