MCG Health, Inc. today transferred $10.1 million to the Medical College of Georgia during the MCG Health, Inc. Board of Directors annual meeting.  MCG Health, Inc. Board Chairman Don Leebern, Jr. (right), and President and CEO Don Snell (left) presented a check totaling $10,148,742 to MCG President Dr. Daniel W. Rahn (center).

“Every year since October 2002, MCG Health, Inc. has used 43 percent of its margin to support the education and research mission of the Medical College of Georgia,” said Snell. “Like most health systems, we face an increasingly challenging financial climate.  Nevertheless, our annual donation to the Medical College remains a priority.”

Over the past seven years, MCG Health, Inc. has transferred more than $70.5 million to the Medical College of Georgia.

MCG Health System is composed of three organizations - MCG Health Inc. and the clinical services offered by the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia and the members of the MCG Physicians Practice Group.  MCG Health, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCG Medical Center, MCG Children’s Medical Center, the MCG Sports Medicine Center, MCG Ambulatory Care Center, the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center and related clinical facilities and services.  MCG Health, Inc. was formed to support the research and education mission of the Medical College of Georgia, and to build the economic growth of the CSRA, the state of Georgia and the Southeast by providing an environment for delivering the highest level of primary and specialty health care.  For more information, please visit www.MCGHealth.org.