Breaking out of sepsis: Emergency Medicine teams take on the escape box challenge In partnership with the NGMC Sepsis Program navigators, Amanda Remillard, Trixy Paloger and Ann Boyer, our Emergency Medicine residents and core faculty put their sepsis knowledge to the ultimate test in a high-energy, gamified simulation. The challenge? An escape-box style game designed […]
More amazing news from the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship program! Our inaugural graduating class had a 100% cardiology board pass rate! You can read more about them here. Additionally, the fellowship boasts a 100% match rate for interventional cardiology fellowships! Two of our 2024 fellows matched, as well as our chief fellow Dr. Fardeen Faiz. Preparing […]
CSI nominated for prestigious SSH DAISY team award in healthcare simulation The Center for Simulation and Innovation (CSI) team has been nominated for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) DAISY Team Award, recognizing their extraordinary impact on maternal healthcare education and patient safety. The CSI team has confronted Georgia’s maternal healthcare crisis head-on through […]
Monica Newton, DO, founding program director of the Family Medicine residency program at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC), has been elected President of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians (GAFP). GAFP is the Georgia chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), with a mission to promote the health of Georgians and advancing the […]
Resident physicians, medical students, first responders and nursing school students from across the state are learning enhanced life-saving skills to elevate patient care through human donor-based anatomy training provided by Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS). The Center for Simulation and Innovation at NGHS recently partnered with the Region 2 Regional Trauma Advisory Committee (RTAC), Georgia […]
HOPE for Georgia moms tackles leading cause of maternal mortality at second maternal cardiac roundtable On October 10, 2025, HOPE for Georgia Moms convened its second Maternal Cardiac Roundtable bringing together over 60 medical professionals and advocates to combat cardiac conditions—the leading cause of maternal mortality in Georgia. The event brought together residency and program directors from […]
A physician who was among the first residents with Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is returning as a fellowship-trained specialist and a shining example that the organization’s goal to train the best and brightest to care for the region is paying off. Martin Herrera, DO, is a graduate of the 2022 inaugural class of the […]
Making Waves: Tasha Murchison brings simulation innovation to AWHONN Georgia section conference 2025 The 2025 Georgia AWHONN Section Conference proved to be a landmark event for experiential learning in nursing education, thanks to the groundbreaking presentation by Tasha Murchison, NGMC clinical simulation educator. Her dynamic session, “Waves of Innovation: Ideas That Make a Splash with […]
Welcome Our Newest CSI Team Member Joy Perrin, BSN, RN, CCRN, Clinical Simulation Educator Joy earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia in 2005. She also holds an associate degree in business from Truett McConnell College and a Bachelor of Science in biology from Piedmont University. With more than […]
Change Grants are funded through WATCH, the employee giving club at NGHS. Launched in 2019, Change Grants allow employees to submit ideas for projects that improve patient experience, employee morale and patient-family satisfaction. Through employee generosity and passion for our mission, NGHS team members are making great things happen across our entire region. Team leader […]