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Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is a two-state healthcare organization serving a 35-county area in southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina. The system includes its flagship hospital, a 530-bed tertiary medical center; Memorial primary and specialty care physician networks; a major medical education program; business and industry services; and NurseOne, a 24-hour call center. Memorial University Medical Center has been named a Distinguished Hospital by J.D. Power and Associates four years in a row for providing an outstanding patient experience. Visit our Web site at www.memorialhealth.com.

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24 NOV	MUMC Cancer Program Granted Prestigious Accreditation
	The Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (ACI) at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia, has been granted a Three-Year Accreditation with Commendation by The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons. ACI is the only facility in the region to have received this CoC Accreditation with Commendation.

19 NOV	MUMC Switches To Environmentally Friendly Surgical Kits
	In September, MUMC became the first acute-care facility in the United States to begin using the new Hybrid Preference Pack™ from the healthcare service companies Cardinal Health and SRI Surgical®. These environmentally friendly packs are a mix of both disposable and reusable products in its operating rooms, catheterization lab, labor and delivery rooms, and outpatient surgery departments.

23 OCT	Memorial Health Names Vice President of Human Resources
	Memorial Health has announced the appointment of Richard J. Roche as its new vice president for human resources. Roche comes with more than twenty years of senior management in the healthcare industry.

22 OCT	MUMC Recognized for Improving Quality While Reducing Costs
	Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, has been recognized for quality performance in three areas -save lives, safely reduce the cost of care, and deliver the most reliable and effective care – as a participant in the nationwide Premier Inc., healthcare alliance QUEST: High-Performing Hospitals improvement project.

14 OCT	MUMC Rated Savannah's Top Hospital
	Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is Savannah’s top-rated hospital, and is among the top 10 hospitals in Georgia for cardiac care, vascular surgery, spine surgery, stroke care, pulmonary care, critical care, and gastrointestinal care. The results are based on an annual study released by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization.

30 SEP	Memorial Health in Savannah Earns Award for Excellence in Women’s Care
	Memorial Health received a 2009/2010 Women’s Health Excellence award from HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. Only 169 hospitals received the award nationwide. According to HealthGrades, this places Memorial University Medical Center among the top 5 percent nationally for women’s health.

18 AUG	Memorial Health Rewarded in Quality Care Project
	Memorial Health in Savannah, Georgia has been recognized for quality performance in six areas in a nationwide hospital quality improvement project. Memorial Health received awards for meeting or exceeding quality guidelines while caring for people in all five areas monitored by the HQID -- heart attack, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, heart failure, pneumonia, and hip and knee replacement.

13 AUG	Memorial Health Names New Foundation Vice President
	Memorial Health in Savannah, Georgia today announced the appointment of O. Phoenicia Miracle as its new vice president for the Memorial Health Foundation, the fundraising arm of the organization.

06 AUG	MUMC Surgeon in Savannah Removes Spleen Using Advanced SILS Technique
	Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah (MUMC), Georgia surgeon Christopher Senkowski, M.D., has removed a patient’s spleen through an advanced technique known as Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS). Only a handful of surgeons worldwide are able to perform complex spleen removal with SILS. The SILS approach has an excellent safety and outcomes record.

13 JUL	MUMC in Savannah Named ‘Most Wired’ for Tenth Consecutive Year
	Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, has been named one of the nation’s 100 Most Wired hospitals for the tenth consecutive year. The results were announced in the July 2009 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the journal of the American Hospital Association.

27 JUN	MUMC In Savannah Names Mary Chatman Chief Nursing Officer
	Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) today announced the appointment of Mary Chatman, MSN, R.N., as its new chief nursing officer (CNO). She will officially start work on August 3.

06 JUN	New President and CEO Takes Reigns at Memorial Health In Savannah
	Phillip S. Schaengold, J.D., MBA, FACHE, has begun work as the new president and CEO of Memorial Health in Savannah, Georgia. Schaengold is a veteran healthcare executive with more than 25 years of senior leadership experience, primarily at academic medical centers and safety-net hospitals similar to Memorial University Medical Center.

13 May	Savannah’s Memorial Health Earns National Patient Safety Award
	For the second year in a row, Memorial Health received the Patient Safety Excellence Award from HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. Receiving the award for two straight years places Memorial in an elite group of only 160 hospitals nationwide.

27 MAR	Memorial Enters Contract Negotiations for New President and CEO
	The Board of Directors of Memorial Health announced today that it has voted to enter into contract negotiations with Phillip S. Schaengold, J.D., M.B.A., FACHE, to become the next president and chief executive officer of Memorial Health.

12 NOV	MUMC Receives Hero Award for Sugar Refinery Efforts
	The Georgia Medical Society presented Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Ga., with a Healthcare Hero award.

27 AUG	MUMC Honored By Department Of Defense For Extraordinary Support Of Employees Who Serve In The Georgia National Guard And Reserve
	Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, was honored by the Georgia Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) ), an agency of the Department of Defense, with an “Above and Beyond” award in recognition of extraordinary support of its employees who serve in the Georgia National Guard and Reserve.

26 AUG	Savannah’s Memorial Health Board Appoints Two New Members
	Michael A. Kaigler and Christopher L. Wixon, M.D., have joined the Memorial Health Board of Directors. Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is a two-state healthcare organization serving a 35-county area in southeast Georgia and southern South Carolina.