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Casual golfers and golfing fanatics alike recently seized the opportunity to make a difference for patients needing emergency care in Braselton. On Tuesday, Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) Foundation hosted the 2023 Laurel Classic golf tournament benefitting the expansion of the Emergency Department at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton and announced the renaming of […]

Patients and their loved ones can now rest assured they are receiving the best, in-home palliative care in Georgia. Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s (NGMC) In-Home Palliative Care program is the first in the state to be accredited by Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP), an independent, non-profit accrediting organization for home and community-based healthcare organizations. “Receiving […]

When patients go to the hospital, they should be able to trust that their safety is at the forefront of every provider’s mind. At Northeast Georgia Medical (NGMC) Barrow, patients can rest assured that’s the case, as the hospital recently received an “A” Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group – a national nonprofit upholding the […]

Between the two of them, Erine Raybon-Rojas, MD, and Juan Turner care for a wide range of patients who make their way through Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS). Dr. Raybon-Rojas is a pulmonary critical care intensivist at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) in Gainesville while Chef Juan is the director of nutritional services at NGMC […]

The new Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Lumpkin is set to open in 2024, followed by the new patient tower at NGMC Gainesville in 2025 – and both hospitals are looking to add some extra character. Northeast Georgia Health System has put out a call for local artists to submit their work for a chance […]

The community in and around Braselton will soon see changes to Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s (NGMC) campus, bringing much-needed, expanded access to care for the growing population in north Georgia. Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) celebrated the coming expansion with a groundbreaking event for hospital staff, physicians and community leaders on Thursday, April 27. “We […]

Patients in the Buford and Gainesville areas will soon have even more access to quality heart care, close to home. Sanjay Lall, MD, has been practicing cardiology in the Atlanta area for 17 years and is now bringing that experience to the team at Georgia Heart Institute. Previously, Dr. Lall cared for patients at Piedmont […]

Researchers at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Gainesville’s Level I trauma center are participating in an international clinical trial to study how a device could increase trauma patients’ chances of survival. NGMC Gainesville was chosen among eight leading Level I trauma centers across the United States and Canada. The trauma team at NGMC Gainesville already […]

You underwent a septal myectomy to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Now what? Any surgical procedure requires some amount of recovery time, and septal myectomy is no different. The length of your recovery and how you feel as you recover will vary somewhat, but we answer a few common questions about what recovery looks like below. Is […]

The value of hard work is not lost on Karen Gersch, MD. Dr. Gersch grew up on a small, North Carolina farm taking care of animals and living simply as a “country kid,” enjoying all that comes with that moniker. Patients in northeast Georgia and beyond will now get to see that hard work firsthand, […]

Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) recently recognized two employees as its 2023 Employees of the Year, the highest honor a NGHS employee can receive. Each year, the selection committee is challenged to select one of the system’s Employees of the Month to receive the honor and this year, choosing just one proved to be a difficult […]

Offering patients many benefits, robotic heart surgery can sound too good to be true. If a heart surgery is in your future, you may wonder whether you’re a candidate for this innovative type of surgery. There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to this question! As with any type of surgical procedure, the decision about the type of […]

People who trust Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Barrow are likely to receive care from employees who are among the most engaged in the nation, according to a recent recognition. NGMC Barrow has been named a 2022 Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Awardwinner by Press Ganey, a leading third-party company that tracks and analyzes patient […]

If you’ve been diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, your cardiologist may recommend septal myectomy to treat the condition. Does that mean you’ll be having open-heart surgery? The short answer is: Maybe, but maybe not. While septal myectomy has traditionally been performed as an open-heart procedure, new innovations in performing the procedure offer a less-invasive option for […]

Karthik Ramaswamy, MD, is returning home to north Georgia and rejoining the electrophysiology program he started nearly two decades ago. A native of Smyrna, Georgia, Dr. Ramaswamy was director of the electrophysiology laboratory at Georgia Heart Institute from 2004 to 2011. He received his training in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at the University of Texas […]

Patients in need of long-term inpatient rehabilitation in north Georgia will soon have more access to these critical services. Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, have entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate a new inpatient rehabilitation facility in Gainesville. The state of Georgia […]

The use of two new technologies, Octaray Catheter, and the NuVision 4D ICE catheter, now provides a more precise view into the electrical signals in a patient’s heart for a variety of electrophysiology (EP) procedures and allows enhanced clarity, speed, and precision when treating arrhythmias, left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion procedures, and others.  Octaray Mapping […]

More physicians are on the way to care for people across the region, as Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) learned Friday who is joining the newest class of resident physicians this summer.   The organization’s fifth class spans seven specialties and increases the number of residents in each specialty to: NGMC also has 12 Cardiovascular Disease […]