A Critical Junction Dr. Ferenc “Frank” Deak describes a chemical synapse as “really where all the action happens in the brain,” a point where an action potential, basically an electrical message from the neuron...
Grey Matters – Spinal Cord Injury
Enhancing care of the brain The MCG Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, under the leadership of Dr. Xin-Yun Lu, department chair since July 2019, has been making strategic hires of scientists with...
From the President: Spring/ Summer 2021
Though I could easily fill this column with praise for the hard work, dedication and leadership our faculty, staff and remarkable students have demonstrated during the year-plus fight against COVID-19 — and let me be...
2020 John F. Beard Award for Compassionate Care
The $40,000 annual John F. Beard Award is given by William Porter “Billy” Payne and his wife, Martha, to a graduating MCG or health sciences student who exemplifies caring and compassion in health care. Payne, the...
Perfect Timing
Transformative gift helps reestablish dermatology as a department at MCG It was just before Christmas 2018, and Dr. David Hess, dean of the Medical College of Georgia, was about to give the three people sitting in...
From the MCG Alumni Association President Fall 20/Winter 21
I am sure none of us had any concept of the effect a small RNA virus could have on our lives. As physicians, we have experienced some of the most life-changing effects of COVID-19 as any group in America. Through these...
