Cardiac Services News and Events

FREE Heart Health Seminars

2/22/2011 & 2/23/2011

BUFORD | DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Celebrate Heart Health Month by learning about heart health from the experts at Georgia’s #1 heart hospital!
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FREE Heart Failure Awareness Health Fair

02/19/2011

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Northeast Georgia Medical Center is hosting a FREE Heart Failure Awareness Health Fair at the Gainesville Civic Center from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m..
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NGMC #1 HealthGrades® Rankings Featured in Georgia Trend

12/09/2010

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is recognized as number one in the state in several categories in the article, “Top Georgia Hospitals,”  which appears in the December 2010 issue of Georgia Trend magazine.
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NGMC Medical Director of Cardiac Cath Labs Featured in National Video

11/10/2010

Jeffrey Marshall, MD, an interventional cardiologist with Northeast Georgia Heart Center (NGHC) and medical director of Cardiac Cath Labs at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC), is featured in a new video about the benefits of angioplasy and stenting.
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NGMC Named Georgia's #1 Heart Hospital for Sixth Consecutive Year

10/20/2010

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is ranked number one in Georgia and in the top 5% in the nation for cardiac care for the sixth year in a row (2006-2011), according to a comprehensive study released today by HealthGrades®.
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NGMC Helps Train Heart Staff of Satilla Regional Medical Center, Accepts Generous Donation

06/14/2010

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Satilla Regional Medical Center (SRMC) requested its $5,000 donation to The Medical Center Foundation’s Healthy Journey campaign be used to help fund the Northeast Georgia Regional STEMI Program.  Administrators at SRMC, in Waycross, Ga., say they made the donation in appreciation of the training their heart staff received from NGMC.
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The Medical Center Foundation and NGPG Cardiology Donate Life-Saving Equipment to Union County Schools

01/25/2010

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. – Students, faculty and staff of the Union County School System who suffer sudden heart attacks may be saved by new equipment donated by Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) Cardiology and The Medical Center Foundation of Northeast Georgia Health System.
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Northeast Georgia Medical Center Unveils New Heart Failure Unit

10/27/09

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Patients suffering heart failure can now be admitted to the region’s first dedicated, inpatient Heart Failure Unit at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC).
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NGMC Rated #1 Heart Hospital in Georgia for the 5th Year in a Row

10/15/09

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is ranked number one in Georgia and in the top 5% in the nation for cardiac care for the fifth year in a row (2006-2010), according to a comprehensive study released October 13 by HealthGrades.
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Northeast Georgia Medical Center Offers New, Life-Saving Cardiac Device

03/23/09

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Cardiologists at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) now have a new option to help treat people with severe coronary artery disease who are not eligible for conventional open heart surgery.
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Northeast Georgia Medical Center Recognized As #1 In Georgia For Overall Cardiac Care For The Fourth Consecutive Year

10/14/2008

HealthGrades study finds Northeast Georgia Medical Center is one of only nine hospitals in the nation to rank #1 in all four cardiac categories ...
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Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Cardiac Services to offer Women’s Vascular Screening Day at The Imaging Center Braselton

7/17/2008
Cardiology

Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s (NGMC) Cardiac Services encourages everyone to be proactive about cardiovascular health and will offer a day of vascular screenings for women at The Imaging Center Braselton on Wednesday, Aug. 6...
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Northeast Georgia Medical Center uses Stereotaxis Odyssey network

7/8/2008
Cardiology

Physicians and staff at Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s (NGMC) Electrophysiology Lab participated in the State of the Art in Electrical Treatments of Arrhythmias conference in Milan, Italy, July 1...
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Northeast Georgia Medical Center participates in clinical trial of MRI-safe pacemaker

6/23/2008
Cardiology

Physicians at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) and Northeast Georgia Heart Center, PC, have begun enrolling patients in a clinical study of the first pacemaker system designed for...
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Northeast Georgia Medical Center to sponsor free seminar on

6/5/2008
Cardiology

Women are invited to Matters of the Heart: Women and Heart Disease, a free educational seminar on women’s cardiovascular health...
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NGMC receives national accreditation for echocardiography

4/18/2008
Cardiology

The Echocardiography Laboratories at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC)’s Main Campus and Lanier Park Campus recently received national accreditation for echocardiography through the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories...
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Mended Hearts March meeting to feature Dr. Daniel Winston

2/25/2008
Cardiology

Northeast Georgia Mended Hearts, Inc. will hold its next meeting in Hall County Tuesday, March 4, 2008 in the Walters Auditorium located at the main campus of Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC). Daniel Winston, MD, a surgeon with Peachtree Cardiovascular...
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Cardiac Services - Awards and Recognition

Awards & Recognition Since it began offering advanced cardiac surgical and intervention services in late 2002, Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has received national recognition for its excellent clinical outcomes, and the
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