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Mary Beth Spence is the senior manager of media relations for Emory Healthcare at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, serving as the organization's communications, marketing and social media strategist. She also guides internal and external communications, pitches news stories to local, regional and national media outlets, and serves as a team member of Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences media relations group.
Mary Beth began her career in communications as a newspaper reporter and magazine editor at the Savannah Morning News and Savannah Magazine. She then entered the field of higher education at Georgia Southern University, serving as executive editor of Georgia Southern alumni magazine and other University publications, speechwriter for the University President and principal writer for University Advancement. Mary Beth received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Georgia.
The Rocco family found themselves huddled together in a recovery room at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital a little over a year ago. None of them lived in the metro Atlanta area or even Georgia. The patient was Carisa Rocco, 33 at the time, and living in New Jersey.
"He is my brother, but not of my mother,He is #58 and he is great;He gives the best hugs, and he doesn't do drugs."
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter visited Georgia Southern University's Hanner Fieldhouse in February for an evening of inspirational stories about their lives since leaving the White House. The Carters have a commitment to creating peace around the globe.
Hospital intensive care units (ICUs) treat patients around the clock. But overnight shifts are hard to fill and can lead to burnout. "Not only is it hard on the body to work at night, but it's hard at 3 in the morning to decide if this problem is enough of a problem to call a physician," said Katie Casey, an ICU nurse practitioner at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs.
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital has partnered with the City of Dunwoody to launch the "Walk with a Doc" program, a free monthly walk event at Brook Run Park that encourages exercise, outdoor activity and guidance on healthy lifestyle practices.
When the Sisters of Mercy founded Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta in 1880, they developed a reputation for caring for the region's poor and sick both inside and outside of the hospital, going where there was need.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - It's a condition that can make your heart race and put you at risk for stroke. But for some patients, medication can't control atrial fibrillation. See how two top surgeons are teaming up to offer a new procedure to help patients!
Emory doctors Douglas Murphy and Michael Halkos recently hosted an Intracardiac Robotics conference for surgical teams from medical institutions around the world to learn the ins and outs of robotically-assisted heart surgery.
Winship Cancer Institute at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital is the first hospital in the state and one of only seven medical centers in the nation to offer advanced radiosurgery for the brain with the Gamma Knife® Icon.
About four years ago, Dr. Tim Buchman groggily called a colleague after working yet another night shift. In 2014, Buchman, director of the Emory Critical Care Center, worked a total of 180 night shifts - 7 p.m.-7 a.m. - and the harsh realities of working evening hours were taking their toll.