“The same drive and calling that pushed me to become a physician also mandates caring for and considering the needs of other people, in every aspect of life,” said Richelle Jefferson, M.D.
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The University of South Alabama won Best Local College while USA Health was voted Best Local Company to Work for (Over 50 Employees) in the 2024 Lagniappe readers’ choice contest.
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Gul H. Dadlani, M.D., will officially join USA Health in January 2024.
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“We have gotten really good at taking care of patients when they come into the hospital, but the recovery of patients and the prevention of diseases are about involving the person and the community.”
Matthew Carnes, M.D., an assistant professor of internal medicine at the Whiddon College of Medicine, is board certified in internal medicine and in gastroenterology and hepatology, both by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
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Hosted by the USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute, the event was a celebration of breast cancer awareness.
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“It is great to be recognized for the academic footprint all of the faculty in the neurosurgery department are helping to create,” Richard P. Menger, M.D., M.P.A., said.
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Deborah Browning, M.S.N., RN, CENP previously served as chief nursing officer beginning in 2021 and then interim administrator.
![Blood and platelet donations needed with supplies critically low](https://marketingassetstorage.blob.core.windows.net/news/_newsCard1x/420809/blood-donation.jpg?20231010102315)
USA Health is feeling the effects of the national blood shortage.
![The Wave Wellness Room now open at Children’s & Women’s Hospital](https://marketingassetstorage.blob.core.windows.net/news/_newsCard1x/420824/230919-wellness-room-1.jpg?20231010105424)
To offer a place to practice self-soothing techniques through all five senses, The Wave Wellness Room has been created for employees at Children’s & Women’s Hospital.
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“We want to make sure children are riding as safely as possible in properly installed seats,” said Kelly Ison, M.D., a pediatrician at Pediatric Associates of Mobile/USA Health.
![University of South Alabama announces Providence is now part of USA Health](https://marketingassetstorage.blob.core.windows.net/news/_newsCard1x/230721-providence-hospital-1-1.jpg?20230928140856)
The acquisition includes Providence’s 349-bed hospital, eight clinics on the hospital campus and six family practice sites in west and north Mobile and Moss Point, Mississippi. An estimated 1,800 Providence associates, physicians and other providers are now part of USA Health.
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“He was an amazing teacher and an even better man. Simply put, Dr. Haynes was and will always be a legend to me.”