Program Director Interview with EMRA: Josh Mugele, MD
Program Director Interview with EMRA: Josh Mugele, MD
Helping Others Through Power of Encouragement (HOPE)
Adam J. Raulerson, MS, LMFT Business Development Manager, Laurelwood and Psychiatry residency program faculty May is Mental Health Awareness Month and given what all of us have been through over the last year, it seems appropriate to highlight one of the most important traits that helps us all continue to move forward. HOPE. Such a […]
Clinical Faculty and the Many Hats They Wear
Louise Jones, PhD, MEd Director of Research & Scholarly Activity Mentoring Mentoring, according to Lois Zachary, author of the 2021 edition of The Mentor’s Guide, is primarily about relational engagement between mentor and mentee. Zachary quotes the old African proverb as a means of describing the essence of mentoring: “If you want to travel fast, […]
FROM VOLUNTEER TO FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENT
Maria Angel, MD HOW DID YOUR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE AT NORTHEAST GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM (NGHS) COME ABOUT? In high school I knew that I was interested in the medical field. I grew up in the Suwanee/Duluth area, so I began researching and discovered the Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) Teen Volunteer program. I applied for the […]
Emotional Intelligence
by Devin Vicknair, MS, PhD What is Emotional Intelligence (EI)? Emotional intelligence can be best understood through four areas: Self-awareness: recognize and label your emotions, motivation, and mood; Self-management: controlling impulses, judgment, adaptability and directing mood; Social-awareness: empathizing with others and in tune with how people tend to function; Social skills: connecting, teamwork, and communication. […]
Publishing Research in NGMC’s Residency Programs
The Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) GME program has big plans for training all of our residents and faculty on how to write and publish their own research, case studies and more in peer-review scientific journals. Our ultimate goal in promoting publishing research in our programs is to help others across the country and world […]
Posted in General Surgery, Internal Medicine
Meet Karen Vigueras, Residency Management Software Coordinator for NGMC’s GME program
Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is eager to introduce Karen Vigueras as the Residency Management Software (RMS) coordinator for our Graduate Medical Education (GME) program. Vigueras joined Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) in 2015 as a recruiting assistant in Human Resources (HR). During her time in HR, Vigueras was part of the recruiting team that hired […]
Posted in GME
Meet Kylene Smartis, NGMC’s GME General Surgery program coordinator
We are proud to introduce Kylene Smartis as the Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Graduate Medical Education (GME) General Surgery program coordinator. Kylene joined the GME team in 2017 after spending four years in various other positions within Northeast Georgia Health System. She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from California Baptist University and […]
Posted in General Surgery, GME
Meet Nathan Creel, MD, General Surgeon in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is proud to introduce Nathan Creel, MD, General Surgeon in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. Dr. Creel’s role in the Graduate Medical Education (GME) program is to train residents in the areas of trauma surgery, critical care and acute care surgery and to provide mentorship for budding surgeons. Dr. Creel’s […]
Posted in General Surgery
Northeast Georgia General Surgery Residency Teaching Hospitals
The incoming class of general surgery residents at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC), in July 2019, will have the unique opportunity to train at multiple medical center locations across northeast Georgia. The residents in our Graduate Medical Education (GME) program will spend a majority of their time training at our two flagship hospitals – NGMC […]
Posted in General Surgery, GME