Malia Bolt, owner of Purple House Gallery in Gainesville, won the Larson Juhl Design Star competition in 2017. As part of her winnings, a portion of the profits from the first year of sales was donated to a charity of her choice. Malia chose the Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) Foundation as her beneficiary and […]
Karen Baston and Chad Copper, MD, co-chairs of the 28th Annual Medical Center Open Golf Tournament, announced that the tournament raised a record-breaking $340,000 for construction of The Hub, a student success center for all Gainesville City and Hall County students and their families. The Hub will be built at Gainesville High School and […]
On October 10, local medical professionals, resident physicians and the community will have an opportunity to learn from a leading physician expert during the inaugural Henry S. Jennings, Jr., MD, Visiting Lectureship in Medical Humanities. C. Michael Valentine, MD, MACC, FAHA, FSCAI, will present “Physician, Heal Thyself – Finding More Joy and Less Burnout in […]
Residents of Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s (NGMC) long term care facilities, New Horizons Limestone and Lanier Park, received gifts from special visitors last week thanks to the generosity of Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) employees and a grant from the NGHS Foundation. Chris Brechtel, manager of long-term care rehabilitation for NGMC, was watching the news […]
NGHS employees are a very generous group that not only give through the work they do every day but also through payroll deduction donations to the Foundation. Last year, the Foundation had the vision of further engaging the NGHS family by creating a vehicle for them to identify areas where their donations can be […]
Dr. Sameena Salcin, an Internal Medicine resident physician, smiled ear to ear when she received her long white coat Monday night at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Gainesville. “To begin the next step in my medical journey back home in Georgia – where it all started for me – is very special,” said Dr. Salcin. […]
Thanks to a $100,000 gift from a group of active and retired physicians, Good News Clinics (GNC) is one step closer to integrating technology that will help improve patient care. This group of physicians forms the James H. Downey Society, a part of the Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) Foundation, and is dedicated to improving […]
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is now able to honor organ donors in a big way – by flying a Donate Life flag in their honor. A new flagpole, made possible by the vision and generosity of Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) employees, was dedicated today at NGMC Gainesville. The flagpole was […]
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Good News Clinics (GNC) is one step closer to improving care for patients in need by implementing an electronic health records system, thanks to $100,000 in funding from the R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation through The Medical Center Foundation (TMCF). Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) installed Epic as its electronic health record […]
THE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION’S 27TH ANNUAL MEDICAL CENTER OPEN SUPPORTS PURCHASE OF A MOBILE SIMULATION UNIT Jeff Terry, MD and Karen Baston, co-chairs of the 27th Annual Medical Center Open Golf Tournament, announced that the 10/4/18 golf tournament raised $320,000 for the purchase of a new mobile simulation unit. 100 percent of the proceeds […]
The Medical Center Foundation recently thanked its donors and volunteers by celebrating the accomplishments of its inaugural fundraising campaign to benefit Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton during a New Orleans style, jazz-themed gathering at the Braselton Event Center on the evening of August 23. “The inaugural campaign is a shining example of how amazing […]
NEW DONOR-FUNDED OUTDOOR DESTINATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT NORTHEAST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER BRASELTON BRASELTON, Ga. – As the summer’s mid-morning sun was rising above Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton, Chris and Jane B. Smoot were joined by hospital officials as they broke ground on The Courtyard Waterfall – a new outdoor destination made possible through […]
Previously, Chris served as Associate Vice President of Development at his alma mater, University of South Florida’s (USF) Foundation. In this role, Chris managed the major gifts development programs, leading a team of 22 staff. Prior to his position at USF, Chris served as Director of Development and Major Gifts for the Tampa General Hospital […]
Because You Care to Provide Lifesaving Technologies…… AEDs are in schools and public buildings throughout our region. Learn what that meant to one Gainesville High School student.
Thanks to a lead signature gift to The Medical Center Foundation from philanthropists Don and Dot Pirkle, fundraising is under way in earnest to purchase a new electronic health records system for Good News Clinics (GNC). “As a past board member for GNC and retired Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Officer for The Dow […]
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BRASELTON, Ga. – A new donor garden and international work of public art were dedicated Sunday afternoon at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton. Thanks to Jack and Janice Frost, NGMC Braselton’s patients, visitors and staff can now retreat to the Jack and Janice Frost Water Garden to find peace and tranquility steps away from […]