Stephen Shiver, MD, has been appointed chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University. Dr. Shiver had previously served as interim chair and has a long history with MCG, having graduated in 1997 and completed his emergency medicine residency there.
Dr. Shiver joined the faculty in 2005 and became the residency program director in 2008, a position he held for nine years. He later focused on clinical operations, serving as medical director of the emergency communications center at Wellstar MCG Health from 2020 to 2023. In 2020, he was also named clinical service chief and vice chair of clinical operations for the department.
David C. Hess, MD, dean of MCG, commented on Dr. Shiver’s leadership: “Since he stepped in as chair, patient experience scores in the Emergency Department have dramatically improved, which is a testimony to Dr. Shiver’s leadership and all the physicians, nurses and staff in the ED,” said Hess. “For that and many other reasons, I’m glad to know that Dr. Shiver will continue guiding the department through an exciting period of growth and transition, including the Wellstar partnership and the opening of the new Columbia County hospital. His vision is clear: strengthen our foundation in education and research while ensuring that the Wellstar MCG Health Emergency Department delivers efficient, patient-centered, world-class care to patients across Georgia and beyond.”
Dr. Shiver completed additional training with a general surgery residency at Wake Forest University’s Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He earned his bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of Georgia.
He currently serves on the board of directors for the Georgia College of Emergency Medicine and has received several teaching awards at MCG; most recently he was honored with the MCG Distinguished Faculty Award for Institutional Service in 2024.
