Serving Our Community for Over 200 Years

Piedmont Augusta (formerly University Hospital) serves the Augusta-Richmond County area and 25 counties across two states. 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, three skilled-nursing facilities, home health and private physician offices. Founded in 1818 as City 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.

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. Our 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 – and vascular conditions – such as the Fenestrated Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Graft and the Penumbra Indigo® System for minimally invasive clot removal in arteries and veins.

Other awards and recognition include:

• The American Heart Association’s Gold Plus Get With the Guidelines ®- Stroke Quality Award
• The American Heart Association’s Target: Stroke(sm) Honor Roll Therapy award
• The American Heart Association’s Target: Type 2 Honor Roll award
• ACE™ Accreditation by Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence
• IAC^® Accreditation by Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
• Credentialed DNV GL - Healthcare VAD Facility/CMS Certified Ventricular Assist Device Program
• Piedmont Augusta receives Cycle Five Accreditation from Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care
• BCBS Association designates Piedmont Augusta a Blue Distinction Center+ for Cardiac Care
• Accreditation by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program for Piedmont Augusta’s Weight Management & Bariatric Surgery Center
• Level 1 Emergency Cardiac Care Center designation from the Georgia Department of Public Health
• Accreditation by the Commission on Cancer, a program of the American College of Surgeons
• Credentialed as a Ventricular Assist Device facility by DNV GL
• Full Cycle Five Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI accreditation from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care
• Blue Distinction Center+ designation for knee and hip replacement from Blue Cross Blue Shield®
• Blue Distinction Center+ designation for spine surgery from Blue Cross Blue Shield®
• Accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers for Piedmont Augusta’s Breast Health Center, the first established breast center in our area
• Named No. 1 in the region by “US News & World Report” and ninth in Georgia
• Ranked “High Performing” in nine reportable conditions or procedures by “US News & World Report,” including:
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Colon cancer surgery
  • Heart failure
  • Heart attack
  • Stroke
  • Kidney failure
  • Knee replacement
  • Hip replacement
  • Diabetes

Piedmont Augusta (formerly known as University Hospital) became part of Piedmont Healthcare on March 1, 2022 – expanding quality health services to our community.

*Piedmont Augusta complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.