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MUMC Honored for Supporting National Guard and Reserves - (August 26, 2008) - The Georgia Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an agency of the Department of Defense, announced today that Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, was honored with an “Above and Beyond” award for extraordinary support of its employees who serve in the Georgia National Guard and Reserve. more...

Memorial Health Board Appoints Two New Members - (August 25, 2008) - Michael A. Kaigler and Christopher L. Wixon, M.D., have joined the Memorial Health Board of Directors. more...

Savannah’s MUMC Named One of Nation’s Most Adoption-Friendly Workplaces - (August 11, 2008) –Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) has been named to the 2008 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces in America list. more...

Stroke Care Program in Savannah, Georgia, Earns American Stroke Association Award - (August 5, 2008) – Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) has received the American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke Silver Performance Achievement Award. more...

MUMC Named ‘Most Wired’ for Ninth Consecutive Year - (July 22, 2008) – Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, has been named one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals for the ninth consecutive year. more...

Memorial Health Bariatrics Cited for Excellence - (June 9, 2008) – Memorial Health Bariatrics, the gastric bypass surgery program at Memorial University Medical Center, has been selected as a Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) Blue Distinction Center for bariatric surgery. more...

Backus Children’s Hospital to Host 18th Annual Teddy Bear Clinic - (June 4, 2008) – The George and Marie Backus Children’s Hospital at Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) will host the 18th annual Teddy Bear Clinic on Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hoskins Center on the MUMC campus (Ranger Road at 66th Street). more...

Complex and Rare Cancer Programs in Savannah, Georgia, Earn Blue Distinction - (June 2, 2008) – Memorial University Medical Center was named southeast Georgia’s only Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGa) Blue Distinction Center for Complex and Rare Cancers. more...

New Senior Vice President of Physician Services Announced - (May 29, 2008) – The Memorial University Medical Center Board of Directors has named John Angstadt, M.D., senior vice president over physician services. more...

Gastric Bypass Program Named Center of Excellence - (May 28, 2008) – Memorial University Medical Center’s bariatric surgery program has been named a Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). more...

SILS Surgical Technique Now Available at MUMC - (May 23, 2008) – Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) now offers a type of gallbladder surgery that requires only one small incision in the belly button. Fewer than 20 surgeons nationwide are skilled in this technique, and one of them is at MUMC. more...

Surgeon Carl Boyd Instructs Doctors in China and Singapore - (May 5, 2008) – Memorial University Medical Center surgeon Carl Boyd, M.D., took his expertise in hernia repair to surgeons in Shanghai, Quindao, Jinan, and Wenzhou, China. more...

Neonatal Family Reunion Honors Intensive Care Nursery Graduates - (May 2, 2008) – The Department of Neonatology at Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) will hold its 30th Neonatal Family Reunion to honor graduates of the MUMC intensive care nursery. more...

Memorial's Board of Directors Names Interim CEO - (April 30, 2008) – Memorial Health’s Board of Directors announced today the selection of Charles (Chuck) W. Neumann to serve as Interim CEO of Memorial. more...

Memorial Agrees to Civil Settlement Following OIG Inquiry - (April 24, 2008) — Memorial University Medical Center confirmed today that it has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, to resolve an investigation into the compensation practices for certain physicians employed by Memorial. more...

Memorial Physician Appointed to National Committee - (April 17, 2008) – Memorial University Medical Center surgeon Christopher Senkowski, M.D., FACS, has been appointed to the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) Coding and Reimbursement Committee. The SSO is a professional association for surgical oncologists and non-physician healthcare providers involved in cancer care. It has more than 2,000 physician members. more...

New Members Join Memorial's Board of Directors - (March 7, 2008) – Two new members have joined the Board of Directors at Memorial Health. more...

MUMC Opens Area’s Only Emotional Support Program for Older Adults - (February 6, 2008) – Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is pleased to announce the opening of SeniorCare, a mental health program dedicated to the treatment of older adults. more...

MUMC Cardiac Care Earns Premium Designation - (January 29, 2008) – Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is the only hospital in southeast Georgia that has received the UnitedHealth Premium® Cardiac Specialty Center designation for quality care. more...

Million Dollar Appropriation to Aid Obesity and Cancer Research at Memorial - (January 10, 2008) – Researchers at Memorial University Medical Center studying the link between obesity and gynecologic cancers received a $1.6 million federal appropriation. more...


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