Heart & Vascular:

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When former college athlete and Army veteran Michael Roberts first fell ill last year, he never could have imagined that he'd need to spend two weeks on life-saving support from ECMO, as his struggling heart healed from infection. Thankfully, he had the lifesaving support of a full team at Emory -- doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and speech-language pathologists -- and the strength to prevail through the storm.

Joe Depa, a global leader in data operations, analytics and artificial intelligence, has been named Emory University’s inaugural chief data and analytics officer. He began his new position on Sept. 11.

Betty Thomason ended her summer on a high note: raising funds for Parkinson’s research by scaling the heights of Mount Kilimanjaro. She climbed in honor of her father, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2020.

Members of the Epic community — including new Abridge collaborator Emory Healthcare — can integrate Abridge into their familiar clinical workflows.

Joon Lee takes time out of his schedule to share a little bit about the path he’s taken on the way to Emory, and where he wants to go next.

Four Emory Healthcare hospitals have ranked prominently in this year’s regional rankings of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals issue.