Business and Civic Leaders Attend CSRA in Scrubs : MCGHealth

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Business and Civic Leaders Attend CSRA in Scrubs

August 4, 2008

Augusta, GA--

Group shot of CSRA in Scrubs Eighteen business and civic leaders from across the area recently became the third graduating class from the MCGHealth CSRA in Scrubs event. Participants "scrubbed in" for the day to learn about the inner workings of an academic medical center, including how an organ or tumor can be removed laparoscopically using special surgical tools; how heavy a protective lead apron can become when on your feet for a heart procedure in the Electrophysiology Laboratory; how clinicians, patients and families get through tough ethical dilemmas in healthcare; and what the environment is like for children and patients in the MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center. Participants were (front row left to right) Don Grantham, Augusta Commissioner; Haskell Toporek, Smith Barney; Dee Crawford, McDonald’s; Susan Nicholson; Ann Boardman, community leader; Miss Augusta Laura Stone; Marilyn Brock, NBC Augusta; Jim Bennett, Bennett & Nicholson Development Company; Larry Moss, Augusta Mortgage Company; (back row left to right) Gerry Gantt, Wal-Mart; Kent Dunn, Beasley Broadcasting; John Ray, WRDW News12; Tim McGill, Georgia Power Company; Roger Duke, Energy Solutions; Senator Ed Tarver; Brad Usry, Fat Man’s; Anthony Crosson, CSRA Development Center; and the Honorable Daniel Craig, Superior Court Judge.

	Photo Caption for UsryDukeGucwa: Dr. Angela Gucwa shows Brad Usry or Fat Man’s what conditions a scope inside a patient’s throat or airway might uncover as Roger Duke of Energy Solutions looks on at the recent CSRA in Scrubs event at MCGHealth.
	Photo Caption for Crawford_Beatty: Dr. John Beatty talks to Dee Crawford. owner of five area McDonald's restaurants, about the latest surgical techniques at MCGHealth as she works with some of the advanced tools during the recent CSRA in Scrubs event.
	Photo Caption for CrossonGranthan_Moss: (Left to Right) Anthony Crosson of the CSRA Development Center, Augusta Commissioner Don Grantham and Larry Moss of Augusta Mortgage Company don paper suits, hair coverings and other protective wear before visiting a pediatric operating room at the MCGHealth Children's Medical Center during the recent CSRA in Scrubs event.
	Photo Caption for EPVestBennett: Before Marcia Frye, a nurse manager in cardiology, even finishes fastening it, Jim Bennett of Bennett and Nicholson Development Company is surprised by the weight (about 25 pounds) of a standard lead vest that the electrophysiology team members must wear for personal protection during procedures in the EP lab a MCGHealth.

For more information, contact:

M. Denise Parrish
Media Relations Manager
MCG Health, Inc.
706-721-9566
mparrish@mail.mcg.edu