| Home > News > July 27, 2005 | Printer Friendly |
Larry Benson of Oconee County
has been appointed by Gov. Sonny Perdue to join the Board of
Directors of MCG Health, Inc. for a three-year term.
Benson is the Chairman and CEO of Benson’s, Inc. and is the owner of Benson’s Bakery in Bogart, Ga., and several hotels in Athens, Ga. A graduate of the College of Business Administration at the University of Georgia, he is active in both Clarke and Oconee counties in business and civic activities.
Benson succeeds board member Terry Elam, President of Augusta Technical College.
MCG Health System is composed of three separate organizations -- MCG Health, Inc. and the clinical services offered by the faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the members of the MCG Physicians Practice Group Foundation. The physicians of MCG Health System are community physicians, faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia, or employees of the MCG Physicians Practice Group Foundation, not employees of MCG Health, Inc. MCG Health, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCG Medical Center, MCG Children’s Medical Center, the MCG Sports Medicine Center, MCG Ambulatory Care 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 providing an environment for faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the MCG Physicians Practice Group Foundation and community physicians to deliver the highest level of primary and specialty health care. For more information, please visit w ww.MCGHealth.org.