Modern dentistry offers a plethora of ways to improve teeth — straightening, whitening, contouring, bonding, etc. — but what if your teeth aren’t the problem? What if your gums are? Some people are dissatisfied with...
The Magic Formula
Great students, talented faculty and invested patients all contribute to the creation and development of young physicians. At the Medical College of Georgia, we are incredibly fortunate to have all three. Dr. Kelli...
The Promise
MCG researchers discovered nearly 20 years ago that tumors and fetuses use the enzyme IDO to escape the immune response. A drug that blocks that pathway is now helping children with relapsed brain cancer. Hen Smadga did...
Right Place, Right Time
A new endowed chair named for Dr. William S. Hagler recognizes the work of the MCG graduate and retina and vitreous surgery pioneer. The mahogany case holds all the tools a Civil War surgeon would need – engraved saws...
Alumni and Philanthropy News: The Non-Traditionalist
For students entering medicine as a second career, Dr. Carol Meyer is giving them a leg up. It was a different time, to say the least. Dr. Carol Meyer (’67) had plans to become a physician. As a young child, the Florida...
Alumni and Philanthropy News: Inaugural endowed chairs named in neuroscience and vascular biology
Dr. Darrell Brann, Regents’ Professor and vice chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine at MCG, has been named the Virendra B. Mahesh, PhD, DPhil Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience. The Mahesh...
