Piedmont Augusta

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Piedmont Augusta, formerly University Hospital, is a non-profit private hospital located in downtown Augusta, Georgia. The hospital is an 812-bed acute-care facility and part of a multi-campus system that includes three hospitals, a heart and vascular center, prompt and primary care, home health and private physician offices. Founded in 1818 as Cit... y Hospital, Piedmont Augusta has since moved through four facilities to its present location, which opened in 1970, and includes its Summerville Campus on Wrightsboro Road. The hospital serves the Augusta-Richmond County area and 25 counties across two states, Georgia and South Carolina. Piedmont Augusta offers state-of-the-art, comprehensive medical and surgical care that includes emergency services, cardiovascular, orthopaedics, neuroscience, oncology, bariatrics and weight management, robotic surgery and women's services. The cardiovascular services include state-of-the-art treatments for advanced cardiac conditions including the Left Ventricular Assist Device, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and MitraClip for severe mitral valve regurgitation. Piedmont Augusta at Summerville Campus, formerly University Hospital Summerville, was founded in 1952 and joined the Piedmont family on March 1, 2022. The hospital is known for its comprehensive diagnostic services, including cardiac catheterization, magnetic resonance imaging, and osteoporosis treatment. It offers a 24-hour, 15-bed Emergency Department, a 12-bed inpatient unit and new and enhanced imaging services. In May 2021, Piedmont Healthcare and University Health Care System signed a non-binding letter of intent for the local hospital system to join Piedmont, with plans for Piedmont to invest more than $1 billion over 10 years into the previous University Health Care System organizations and communities. The University Health Care System officially joined the Piedmont system on March 1, 2022, with University Hospital, University Hospital Summerville, and University Hospital McDuffie being renamed to Piedmont ...Read More