PRATT APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF PERIOPERATIVE SERVICES

December 3, 2002

Augusta, Ga. -- Angeline "Missy" Pratt, RN, MHA, CNOR, was recently appointed Director of Perioperative Services for MCG Health System.

Pratt is responsible for the effective administrative and clinical performance of the MCG Health System adult operative services, including the main operating room, the ambulatory surgery unit, the special procedures and endoscopy unit and all associated perioperative support services and the pre-op clinic.

She was previously Director of the Surgical Services Division at Mount Sinai Medical Center/Miami Heart Institute in Miami Beach, Fla. There she was responsible for the direction of all nursing, patient care and other departments within Surgical Services in the two-campus institution.

Pratt has nearly 30 years' experience in health care. She also holds a Masters in Health Administration from the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois.

MCG HealthCare is the health system of the Medical College of Georgia and is comprised of MCG Health, Inc. and the clinical services offered by the faculty of the School of Medicine and the members of the Physicians Practice Group. MCG Health, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCG Hospitals and Clinics, Children's Medical Center, the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center and related clinical facilities and services. MCG Health, Inc. was formed to support the research and education mission of the Medical College of Georgia and to build the economic growth of the CSRA, the state of Georgia and the Southeast by offering the highest level of primary and specialty health care.