University Hospital Summerville was founded in 1952, as a private
Roman Catholic
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tertiary care facility known as St. Joseph Hospital located in
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta ( ), officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia. The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Georgi ...
. The hospital is known for its comprehensive diagnostic services, including
cardiac catheterization,
magnetic resonance imaging, and
osteoporosis treatment.
History
St. Joseph Hospital, later known as Trinity Hospital, was founded in 1952. The hospital had 110 licensed beds at the time.
[Trinity Hospital of Augusta - About](_blank)
/ref> It quickly grew to its present-day size of about 231 licensed beds and became known for pioneering many medical firsts. Among them include cochlear hearing implants, stereotactic mammography, and a unique treatment program for hip and knee replacement.
Trinity was sold by its owner, Ascension Health, to Triad Hospitals
Triad Hospitals was a hospital operator based in Plano, Texas. Spun off from Hospital Corporation of America in 1999, it acquired Quorum Health Group in 2000 to become the third-largest investor-owned hospital group. It was merged into Community H ...
in 2006. Triad merged with Community Health Systems
Community Health Systems (CHS) is a Fortune 500 company based in Franklin, Tennessee. It was the largest provider of general hospital healthcare services in the United States in terms of number of acute care facilities. In 2014, CHS had around 20 ...
in 2007. Trinity was sold to University Hospital (Augusta, Georgia)
Piedmont Augusta, formerly University Hospital, is a non-profit private hospital located in downtown Augusta, Georgia.
In addition to its main hospital campus, Piedmont Augusta has outpatient medical offices and imaging centers servicing the surr ...
in 2017, to become University Hospital Summerville.
See also
*Medical College of Georgia
The Medical College of Georgia (often referred to as MCG) is the flagship medical school of the University System of Georgia, the state's only public medical school, and one of the top 10 largest medical schools in the United States. Established ...
*University Hospital (Augusta, Georgia)
Piedmont Augusta, formerly University Hospital, is a non-profit private hospital located in downtown Augusta, Georgia.
In addition to its main hospital campus, Piedmont Augusta has outpatient medical offices and imaging centers servicing the surr ...
*Doctors Hospital (Augusta, Georgia)
Doctors Hospital is a 350-bed full-service tertiary care center located in Augusta, Georgia.
Facilities
The facilities on the Doctors Hospital campus include:
Joseph M. Still Burn Center
The Joseph M. Still Burn Center is the largest medical burn ...
References
External links
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Hospital buildings completed in 1952
Hospitals in Augusta, Georgia
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