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.
The food and nutrition team at Emory University Hospital is placing an intentional spotlight on healthful plant-based meals in 2024. Try some new menu options until Feb. 16 and share your feedback.
Following a nationwide search, Emory University Hospital has named Robert (Rob) Boesch, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, as chief nursing officer (CNO) of Emory University Hospital. He will begin his new role on Feb. 5, 2024.
In 2018, William Sanders got some bad news: His heart was failing and he needed a transplant. What followed was a journey of hope with Emory Heart & Vascular, bolstered every step of the way by the love of family and friends.
Emory's inaugural AI.Health Symposium, hosted by the Emory Empathetic AI for Health Institute, included sessions on AI's clinical potential and breakthrough innovations, as well as issues of ethics, bias and privacy.
Members of the Emory community gathered in Cannon Chapel on Tuesday to pay their respects to Rosalynn Carter as her tribute ceremony took place on campus in Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church.
To help reduce fall risks and other safety concerns in hospitalized patients, Emory Healthcare is collaborating with Andor Health to bring virtual patient observer technology to its hospitals.
Emory Healthcare has announced the creation of two new leadership roles to better align the continuum of care for patients across its 11 hospitals and enhance operational excellence for the health system.
Four Emory Healthcare hospitals have ranked prominently in this year’s regional rankings of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals issue.
Emory University Hospital (including Emory University Hospital at Wesley Woods) has once again earned Magnet® designation, the highest national honor for professional nursing practice, from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
While Kimi Cottmeyer was being treated for leukemia at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, she found inspiration and hope from the community of Winship 5K participants and supporters. Register to participate in the Winship 5K virtually or in person on Saturday, Oct. 7.
An Emory kidney transplant donor and recipient pair and their respective Emory Healthcare transplant surgeons were honored recently to raise awareness of the importance of living organ donation during Donate Life Month.
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.
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.
Dollie Durden has worked for 45 years as a custodian in Campus Services. Her daughter, Kechia Williams, has worked in Campus Services for 25 years. Their work ethic is unrivaled, as is their love of Emory.
Emory's Heart and Vascular Center hit a major milestone this year, reflecting deep expertise and pioneering history with the LVAD, a lifesaving procedure that can serve as a critical alternative for heart-failure patients who don’t qualify for a transplant.
Emory Healthcare is the first health care system in Georgia offering a noninvasive ultrasound treatment for patients living with essential tremor or tremor from Parkinson’s disease.
For the eleventh year in a row, U.S. News and World Report has ranked Emory University Hospital the No. 1 hospital in Georgia and metro Atlanta in the regional rankings in U.S. News Best Hospitals issue.
From tending gardens on Emory campuses to finding new ways to recycle, Emory faculty, staff and students advocate for sustainable changes. Learn about the 2022 recipients of the Sustainability Innovator, Outstanding Sustainability Representative, and Sustainability Lifetime Achievement awards.
Two friends recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of their successful living donor liver transplant. Their bond is especially meaningful during the month of April, which is National Donate Life Month.
On Monday, April 18, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University will open the first immediate cancer care center in Georgia providing acute care for Winship patients experiencing cancer-related symptoms that require immediate medical care.
Antibodies derived from Ebola survivors treated at Emory have distinctive properties, which could make the antibodies potent weapons against future outbreaks.
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 the World’s Best Hospitals 2022.
A 43-year-old man from Columbus, Georgia, who is on the wait list for a heart transplant at Emory University Hospital, received a World Series-sized surprise.
From research breakthroughs to a Rhodes Scholar, faculty, students and staff found many ways to flourish in 2021. Take a look back at 10 of the biggest stories, with more headlines so you can delve deeper into this year of impact and achievement.
Emory researchers recently performed a cardiac imaging procedure that was the first of its kind in Georgia. It is called dynamic myocardial CT perfusion imaging or "cardiac CTP imaging" for short.
For the 10th year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Emory University Hospital the No. 1 hospital in Georgia and metro Atlanta in the regional rankings of U.S. News Best Hospitals.
A 50-year-old man from Douglasville, Georgia, recently became the 1,000th heart transplant patient at Emory University Hospital, making Emory Healthcare the first health care system in Georgia to reach this milestone.
Roberta Kaplow, PhD, APRN-CCNS, clinical nurse specialist in the Acute Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Emory University Hospital, has been named a 2020 National Magnet Nurse of the Year by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
In observance of National Donate Life Month this April, the Emory Transplant Center raised a “Donate Life” flag in honor and support of organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
In Georgia, Emory University Hospital ranked No. 1, Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital ranked No. 2 and Emory Johns Creek Hospital ranked No. 3, according to Newsweek’s list of “The World’s Best Hospitals 2021.”
In a case series study that explored the association of COVID-19 and acute ischemic stroke, researchers at Emory University Hospital observed higher than expected rates of unexplained or “cryptogenic” strokes, as well as delays in stroke presentations or symptom recognition.
Dane Peterson, chief operating officer (COO) of Emory Healthcare, has been named president of Emory Healthcare, effective September 1.
For the ninth year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Emory University Hospital the No. 1 hospital in Georgia and metro Atlanta. Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital ranked No. 2 and Emory University Hospital Midtown ranked No. 5.
Emory Healthcare is the first health system in Georgia to offer a state-of-the-art, minimally invasive procedure for prostate enlargement causing bothersome urinary symptoms.
Based on the status of COVID-19 within our community, capacity within our hospitals and needed resources in place, Emory Healthcare has resumed elective surgical and procedural services throughout its hospitals and clinics.
The Atlanta Business Chronicle has selected Emory University and Emory Healthcare physicians and staff as winners and finalists of its Health Care Heroes 2020 awards.
Emory physicians and Georgia Tech engineers teamed up to create barrier protection devices designed to contain respiratory droplets while breathing tubes are inserted, with a goal of reducing risks for medical staff.
Craig Coopersmith, MD, MCCM, has been named director of the Emory Critical Care Center (ECCC) following his service as interim director of the ECCC since 2018.
Atlanta Falcons team owner, Arthur M. Blank, has donated 120 new Microsoft Surface tablets to Emory Healthcare to assist with video calls to family, friends and clergy for patients hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As Emory Healthcare responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, we continuously evaluate and adjust our policies and procedures to prioritize patient and staff safety. Effective Monday, May 4, Emory Healthcare will continue restricting all visitors within its hospitals and clinics with the following updates.
As the community spread of COVID-19 grows, Emory Healthcare, like many hospitals, is expanding critical care services throughout its hospitals to accommodate its sickest patients.
With supplies of medical personal protective equipment strained amid the COVID-19 outbreak, a cross-disciplinary team at Emory Healthcare and the Georgia Institute of Technology is working on a new effort to supply thousands of face shields to health care professionals on front lines.
The Hawks Foundation and State Farm are providing support to deliver meals to frontline workers treating COVID-19 patients at Emory Healthcare through a multi-week meal program that will bolster the Atlanta restaurant community.
The COVID-19 outbreak has underscored the importance of simple precautions that community members can take to slow the spread of the virus and help preserve health system capacity during a critically important time.
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Georgia, Emory Healthcare has launched a drive-through donation site as part of a larger effort to address the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and supplies that are critical for front-line health care workers tackling the virus.
In light of local cases of COVID-19 and national and international instances of community spread of the disease, Emory Healthcare hospitals and clinics are taking measures to minimize visitor traffic and potential exposure in our hospitals and outpatient settings, to protect our patients and staff.
After significant review and consideration, Emory Healthcare will postpone all inpatient and outpatient elective surgical and procedural cases effective Monday, March 16 for two weeks, followed by week-to-week assessment.
Three Emory hospitals have been named as top Georgia and US hospitals in Newsweek’s list of World’s Best Hospitals 2020, which ranks more than 1,500 leading hospitals in 21 countries.
Emory University Hospital has been recognized by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) as one of 88 hospitals out of an eligible 592 medical centers for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2018.
Emory Transplant Center is making it easier for patients in South Georgia to access kidney and liver transplant services closer to home.
The Georgia Hospital Association awarded Emory employees and identical twin sisters Dora Richter and Fania Szlam the prestigious GHA Hospital Hero Award at the association's annual Hospital Hero Awards luncheon earlier this month.
Patients with end-stage kidney disease who receive dialysis at for-profit dialysis centers are less likely to receive a kidney transplant than patients receiving dialysis at non-profit dialysis centers, according to a new study.
For the eighth year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Emory University Hospital the No. 1 hospital in Georgia and metro Atlanta in its 2019-2020 Best Hospitals Guide.
Emory has learned much about Ebola virus disease since accepting the first patient for treatment in the U.S. on Aug. 2, 2014. Hear directly from Emory Healthcare providers and Ebola patients treated here in a special Facebook Live event on Friday at 10 a.m.
With text, photos and videos, this interactive timeline chronicles key events of the last year, from the days just prior to the arrival of the first Ebola patient at Emory University Hospital, up to the present day.
Emory Healthcare has been recognized as a 2019 CareerSTAT Frontline Healthcare Worker Emerging Champion for its School at Work (SAW) program for frontline health care staff.
More than half of the physicians recognized in the annual "Top Doctors" issue of Atlanta magazine are physicians within Emory Healthcare, Emory Healthcare Network, Emory medical staff or faculty of Emory University School of Medicine.
Following an extensive nationwide search, Matt Wain has been named chief executive officer for Emory University Hospital, Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital and Emory University Hospital at Wesley Woods.
Mani Daneshmand, MD, has joined Emory as director of the Emory Heart & Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support programs, effective June 3, 2019. He also holds the position of director of the Emory ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Program.
Emory Rehabilitation Hospital was presented with the President¿s Recognition Award at the annual 2019 Select Medical Inpatient Rehabilitation Division CEO and Medical Directors¿ Conference this spring in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kyle Hammond, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Emory Sports Medicine Center, has been named the Atlanta Falcons' Head Team Physician after serving as an associate team physician for the organization over the last three years.
On the 100th anniversary of her death, a special remembrance ceremony was held for Emory nurse Camille O¿Brien, the only member of the Emory Unit to die in France during World War I.
Emory University Hospital and Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital have been named in Becker's Healthcare 2019 list of "100 great hospitals in America". Just three hospitals in Georgia made the list of 100, with two of them being Emory hospitals.
In recognition of National Donate Life Month, Emory Transplant Center held a special Donate Life flag raising ceremony on April 8, 2019, at Emory University Hospital to pay tribute to those who have given the gift of life through organ donation.
The Emory University Hospital Tower has been awarded LEED Silver certification (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) by the U.S. Green Building Council. It is the first Emory Healthcare building to be LEED certified at Emory.
Emory University Hospital has been named a Top 100 Global Hospital in Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals 2019 list. Emory University Hospital is the only hospital in Georgia, only one of two in the Southeast and one of 25 in the U.S. to make the global list.
With a deep focus on compassion, inspired by that of Tibetan monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery in South India, Emory introduces a new initiative called Compassion-Centered Spiritual Health or CCSH.
Mani Daneshmand, MD, has been appointed director of the Emory Heart & Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support programs, effective June 3, 2019. He will also serve as director of the Emory ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Program.
The Emory Healthcare Nurse Residency Program is seeking accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Emory Healthcare interventional radiologists are teaming up with MedShare, an Atlanta-based non-profit, to bring critical medical supplies to a hospital in Tanzania.
Emory neuroscientists have discovered a focal pathway in the brain that when electrically stimulated causes immediate laughter, followed by a sense of calm and happiness, even during awake brain surgery. The behavioral effects of direct electrical stimulation of the cingulum bundle, a white matter tract in the brain, were observed in three epilepsy patients.
Emory University's Serious Communicable Diseases Program has been awarded a competitive contract by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to assess the feasibility of elastomeric half mask respirator (EHMR) use in health care.
With the Democratic Republic of Congo facing an Ebola outbreak, philanthropist Dikembe Mutombo, a Congolese American who built a hospital in his native country, visited the Emory unit that cared for the first Ebola patients in the U.S.
The Emory Structural Heart & Valve Center names new leadership to its nationally renowned program.
Seven Emory nurses were honored at the 2018 Georgia Nurse of the Year Awards, sponsored by the Georgia Chapter of the March of Dimes.
The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) has recognized Emory University Hospital as one of 83 ACS NSQIP-participating hospitals to achieve meritorious outcomes in surgical patient care in 2017.
The Emory Transplant Center and patient Jamie McNeil have together created a safety net for McNeil's two-year-old granddaughter, while also starting a chain of kidney transplants through the National Kidney Registry's (NKR) Donor Voucher Program.
Emory University Hospital (including Emory University Hospital at Wesley Woods) has received Magnet recognition for a second time, a testament to its continued dedication to high-quality nursing practice.
It¿s an ongoing ¿spin cycle¿ for Emory¿s Laundry and Linen Services. The critical, round-the-clock operation cleans and disinfects over 600,000 pounds of linens every month.
Emory Healthcare has been recognized by Forbes in its Best Employers for New Grads' list.
As Emory Healthcare continues to grow in size and geography, a new leadership structure is being created to better support Emory's operations, staff, providers and ultimately, patients.
For the seventh year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Emory University Hospital the No. 1 hospital in Georgia and metro Atlanta in its 2018-2019 Best Hospitals Guide.
Emory University Hospital was designated as a Magnet organization in 2014 by the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®. This prestigious designation recognizes excellence in nursing services. In August 2018, Emory University Hospital is applying for re-designation.
A significant number of physicians recognized in the 2018 'Top Doctors' issue of Atlanta magazine are Emory physicians who practice at one of more than 200 Emory Healthcare provider locations, or who are on the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine.
Emory University Hospital has been named as one of Becker's Healthcare "100 great hospitals in America" for 2018.
A partnership involving Emory Healthcare, Royal Perth Hospital in Australia and health technology company Philips will move night intensive care work in the Emory eICU Center into daylight hours, focusing on the globalization of critical care medicine.
With a combined goal of improving the quality of patient care while lowering health care costs, Emory Healthcare and Walmart announced today the rollout of a new Accountable Care Plan (ACP) for Walmart associates in metro-Atlanta.
Physicians, nurses, and staff in Emory's Serious Communicable Diseases Unit (SCDU), located in Emory University Hospital, will participate Thursday in an exercise to test the nationwide ability to move patients with highly infectious diseases safely and securely to regional treatment centers.
Cataract surgery can be safely performed on Ebola virus disease survivors with impaired vision, Emory Eye Center ophthalmologists and 40 colleagues around the world report.
On March 19, 2018, Anne Schuchat, MD, former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Matthew Keadey, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine at Emory, spoke with reporters about the opioid crisis and how Georgia is responding.
Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine faculty are working in collaboration with the Middle East & North Africa Clinical Toxicology Association (MENATOX) to organize an international medical toxicology conference.
Eric Garrard, FACHE, PT, chief executive officer of Emory Rehabilitation Hospital, a part of Emory Healthcare, has been named to the council of the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Section for Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation.
The Emory Transplant Center has performed its first liver transplant from an HIV-positive deceased donor to an HIV-positive recipient, thanks to the implementation of the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act.
On Valentine's Day and throughout the month of February, we celebrate the heart. For heart transplant patients, they celebrate their heart, and the gift of life, throughout the entire year.
A survey developed by physicians and researchers at Emory University about organ donation and transplantation found that misperceptions about the lifesaving process are the most common deterrents for donating organs.
The Emory University Alumni Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 Emory Medal -- Emory's highest alumni award. The Medal will be awarded to H. Kenneth Walker, 56OX 58C 63M, 65MR, 70MR, 71MR, and to nursing alumni Crystal Johnson, 00N, Laura Mitchell-Spurlock, 950x 97N, and Jason Slabach, 13N.
Emory Healthcare is the first hospital system in North Georgia to offer patients access to a new spinal cord stimulator to help relieve chronic pain.
In fiscal year 2017, Emory Healthcare provided $73.5 million in charity care, which includes care for patients with no health insurance, not even Medicare or Medicaid, and no resources of their own.
Mary Dixon Still, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, clinical nurse specialist at Emory University Hospital has been recognized as a 2017 National Magnet Nurse of the Year by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.