2006 PRESS Releases
11-21-2006 | CGH’s new Sleep Center opens with a celebration
Chesapeake Health will hold a grand opening of its new regional Sleep Center at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Jan.11, at the Lifestyle Center
11-16-2006 | New cancer support group gets people to help people A cancer diagnosis doesn’t mean the end of your social life. Chesapeake Health now sponsors, People Helping People, a new cancer support group
11-12-2006 | State organization honors Hospital Authority member
Douglas V. Carson, immediate past chairman of the Chesapeake Hospital Authority, has been awarded the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association’s.
8-30-2006 | Hickory HS grad receives CGH Kemp award
Laura Elizabeth Willman, a 2006 graduate of Hickory High School, has been named the recipient of Chesapeake Health’s Roxanne E. Kemp Memorial Scholarship
8-1-2006 | New governmental affairs administrator is named at Chesapeake Health
Michelle Laisure has joined Chesapeake Health to serve in the newly created position of administrator of governmental affairs. With more than 16 years of experience
8-1-2006 | New VP named at Chesapeake Health
Anglea McPike is Chesapeake Health’s new vice president of marketing, planning and business development. She comes to CGH after serving
7-31-2006 | Romero is Chesapeake Health’s new medical staff president
Dr. Cynthia Romero has been elected president of the Chesapeake Health Medical Staff. She assumed the position July 1, after serving
7-14-2006 | New Chesapeake Health Authority Chairman takes office July 1
Lonnie E. Craig is the 2006-2008 chairman of the Chesapeake Hospital Authority. He assumed the position July 1
6-14-2006 | Chesapeake Health announces scholarship winners
Five applicants were chosen by the Scholarship Committee of Chesapeake General Hospital’s Auxiliary to receive a $1,000 scholarship
5-26-2006 | Western Branch Lifestyle Center ownership is transferred July 1
Chesapeake Health and the YMCA of South Hampton Roads, two local not-for-profit organizations, are working together to expand the health
4-25-2006 | Author to discuss celebrated right-to-die case May 5 at CGH
William Colby, the author of “Long Goodbye: The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan,” will speak on the “Right to Die” at 8 a.m., May 5, in the Lifestyle Center
4-13-2006 | Chesapeake Health CEO receives national honor
Christopher Mosley, CHE, president and CEO of Chesapeake Health, has been selected as one of the Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare
3-15-2006 | Educators throw "showers" for CGH babies
To ensure that Chesapeake General’s babies get a head start on life, two local education sororities throw them baby showers each year
3-10-2006 | Project Lifesaver honors Chesapeake Health Foundation
The Chesapeake Health Foundation is making it possible to bring loved ones back home through Project Lifesaver
3-09-2006 | Chesapeake Health accepts scholarship nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for Chesapeake Health’s Roxanne E. Kemp Memorial Scholarship. It is open to Chesapeake high school
2-14-2006 | CGH doctors join White Coat Day
A bus load of doctors from Chesapeake General Hospital traveled to Richmond Feb. 8 to join in the Medical Society of Virginia’s White Coats
2-14-2006 | CGH names new administrative director in radiology
Kenneth R. Shoff is the new administrative director of Chesapeake General Hospital’s Radiology Department
1-03-2006 | CGH’s first baby of the year gets gifts from Babies “R” Us
At 7 pounds, 7 ounces, Emily Rose Combs came into the world at 2:19 a.m. Jan. 1, becoming Chesapeake General Hospital’s first baby of the year