May is Mental Health Awareness Month dedicated to raising awareness for individuals living with behavioral health issues and eliminating the stigma surrounding them. In Georgia alone, over 17 percent of adults and 10 percent of youth face challenges ranging from clinical depression to substance abuse.

The $237 million outpatient facility will expand access to healthcare for the people of metro Atlanta.

The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) has announced that Grady Health System’s president and CEO, John M. Haupert, FACHE, is the recipient of the 2023 Gold Medal Award.

During the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation and Grady Health Foundation board meetings held Tuesday, it was announced that one of Atlanta's most respected volunteer leaders, Shan Cooper, will serve as chair of the foundation board effective January 1, 2023. She succeeds Drew Evans, retired CFO of Southern Company, who will remain a member of the foundation board.

Grady Memorial Hospital has become the latest site of the U.S. Army Military-Civilian Trauma Team Training (AMCT3), enabling military medical personnel to share knowledge and advances in combat casualty care and learn from their civilian colleagues at Grady’s nationally verified Level 1 trauma center. The partnership was formalized during a signing ceremony at Grady on September 19.

The Grady Health Foundation is excited to announce a $50,000 grant from Bank of America to support Grady Health System. Specifically, the donation is dedicated to Grady’s Mobile Integrated Health program, a mobile team of EMT’s and other health professionals who provide in-home medical care to patients with limited mobility.

Grady’s commitment to being the leading academic healthcare institution in the Nation is growing even stronger thanks to a partnership with Georgia State University’s Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions.

At 50 years old, most people begin thinking about retirement, but for Larry Moyer, it was time to go back to school. Inspired by his experience assisting radiologic technicians helping aid his ill son in his youth, Moyer made the decision to attend Grady’s Radiologic Technology Program in order to obtain his certification to practice radiology. It was then that he realized he found his passion. Years later, his family has established a scholarship in his honor.

We want to personally thank local Atlanta journalist Maria Saporta for sharing her story about her experience at Grady last month. Maria suffered several severe injuries in a sudden cycling accident and was under the care of our world-class team for several days before being able to return home.

Grady’s Food as Medicine program has been announced as a finalist for the siggi’s starters grant! Now more than ever, Grady needs your support in raising funds for this program as the COVID-19 pandemic has launched food insecurity rates nationwide by 20 percent from 2019 to 2020, according to Feeding America.

Last month, Atlanta lost one of the city’s greatest philanthropists and Grady’s biggest supporter, Pete Correll. Mr. Correll had played an integral role in support of Grady Health System through all trials and tribulations, using his extensive knowledge as a businessman and philanthropist to help shape Grady into the world-class healthcare institution that it is today.

Opioid abuse has led to a growing crisis across the nation, and Grady is proud to announce that we are partnering with the Christopher Wolf Crusade to help put an end to substance abuse before it begins by becoming host to the Life Care Specialist pilot program right here in Atlanta.