Tanner Health System News
Eager shoppers lined up more than two hours before the doors opened to the 21st Annual Tanner Hospice Holiday Food Sale on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the First Baptist Church in Carrollton. An estimated 300 people took part in the food sale, which opened with 24 tables filled with about 500 homemade dishes, including casseroles, turkeys, barbecue, hors d’oeuvres, soups and desserts. Within 30 minutes, only five tables of food remained. Once again this year, the Carrollton High School’s Health Care Science St...
2013 Magnolia Ball Executive Committee Members (from left) Mrs. Nichole Pezold, Mrs. Annette Jones, Mrs. Jennifer Green, Mr. Jim Gill, Mrs. Cindy Denney, Mrs. Lori Ingram and Mrs. Meghan Sullivan. The 23rd annual Magnolia Ball—“Apodrasi se Santorini” (“Escape to Santorini”) - was held April 27 on the grounds of the Richards’ family estate and featured an auction, dinner and dancing. Honorary Chairs H.D and Annette Tyson. The black-tie gala raised almost $500,000 to help fund a new comprehensive inpatien...
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...
Through funds raised by the Bremen High School Powder Puff football game, the school’s Student Government Club made a generous donation of $500 to Tanner Medical Foundation’s Mammogram Assistance Fund. Each woman has a 1-in-8 chance of developing breast cancer, and mammograms are considered the best way to find the disease early. Tanner’s Mammogram Assistance Fund makes this essential screening possible for women who could not otherwise afford it. “We are so proud to once again partner with the Bremen Hi...
Bonnie Boles, MD, FCCP, with Pulmonary and Critical Care of West Georgia, is now board-certified in sleep medicine. Dr. Boles is already certified in pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine. In addition to serving as medical director of the intensive care unit (ICU) at Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica, Dr. Boles also is medical director of the Tanner Center for Sleep Disorders in Villa Rica. She received her latest certification in sleep medicine from the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. B...
At approximately 9 p.m. Thursday evening, Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton's new emergency department expansion experienced a failure of the fire suppression line, causing the release of large quantities of water, covering the entire first floor in about two inches. Fire alarm systems were automatically activated and the Carrollton Fire Department responded within minutes. Tanner employees from literally all parts of the organization worked side-by-side with fire department officials into the night to c...
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 ...