Medical Sector
The Augusta region has one of the largest concentrations of medical care and research in the Southeast. By many standards, Augusta is considered to have the lowest doctor to patient ratio in the whole country, which is estimated to be 640:1. Augusta’s medical corridor is also an important player in providing top-notch trauma care. Ten regional hospitals provide patients from around the world with excellence in medical care.
Doctors Hospital
Doctors Hospital features the area’s first Trilogy Radiosurgery System, da Vinci surgical system, and a Joint and Spine center. Doctors Hospital recently received the 2010 Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award.
Joseph M Still Burn Centers
The Joseph M Still Burn Centers, Inc., located on the campus of Doctors Hospital, serves not only area residents, but also patients from outside of the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) who are brought to these centers to receive specialized care. The Joseph M. Still Burn Center admits about 3,000 patients to its 70-bed center from around the Southeast annually and has one of the most experienced burn center staffs in the country. For over 30 years it has developed national recognition as a leader in burn research and treatment, and in 2010 the American College of Surgeons and the American Burn Association verified the Joseph M Still Burn Center a Burn Center of Excellence, making it the only verified burn center in the state of Georgia.
Wellstar
Wellstar, affiliated with Medical College of Georgia, is Georgia’s only public academic health center, where world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. As the primary teaching affiliate of the Medical College of Georgia, Wellstar provides the most comprehensive routine-to-complex care at Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center, which houses the Wellstar Children’s Hospital of Georgia. The 154-bed not-for-profit Wellstar Children’s Hospital of Georgia is Augusta’s only children's hospital, providing the highest level of neonatal and pediatric intensive care, as well as a wide range of general and complex health care for children. Wellstar Children’s was recently ranked the highest performing hospital in pediatric quality and safety among more than 100 of the nation’s leading academic medical centers. Wellstar MCG Health also includes the region’s only Level 1 trauma center, Georgia Cancer Center, historic Roosevelt Rehabilitation and Specialty Hospitals at Warm Springs, Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home, and an extensive network of primary and specialty care clinics across the state.
Piedmont Augusta
Piedmont Augusta, formerly University Hospital, was founded in 1818 and is the oldest and largest hospital in our region and the second oldest in Georgia. This 812-bed, not-for-profit community hospital provides acute-care services and encompasses two campuses, including Piedmont Augusta Summerville Campus, and serves 25 counties across two states. The hospital joined the Piedmont family on March 1, 2022, and leads the region in safety, quality and price transparency. Piedmont Augusta gives back to the community in other ways, including delivering a statewide economic impact of more than $1 billion annually, and providing the greater Augusta community with more than $30 million annually in indigent and charity care. Piedmont Augusta continues to train tomorrow’s caregivers with their School of Radiography and School of Cardiovascular Technology, and by mentoring interns and residents. Piedmont Augusta has set the standard regionally in heart and vascular care, orthopedics, neurosciences, cancer services, minimally invasive surgeries and obstetrics and gynecology.
Walton Rehabilitation Hospital
Walton Rehabilitation Hospital serves adults and adolescents recovering from stroke, head injuries, spinal injuries, orthopedic injuries, amputation, and chronic pain through in-patient and out-patient programs. In fact, HealthSouth is the only provider of comprehensive, specialized physical medicine and rehabilitation in the CSRA. HealthSouth received the 2007 NAHMA Communities of Quality award for the Development for the Elderly and the Development for Residents with Special Needs.