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Leaving a Legacy and Inspiring Others
When Dr. David Parks graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1984 and went on to become an otolaryngology resident at his alma mater, he had no idea his enthusiasm for his beloved medical school would result in...
Never Taken For Granted
John West, ’85, was saved thanks to the friendship of two MCG graduates The story begins more than 120 years ago, when Robert M. West Sr. graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in May 1900. Or maybe it begins...
A Message from the President of the MCG Alumni Association
My personal journey with the Medical College of Georgia began in Augusta at the old University Hospital, long before MCG’s current teaching hospitals were ever conceived. My father was a junior medical student at MCG...
Grey Matters – Brain Tumors
Driving On Neuro-oncology director Dr. John Henson is accelerating MCG’s program for brain and central nervous system cancers. Monday through Friday, neurooncologist Dr. John Henson climbs into his car, buckling in for...
Grey Matters – PTSD
Suppressed by Stress Our body is always about balance, and HCN1 is like a natural moderator in the hippocampus, our center of learning and memory. HCN1 helps keep neuron activity and connectivity from getting excessive...
