St. Mary's Health Care System

At St. Mary’s Breast Health Center, our goal is to treat every patient with compassionate, comprehensive care using the latest technologies available. We strive to provide outstanding care in a warm and welcoming environment. St. Mary’s Breast Health Center offers 💗 Prevention counseling 💗 Routine screening 💗 Diagnostic imaging 💗 High-risk counseling 💗 Genetic counseling and testing 💗 Same Day Mammograms Schedule your next Mammogram at St. Mary's Breast Health Center today! Same/Next Day appointments available! ☎️ 706-425-5437 or visit https://bit.ly/3NewVic to schedule your next mammogram! #HighLevelCareHigherLevelCaring #BreastCancerAwareness #CommittedToCare #BreastHealthSpecialist

Our good friends and long-time supporters at Bulldogs Battling Breast Cancer want to invite everyone to a benefit concert Oct. 9 at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta: Guitars for the Girls. A portion of ticket sales will go to BBBC for its work with St. Mary's to help women fight breast cancer. https://ihr.fm/47NxuZQ. Thank you -- and Go Dawgs!

How much you sleep -- and whether you sleep well -- can have a big impact on your health. From your brain to your immune system to your mood, sleep has profound power to make your life better. Learn 5 tips for better sleep with our latest blog: https://bit.ly/47SdXb2

September is 💚 NICU Awareness Month, 💚 and we are so thankful for our NICU nurses, physicians and support staff who care for out tiniest patients each day at our hospital! Meet Katie Crenshaw, one of the NICU nurses at STMH! Katie has been a nurse a nurse at STMH for 12 years and has been in the NICU for 9! Katie loves being a NICU nurse at St. Mary's Health Care and says "I love watching our babies grow! To see these teeny tiny little fighters grow into big healthy babies, is a miracle. To be able to hand a mom their baby to hold for the first time, and to help teach our parents to how to care for their tiny baby is the best. "💚 Thank you Katie for what you do! #NICUAwarenessMonth #HighLevelCareHigherLevelCaring

Congratulations to Sandy Rosenberg, RN, on receiving St. Mary's most recent DAISY Award for Nursing Excellence! Sandy provides care in our Short Stay Unit and was nominated by a patient for her warm smile and tremendous empathy while the patient and her family were going through a very difficult time. "We would just like to recognize Ms. Sandy for going above and beyond the call of duty and for making a dark day a whole lot brighter,” the patient said. Thank you, Sandy -- and congratulations! Learn more at https://bit.ly/3THXfoJ

St. Mary's Family Medicine is growing to enhance care for our growing community. Early next year, the practice of Dr. Devin Stephens, Dr. Alex Duggan and nurse practitioners Jennifer Sutherland and Christine Harr will be moving to larger, brand-new offices in the Village at Malcom Bridge. We're excited and are confident our patients will love the new space, which will be super convenient to families in Oconee, Clarke, Barrow and Walton counties. You don't have to wait until 2025 to see one of our providers, though; new patients are welcome right now! Learn more at https://bit.ly/3TBE3ZR

We are proud to announce that St. Mary's Center for Rehabilitative Medicine, our Inpatient Rehab Hospital, has been recognized on Newsweek's list of America's Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers 2024. This award recognizes the incredible expertise, commitment and skill demonstrated by our Inpatient Rehab team, day-in and day-out. Learn more at https://bit.ly/3ZAdI1W

St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital and Oconee Valley Healthcare are partnering in the fight against breast cancer by bringing the 12th annual Power of ONE no-cost mammogram program to Greene County again this year. Uninsured Greene County women at least 40 years old with no history or symptoms of breast cancer and who have not had a mammogram in at least 12 months may be eligible for a no-cost 3D mammogram. Appointments are required and you must have a primary care provider (PCP). Call 706-453-5005 and ask about the Power of ONE. If you need a PCP, call Oconee Valley Healthcare at 706-543-1201 or the Greene County Health Department at 706-453-7561. Always On, Always Available, All Year Long.

Could weight loss surgery be right for you? It was for Suzanne! For years she battled excess weight that worsened her rheumatoid arthritis, raised her blood pressure and blood sugar, and kept her from doing many of the things she loved. Weight loss surgery with Dr. Aaron Carr at St. Mary's restored her health and joy in life. Read about her journey here: https://bit.ly/3z7kqSs

As we continue to celebrate #NationalRehabilitationWeek2024, meet some of our team members at St. Mary's Health Care System who help patients regain independence and achieve their goals! From physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy, these dedicated professionals work tirelessly to maximize patients' function and improve their quality of life across multiple settings! In recognition of this week, we're shining a light on the team members who provide #HighLevelCareHigherLevelCaring in helping patients regain their strength and independence. Meet Michael Wilczek, DO, Medical Director of St. Mary's Center for Rehab Medicine. Dr. Wilczek has been at STMH for 2 years! Dr. Wilczek loves being a team member at the #CenterForRehabiliatativeMedicine at St. Mary's because he enjoys helping people get back to their prior function of their lives. Thank you, Dr. Wilczek, for the 𝓮𝔁𝓬𝓮𝓹𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮 you provide our patients! "Remarkable People. Extraordinary Care. Human Kindness" is what sets our team apart! #HighLevelCareHigherLevelCaring #therapy #rehabilitation #NationalRehabilitationWeek2024 #RehabRecoverReturnHome