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Fact Sheet


Our Mission
The Southern Regional Health System exists to serve the communities of the Southern Crescent by improving the health status and quality of life of its citizens.

Our History

  • Southern Regional Medical Center was established in 1971 to provide high quality medical care to the residents of Clayton County and surrounding communities.
  • Southern Regional is a not-for-profit, community based healthcare provider and began growing into a health system in the early 1990s.

Today
Southern Regional Health System provides comprehensive health resources, including:

  • Southern Regional Medical Center: a 376-bed, full-service hospital in Riverdale featuring a state-of-the-art outpatient surgery center and one of the busiest emergency departments in the state
  • Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) with 30 beds to serve medically complex patients.
  • Community Care Center to handle the growing problems associated with treating primary care patients in the emergency department.
  • RiverWoods, Southern Regional Psychiatric Center, a psychiatric facility with a complete continuum of behavioral care services.
  • Southern Regional Homecare, a home health agency serving Atlanta’s Southern Crescent.
  • The Women's Life Center, a 107,530 square foot, three-level facility providing state-of-the-art family-oriented care. It is a marquis health facility in the Atlanta area providing complete obstetrical, gynecological, diagnostic and educational services in one convenient location.
  • The Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics at Southern Regional - A state-of-the-art outpatient center providing the most technologically advanced therapies to treat problem wounds.

Facts & Figures

  • Licensed Beds: 376
  • Physicians: 583
  • Employees: 2,261
  • Volunteers: 305
  • Admissions in FY 2007: 20,288
  • Births in FY 2007: 5,357
  • Emergency Visits FY 2007: 81,493
  • Home Health Visits: 9,926
  • Average Daily Census: 250

Key Executives

  • Edward J. Bonn, CHE, President and CEO
  • Mary Kay Gardenier, Senior VP, Operations/COO
  • Richard G. Stovall, Senior VP, Chief Financial Officer
  • James E. Crissey, VP, Facilities & Support Services
  • Daniel E. Hoodin, VP, Managed Care and Executive Director, Southern Crescent Health Network
  • Maria Kulma, VP, Patient Care Services

Media Contact
Bill Applegate, Managing Director - Marketing & Public Relations
770-991-8279 office


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