Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals names SGMC Health Main Campus in Valdosta “Large Hospital of the Year” for 2024
Published 2:56 pm Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Submitted photo from left to right: Danny Smith, TD Bank, Title Sponsor of the Annual Conference, Hilary Gibbs, SGMC Health VP and Chief Development Officer, John Moore, SGMC Health SVP and CFO, Monty Veazey, President & CEO, Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals, Photo by Pamela Dabrowa, photo@pameladabrowa.com
VALDOSTA — The Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals, representing not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare systems in Georgia, has named SGMC Health’s Main Campus in Valdosta its “Large Hospital of the Year” for 2024 at the Alliance’s 41st Annual Conference.
“I am pleased to recognize SGMC Health as our Large Hospital of the Year, recognizing their consistent focus on patient care, and improving to serve their community,” said Monty Veazey, president and CEO of the Alliance.
“From their beginning as a standalone hospital in Valdosta to their current status as a four-hospital health system serving 15 South Georgia [counties], SGMC Health has rooted itself in serving South Georgia,” said Veazey.
“To help address major shortfalls in healthcare staffing, SGMC partners with The Mercer University School of Medicine Valdosta Clinical Campus to train the next generation of rural practitioners. Their plans to add Family Medicine, OB/GYN, and Psychiatry programs shows the depth of their commitment to providing specialty care in the community without having to travel further,” said Veazey
“Beyond the walls of their facilities, SGMC Health reaches out with community care programs including providing AED stations, ambulance traffic preemption systems, free mammography for qualifying rural patients, and hosting community stroke seminars,” he said.
