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February 22, 2021
St. Francis-Emory Healthcare is pleased to announce its first total knee replacement with robotic technology was performed on Thursday, February 11, 2021, by orthopedic surgeon Dr. George Zimmerman.
February 18, 2021
This week, we mark the one-year anniversary of the launch of St. Francis – Emory Healthcare. When Emory Healthcare and LifePoint Health announced the formation of a joint venture with St. Francis Hospital as its first facility, we celebrated this next step as the natural evolution of a collaboration between St. Francis and Emory Healthcare that began more than 15 years ago.
January 1, 2021
St. Francis-Emory Healthcare is ringing in 2021 with the year’s first bundle of joy. Weighing 6 pounds and 9 ounces and measuring 20 inches, Briley was born to Breonna and Trayvon Friday, Jan. 1, at 6:01 a.m.
December 29, 2020
A new year is always an opportunity for a fresh start. A new beginning.
December 17, 2020
December 14, 2020
─St. Francis-Emory Healthcare is pleased to announce that its first Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure was performed on November 11, 2020. Interventional cardiologist Dr. Akram Ibrahim (first operator) performed the procedure with a team of physicians that included Emory cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Robert Guyton, Emory interventional cardiologist Dr. Chandan Devireddy, and Emory cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Jacob (Hakob) Davtyan.
November 17, 2020
November 13, 2020
November 5, 2020
Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood – but only about 10 percent of those who are eligible to give actually make a blood donation each year. Donated blood is a necessary part of helping patients cope with a wide variety of conditions, including burns, trauma, heart surgery, cancer, organ transplants and more.
