One of Greenwood’s first internal medicine physicians, Dr. Wiley Price, Jr., was honored with the 2014 Lights for Love Star. Dr. Price laid the groundwork for specialists and other internists to join the greater Greenwood community over the next 60 years.
Holiday lights will be twinkling at Self Regional Medical Center on Thursday, Dec. 11th during the 2014 annual Lights for Love tree lighting ceremony at 5:30 p.m.
The 27th Annual Mid-Winter Ball will be co-chaired by Priya Kumar, M.D., and Megha Lal. This signature community event, scheduled for Saturday, February 28, 2015, will feature an exotic theme “A Passage To India” that takes guests on an incredible journey.
The South Carolina Spine Center, home to the Southeast’s first Brainsuite® iCT, announced today its 1,000th patient’s surgical procedure using this intra-operative technology installed in June 2010.
Actress and humanitarian Ashley Judd will be the 2014 Madame Curie Society speaker. In addition to her global success as an actress, Ms. Judd has become just as well known for her work in public health advocacy.
Self Regional Healthcare’s fourth annual Pretty in Pink, the area’s largest breast cancer awareness celebration, is scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Medford Center at Piedmont Technical College
The Self Regional Healthcare Foundation will use proceeds from the tournament to establish a Women’s Health fund that can be utilized for community outreach and programming to improve the health of the region’s women. The foundation was the title sponsor for the inaugural Women’s Health Classic.
Eight local students have each been awarded a $1,000 nursing scholarship from The Self Regional Healthcare Foundation at its annual nursing scholarship luncheon. The Foundation has two funds named in honor of two influential nurses who worked at Self Regional: the Mary Ella Ruff Nursing Scholarship fund and the Charlotte Blackwell Memorial Nursing Scholarship.
The public is invited to participate in this marrow registry event. The process takes 15 minutes and requires a cheek swab. Blood cancers like leukemia or other diseases such as sickle cell anemia may require a marrow transplant for survival. Having more individuals on the registry provides a greater chance for a match.
The Community Outreach Committee has selected five local nonprofits to receive a total of $143,000 to provide a safe haven for homeless individuals, expand the Girls on the Run program, visit limited-income new moms at home, establish wireless communication between ambulances and Emergency Care, and more.