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Exceptional and Compassionate
Healthcare Care for Athenians

ward-winning medical Today, Piedmont Athens Regional is hundreds of medical students from the
A professionals and facilities committed to providing accessible Augusta University/University of Georgia
Medical Partnership.
are within reach here in The
healthcare by making seamless
Classic City. Two state-of-the-art, connections between patients and
nonprofit hospitals call Athens home, providers. To support this commitment, 1199 Prince Ave. | Athens, GA 30606
(706) 475-7000 | piedmont.org/Athens
as do numerous private practices. The in 2022 Piedmont Athens opened a
medical community here is equipped to $194 million patient tower with state-of-
administer everything from emergency the-art technology to deliver convenient ST. MARY’S HEALTH
treatment to chronic pain relief to care to patients from across the region. CARE SYSTEM
intricate surgeries and beyond. Founded in 1906, St. Mary’s is Athens’
Piedmont Athens Regional is proud first hospital. Today, it is much more
to be the official healthcare provider
PIEDMONT ATHENS than a hospital. It is a healthcare ministry
REGIONAL MEDICAL for the University of Georgia Athletic that includes three hospitals, numerous
CENTER Association. The hospital also serves physician practices, the region’s first
as an educational training site for medical residency program, one of the
Piedmont Athens Regional is one of state’s pioneering home healthcare/
northeast Georgia’s largest nonprofit hospice services, a retirement community,
hospitals. The 427-bed, acute care extensive outpatient services, and more.
hospital joined the Piedmont family in It has been a Catholic healthcare system
2016 and features a regional Level II since 1938 and today is part of Trinity
trauma center and Level III neonatal ICU. Health, one of the nation’s largest Catholic
healthcare ministries. St. Mary’s has grown
Founded by physicians in 1919, the to include:
hospital has garnered national acclaim
in patient experience, comprehensive • 196-bed St. Mary’s Hospital
cardiac care including open heart on Baxter Street in Athens
and thoracic surgery, orthopedics, • 56-bed St. Mary’s Sacred Heart
neurosciences, minimally invasive Hospital in Lavonia
surgeries, obstetrics and gynecology, • 25-bed St. Mary’s Good Samaritan
pediatrics, oncology, and gastroenterology. Hospital in Greensboro

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