Your leadership as Vice Chair will be centered at Wellstar MCG Health, the flagship academic health center of the Medical College of Georgia. From the moment you enter the sprawling medical district in downtown Augusta, you feel the hum of an institution that blends urgent clinical care with academic purpose. The main tower rises above the city skyline, a place where tertiary and quaternary services meet the energy of teaching and research.
Inside, you’ll walk through modern surgical corridors lined with gleaming anesthesia machines and monitoring systems upgraded in a recent multimillion-dollar investment. The perioperative suites connect seamlessly to post-anesthesia care areas, and you’ll sense the rhythm of a high-volume operating environment—teams moving patients efficiently from pre-op to recovery, residents gathering in huddles to review cases, and faculty guiding the next generation at the bedside.
The 478-bed adult hospital anchors the campus, with the Children’s Hospital of Georgia just steps away, adding the vitality of pediatric specialists and families to the daily flow. Down the hall, the trauma bays are alive with the focused intensity of a Level I Adult Trauma Center, where more than 85,000 patients are treated each year. The integration of Epic EMR means that from a single workstation you can see the full perioperative picture, from surgical scheduling in Qgenda to AI-driven predictive analytics shaping care pathways.
Step outside the OR wing and the academic presence is unmistakable. Lecture halls and faculty offices sit alongside clinical spaces, ensuring that teaching and research are part of the same daily fabric as clinical care. The Georgia Cancer Center—just a short walk across campus—houses bright infusion suites, quiet consultation rooms, and bustling laboratories, reinforcing the sense that discovery and patient care are happening side by side.
The future is visible too. Cranes and new construction mark the expansion into Columbia County, where a new 100-bed facility will soon rise, reflecting Wellstar’s long-term investment in the region. The message is clear: this is not a system standing still but one moving forward with purpose, resources, and vision.
For you as Vice Chair, this environment offers more than bricks and mortar. It offers the energy of a campus alive with collaboration, the sound of monitors and teaching rounds in constant motion, and the reassurance of practicing in a place where institutional support and innovation are not abstract concepts but daily realities.