Tanner Health System News
More than 1,800 people thronged the new emergency department and expanded surgical services unit at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton on Saturday, Jan. 26, being among the first to get a glance at the future of health care in the region. Visitors began arriving as much as 30 minutes before the open house began at 10 a.m. and many stayed after displays and tours began to wrap up at 2 p.m., trying to take in as much of the new expansion as possible. Tanner staff offered tours of the hospital’s new, 40-bed ...
Amy Dodson, DO, FACOG, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, has joined West Georgia Healthcare for Women, PC, and the medical staff of Tanner Health System. Dr. Dodson decided to pursue a career as a gynecologist and obstetrician in middle school, when she was assigned to do a project on the female reproductive system. “It sounds strange, but I was fascinated,” she said. “I knew, right then, that this was what I wanted to do. I wanted to help women understand their reproductive health, and I...
For people in the market for a job, some of the best places to work in metro Atlanta are right here in west Georgia. For a fifth time, Tanner Health System has been named one of the region’s top 10 “Best Places to Work” among large employers by the Atlanta Business Chronicle – Atlanta’s leading business publication. Tanner previously earned the distinction in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. For 2011, Tanner ranked ninth. With more than 2,500 employees, Tanner is Carroll County’s second-largest employer behind...
Brent Harris, MD, has joined Professional Park Medical Services and the medical staff of Tanner Health System. He began seeing patients in July. Dr. Harris earned his medical degree from the Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, and completed his residency in family and community medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He and his wife, Anna Harris, MD, a radiation oncologist with Tanner Radiation Oncology, are the authors of the book “The Fiji Vacation Diet.” W...
About 130 cancer survivors, guests and volunteers enjoyed hors d'oeuvres and an inspiring presentation Thursday evening that took them to the peaks of the world’s Seven Summits at Tanner Health System and Tanner Cancer Care’s fourth annual Celebration of Life at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton. Special guest speaker Sean Swarner, a two-time cancer survivor and the first cancer survivor to scale Mount Everest and the other Seven Summits—the highest peaks on each of the seven continents, including Mount ...
The latest construction update: On Monday, Oct. 3, the Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton corridor from the main hospital to the emergency department reopened and the temporary hallway closed. Updated: Oct. 3, 2011 Previous construction updates: On Monday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. until approximately 3 p.m., the entrance to the Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton emergency department will be reduced to one lane for entrance and exit into the emergency department due to on-going construction. The constru...
The Carrollton Dawnbreakers Rotary Club donated more than 1,000 children’s books for young visitors to the Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton Emergency Department. The books were given in celebration of Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton’s emergency department and surgical services open house on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and to launch the Tanner ReadER program . The program strives to improve local literacy rates by making books accessible to area children to foster an interest in reading whenever pos...
John Pearson, MD, a board-certified urologist, is joining West Georgia Urology and the medical staff of Tanner Health System. Dr. Pearson earned his medical degree from Northwestern Medical School in Chicago. He completed a surgical internship as well as a fellowship in cancer research and urology at the University of California, San Francisco. He also served as a lieutenant commander at Naval Hospital Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla. Dr. Pearson is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a m...
Gov. Nathan Deal (second from the left) and his wife, Sandra (left), learn about the new Surgical Services unit and Clinic Avenue atrium, as well as the delayed opening of the new emergency department, from Tanner President and CEO Loy M. Howard (right) and Tom Fitzgerald, MD (second from the right), medical director of the hospital’s emergency department. Responding to an invitation from Tanner Health System, Gov. Nathan Deal and his wife, Sandra, visited Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton on Thursday, t...
Loy Howard, president and CEO of Tanner Health System, left, and Dr. John Burson, chairman of Tanner’s board of directors, received Outstanding Patient Experience Awards for Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton and Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica from Katherine Henchen, with HealthGrades. The ratings firm ranked the facilities among the top 10 percent in the nation for patient satisfaction. For the second year in a row, Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton and Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica rank among the to...