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Under the agreement, Eli Lilly will purchase Prevail for nearly $1 billion to expand its presence in gene therapy, which has become a lucrative area of drug research used to develop treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson s disease, in today s bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Georgia, New York, Indiana, and Pennsylvania.
Georgia:
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital has announced Steven Kitchen is retiring at the end of the year after serving as its CMO for six years. Kitchen had served residents in South Georgia for more than three decades and delivered more than 2,500 babies at Phoebe Putney Memorial before assuming the role of CMO. As the hospital s CMO, Kitchen led Phoebe Putney Memorial s transition to a high intensity model for critical care and helped establish and oversee quality improvement teams. He will be succeeded by Kathy Hudson, the hospital
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Dr. Kitchen to leave Phoebe after 3 decades Dr. Kitchen retires at year s end. (Source: PPMH) By Dave Miller | December 14, 2020 at 2:05 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 2:05 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - After a distinguished 31-year career serving the people of southwest Georgia, Dr. Steven Kitchen is retiring.
As an independent obstetrician and gynecologist, Kitchen delivered more than 2,500 babies at Phoebe before becoming chief medical officer (CMO) for Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in 2014.
âIt has been extremely rewarding to have worked in collaboration with our physicians, nurses, and other deeply committed health professionals to advance patient care and work towards our goal of zero harm for patients,â Kitchen said. âI leave fully confident that Phoebe will remain the beacon of hope and healing for all, and that Phoebe will continue to provide safe, high-quality, and compassionate care for every patient.â