Giving Back: Distinguished Alumnus a Pillar of His Community

Dr. Ben W. Jernigan Jr. has been on the fast track most of his life. “I think I was born to be a dentist,” says Jernigan (’76), who grew up in the Atlanta area. “I’ve been very fulfilled my entire career. I’ve never regretted a single day.” That being the case, he was a prime candidate when DCG...

Wide Open: Endodontic Research has Countless Applications

Drs. Franklin Tay and Fucong Tian have cumulatively traveled tens of thousands of miles to get where they are today, but the journey has been well worth the effort. Tay, chair of the Department of Endodontics, left Hong Kong 16 years ago to join the DCG faculty. Prior to that, he spent eight years...

A Heart for Service

“I believe we are all leaders, if not leaders of people or projects, then of our own lives.” This is Dr. Scott T. Wallace’s summation of one of the most vital lessons he believes educators can impart to students. And he thinks the philosophy should be reinforced both in and out of the classroom. As...

History with a Mission

Guardhouse Museum renovation breathes new life into an original Arsenal building.

Following the Frontline

Yearlong study of coronavirus in frontline workers underway Fifteen hundred frontline workers are being recruited for a yearlong study to find what percentage are positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, what percentage become positive and whether the antibodies they produce — naturally and in...

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Exploring New Dimensions

Gardner Marshall was 12 when he realized that his fertile imagination had practical applications. “I liked to come up with weird, crazy theories about things like extra dimensions in space and how the universe works,”...

A Lifetime of Service

Being named The Dental College of Georgia’s 2023 Distinguished Alumnus is a mixed bag for Dr. J. Ben Deal. “I’m very grateful for the honor, but I’m uncomfortable with the attention,” he concedes. Yet Deal is a master...

PHOTOS FOR THE BLIND

It’s an idea that got its start while he was an undergraduate student at Mercer University in Macon. Xhemali worked with Sinjae Hyun, PhD, professor and chair of biomedical engineering at Mercer, to create 3D printed...

IN MEMORIAM

George P. Sessions, MD, ’55, a physician who guided the establishment of the anesthesia departments at three Atlanta hospitals, died March 1. In 2021, he and his wife, Martha, made one of the first gifts to the MCG 3+...

HONORING A MENTOR

When Dr. Kay Kramer, ’84, decided to support her alma mater, the Medical College of Georgia, she not only honored a role model, but also learned along the way the smartest way for her to give back. Kramer has given over...

Secret Lives

In the Field

Naomi Monge

In the Field: Through Another’s Eyes

It’s 10 a.m. on a Tuesday morning. In a routine repeated nearly 2,000 times over 35 years, nonagenarian Naomi Monge sets the morning’s Augusta Chronicle in front of her on the desk and reaches for the phone. She dials a...

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