VALDOSTA – South Georgia Medical Center recognized Dr. Stephen Zeigler for his work arsenic the main of aesculapian unit for 2021-22 astatine the December gathering of the Hospital Authority of Valdosta Lowndes County.
Board Chairman Sam Allen presented Zeigler with a solution commending his important accomplishments and contributions arsenic an esteemed doc person for the wellness system.
Zeigler is simply a wide surgeon who joined SGMC’s aesculapian unit successful 2003.
“He is simply a arrogant postgraduate of Lowndes High School and Valdosta State University,” infirmary representatives said successful a statement. “He received his aesculapian grade from the Medical College of Georgia and completed his residency astatine the University of Texas. He besides completed a Transplant Fellowship astatine the University of Alabama School of Medicine earlier returning to signifier successful his hometown.”
Zeigler was elected by his peers to service successful galore enactment roles, serving arsenic the main of unit elite from 2019-20.
He volition proceed to service connected the aesculapian enforcement committee arsenic the past main of unit for 2023-24.
“Dr. Zeigler’s passionateness to guarantee the assemblage has entree to the highest level of prime attraction has been exhibited by his beardown enactment and thrust to grow SGMC’s trauma programme and heighten respective objective work lines,” said Dr. Brian Dawson, main aesculapian officer. “This includes the motorboat of the cardiac electrophysiology programme and the structural bosom center. All of which was accomplished during the astir challenging times owed to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Zeigler said it has been a pleasance to service successful this capableness with whom helium deems “the champion aesculapian unit successful the world.”
Zeigler commended SGMC’s board, enactment and unit for cultivating a enactment situation that supports a collaborative and patient-centered transportation of care.
Dr. Jared Sanders, chap workfellow and wide surgeon, volition service arsenic SGMC’s main of unit opening successful January.