Burn patient Alejandro Laprade was told by doctors in Honduras his injuries from a kitchen fire would require amputation of both legs. After finding JMS, he was able to dance at his wedding. Watch Alejandro’s interview with WRDW Channel 12 here: Honduras man finds new life at Augusta burn center after kitchen explosion (wrdw.com).

Watch as BRCA’s Dr. Shawn Fagan talks about firework safety with WRDW. Watch the video here: Burn expert urges fireworks safety for Fourth of July (wrdw.com). For more safety tips, check out our post on firework safety here: From fires to burns, help keep the holidays safe with these firework safety tips – Burn and […]

Be on the lookout for Dr. Fagan on WJBF News Channel 6! The segment will run at 7 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 23, and cover the recent toy donation from Bring it Back Meets to pediatric patients throughout Doctors Hospital of Augusta including the Joseph M. Still (JMS) Burn Center. For more information about the […]

“Burnouts for Kids” from the Bring it Back Meets organization donated more than $7,000 of children’s toys today for pediatric patients throughout Doctors Hospital of Augusta including the Joseph M. Still (JMS) Burn Center. The money was raised at their annual “Burnouts for Kids” event held each fall at the Carolina Dragway. “We started Burnouts […]

In case you missed it, JMS’s Dr. Richard Cartie was featured LIVE on WFXG FOX54’s FOXNOW program to kick off American Burn Association’s National Burn Awareness Week. Read the story here: Burn Prevention Awareness Week: How to prevent common burns – WFXG

BRCA is featured in an article on Health Digest, “What to do if you get bleach on your skin.” Click here to read the article written by Erin Marie.

Georgia Trend recently published an article featuring Burn and Reconstructive Center of America’s Dr. Rajiv Sood, Dr. Rizal Lim and Dr. David Herndon, CEO of the Joseph M. Still Research Foundation. The article “Lowering Costs, Saving More Lives” discusses advances in reconstructive surgery, skin substitutes and scar resurfacing. “As our survival rates across the country have […]

BRCA’s Dr. Cartie was featured on WRDW. Click here to watch the full video.

WRDW’s Laura Warren recently sat down with the McKim family at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, GA, after a science experiment at their Highlands, North Carolina, home left their son Barrett with burns on 50% of his body. Barrett and his mother suffered severe burns from the fire and were life-flighted to […]

The Post and Courier: Grill safety, food temps key to healthy barbecues For Dr. Kade Hardy, the stories he hears from burn patients often include the same unmistakable sound. They often say, “I heard the whoosh,” said Hardy, a burn surgeon at JMS Burn Center at Trident Medical Center in Charleston. “When you hear the […]

WJBF: Augusta Fire Dept. and Burn Center of America team up to demonstrate firework safety AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The holiday weekend starts tomorrow, and a lot of people are going to be shooting fireworks to celebrate America’s independence. But if you’re not careful, that fun night of blowing stuff up could land you in […]

Canine burn survivor Taka was recently featured on Fox 5 Washington, D.C.! Three years ago, Taka suffered severe burns on his face and body from a house fire in Georgia. After receiving life-saving treatment from Dr. Robert “Fred” Mullins, Dr. Derek M. Culnan and the expert burn care team of the Joseph M. Still Burn […]