Genetic Partnership to Create National Hub in Greenwood
Self Regional Healthcare, Clemson, and the Greenwood Genetic Center have announced a groundbreaking partnership to create a national hub for human genetics research.
Self Regional Healthcare, Clemson, and the Greenwood Genetic Center have announced a groundbreaking partnership to create a national hub for human genetics research.
World Golf Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez will attend the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation’s Mid-Winter Ball in Greenwood to award a Pro-Am golf experience package to one lucky bidder at the ball’s silent auction.
The Lakelands community is projected to receive $1.3 million in 2014 from grants funded by Self Regional Healthcare towards community health and wellness. In January, the committee awarded more than $400,000 of the $1.3 million to six local organizations.
A $10,000 contribution from Countybank and Greenwood Capital and Associates has been accepted for the SRH Foundation Mid-Winter Ball benefiting the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Limited tickets are still available for this year’s event.
Express Medical Care•Laurens, a new urgent care healthcare practice in Laurens County, opened to patients on January 6, 2014. Urgent care focuses on delivering non-emergency medical services on weekends and when doctor’s offices are usually closed.
Three future respiratory therapists have each been awarded scholarships from the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation to help fund their studies at Piedmont Technical College.
The 26th annual ball will be co-chaired by Jane Dean and Jenni Shingler. This signature community event is scheduled for Saturday, March 1, 2014 and will feature a theme of “Moonlight and Magnolias, An Evening of Southern Elegance.”
Jim Pfeiffer, president & CEO of Self Regional Healthcare has been elected to serve on the 2014 healthcare board of PHT, PHTS, and PHLIP.
In just six months, Ronnie Turner says he has transformed his diet and his activity levels to allow him to manage his diabetes—for the first time since his initial diagnosis in 1977. “My quality of life has changed,” says Ronnie Turner. “When I get home, I have so much more energy to do things with my family.”
Self Regional is celebrating World Diabetes Day with a special community outreach initiative in Uptown Greenwood on Nov 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. The event includes free diabetes assessments and screenings, information from our Diabetes Educators, refreshments, and a proclamation by mayor Welborn Adams.