Wright Caughman, MD, Director
Don Brunn, COO
The primary port of access to adult patient care in Emory Healthcare and the largest, most comprehensive group practice in Georgia, The Emory Clinic has more than 1,200 physicians, nurse clinicians, and physician assistants. Employees: 2,327. Patient visits in 2007: 1,904,326. Clinic facilities on Emory’s campus include its multispecialty headquarters; the 1525 Building, which houses primary care as well as programs in preventive medicine, wellness, and Executive Health; the Winship Cancer Institute; and ambulatory practices at Wesley Woods. Facilities at Emory Crawford Long Medical Office Tower include more than 12 specialty practices, with care provided by nearly 80 physicians. Emory Clinic physicians also practice in a number of comprehensive health care centers throughout metro Atlanta—at the Orthopaedics & Spine Center at Executive Park and primary care and heart center facilities at Decatur, Dunwoody, Flat Shoals Parkway, Perimeter, Emory Eastside, Emory Johns Creek, Smyrna, and Sugarloaf.
Emory-Children’s Center (1997)
Barbara J. Stoll, MD, CEO
The largest pediatric multispecialty group practice in Georgia, the Emory-Children’s Center (ECC) is a joint venture between Emory and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. It comprises 200 Emory physician faculty involved in pediatric clinical services, teaching, research, and child advocacy. In addition to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (at Egleston, Scottish Rite, and Hughes Spalding hospitals), ECC provides specialty pediatric care at Emory Crawford Long Hospital, Grady Hospital, and at pediatric clinics on Emory’s campus. Patient visits in 2007: 92,131 (outpatient) and 102,702 (inpatient). Staff employees: 117.
Emory University Hospital (1905)
Robert J. Bachman, COO
A 579-bed adult, tertiary care facility, Emory University Hospital is staffed exclusively by 960 Emory University School of Medicine faculty. It includes a 20-bed psychiatric facility, 102 ICU beds, a 56-bed rehab center, and a nine-bed clinical research center supported by the NIH. Patients in 2007: 23,494 admissions and 81,919 outpatient visits. Employees: 3,568. The hospital is long known for cardiology, cardiac surgery, orthopaedics, oncology, and neurology/neurosurgery and is one of the region’s most comprehensive multiple organ and tissue transplant centers. It was named in eight of 17 specialties ranked by U.S. News & World Report in the 2007 publication of America’s Best Hospitals. For the 10th year in a row, members of the Atlanta community named Emory University Hospital as the Consumer’s Choice Award winner.
Emory Crawford Long Hospital (1908)
Dane C. Peterson, COO
A 511-bed community-based, tertiary care center in midtown Atlanta, Emory Crawford Long is staffed by 892 Emory medical faculty and 545 community physicians. This hospital celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2008. Medical services include 56 intensive care beds, a level 3 neonatal intensive care unit, and four hyperbaric oxygen units. Patients in 2007: 22,775 admissions and 157,138 outpatient visits. Employees: 2,749. Emory Crawford Long Hospital’s case-mix index (a measure of the complexity of illnesses treated) is higher than that of most community hospitals. The hospital is well known for services in cardiology, cardiac surgery, gastroenterology, and emergency medicine. Women’s services include prenatal and postnatal education, bone density testing, mammography, and obstetrics, with a specialization in high-risk pregnancy.
Wesley Woods Center (1954)
Albert K. Blackwelder, COO
This geriatric center includes Wesley Woods Hospital (1987), a 100-bed geriatric specialty facility. Founded by the United Methodist Church and Emory University, Wesley Woods Center serves more than 30,000 elderly and chronically ill patients each year. In addition to the hospital and a 25-bed inpatient hospice service, Wesley Woods has an outpatient primary care clinic, a 250-bed skilled nursing care facility (Budd Terrace), and a 201-unit residential retirement facility (Wesley Woods Towers), with one floor of 18 units dedicated to personal care. Patients in 2007: 2,375 admissions and 37,584 outpatient visits. Employees: 665 (Wesley Woods Center) and 271 (Wesley Woods Senior Living residential retirement facilities, for which Emory Healthcare has management responsibilities). Wesley Woods is well known for its inpatient, outpatient, and day hospitalization programs in depression, sleep disorders, rehabilitation, and Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s disease.
Emory University Hospital Northlake (2007)
Robert J. Bachman, COO
A newly acquired 120-bed facility, Emory University Hospital Northlake provides diagnostic and support services for inpatient care and includes space allowing for teaching and research within the clinical environment.
Emory-Adventist Hospital (1974)
Dennis Kiley, President
As part of its commitment to community care, Emory jointly owns Emory-Adventist Hospital with Adventist Health System. Located in Smyrna in rapidly growing Cobb County, this hospital has 88 acute care beds and is staffed by more than 175 physicians, including those from The Emory Clinic, who provide both primary care and specialized services. Patients in 2007: 1,939 admissions and 56,003 outpatient visits. Employees: 450.
EHCA, LLC (1999)
Lawrence H. Kloess III, FACHE, Chairman of the Board
EHCA, LLC, is a limited liability company overseen by a board jointly governed by Emory Healthcare and Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). Through this and another parent company, EHCA Johns Creek Holdings, Emory is responsible for clinical performance improvement and quality assurance in two local hospitals. HCA manages day-to-day operations of these facilities. EHCA broadens the community’s access to care under the Emory umbrella to 1,708 patient beds.
Emory Eastside Medical Center (1980)
Kim Ryan, CEO
Located in the suburban Atlanta city of Snellville, Emory Eastside Hospital (parent company EHCA) is a 200-bed acute care hospital with 450 Emory and community physicians. The hospital has a 12-bed labor and delivery unit and an 18-bed neonatal intensive care unit and nursery. Services also include specialty care for heart and cancer in addition to other specialties. Patients in 2007: 3,104 admissions and 20,159 outpatient visits. Employees: 1,500.
Emory Johns Creek Hospital (2007)
John D. Quinlivan, CEO
Located in the north metro community of Johns Creek, Emory Johns Creek Hospital (parent company EHCA Johns Creek Holdings) is a 110-bed facility staffed by 400 physicians, the majority of whom are community physicians. Emory anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists, and hospitalists provide hospital-based care. Services include emergency care, digital imaging, a birth center with level 3 neonatal intensive care, a bariatric center, intensive care, advanced cardiac care, and women’s services. Patients in 2007 (Feb.-Dec.): 2,816 admissions and 8,084 outpatient visits. Employees: 500.
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