Published 2:26 pm Monday, August 24, 2026 MOULTRIE — Partnerships in education was the focus of the “Building the Talent Pipeline” panel at the Moultrie-Colquitt County Chamber of Commerce State of the Community event Aug. 18 at Southern Regional Technical College. The panel included Dr. Matthew Clifton of Colquitt Regional Health System, Dr. Allen Edwards of the Colquitt County School District, Mason Miller of Southern Regional Technical College and Dr. Lissa Murphy of PCOM South Georgia. Acting as the emcee for the event, Barbara Grogan of Georgia Power asked the panelists to each talk about one strong or new program that they had going on in their organization. “This college [PCOM South Georgia] opened in 2019, and many of you know that medical education begins with four years of college, four years of medical school and then a residency that lasts three to seven years,” Murphy said. “Well, our inaugural class that began in 2019, those who chose a three-year residency — a specialty that required three years of residency training — completed their residency in June this year. We have two local physicians, who are now PCOM South Georgia graduates, practicing in Moultrie, Georgia.” Murphy said the college was looking to add an anesthesia assistant program and was developing an outreach program for the underserved. She added that they were making progress on the outreach program as it turned out to be a little more difficult than it sounded and they had been working on it for…
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