U.S. News has ranked the top hospitals in Georgia and Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville is second only to Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital on the list.
The magazine says it evaluated each if the hospitals in the state and based its findings on 30 medical and surgical services.
Hospitals in Forsyth and Gwinnett counties were the only other ones in the immediate Gainesville area to make the list.
- Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville
- Piedmont Atlanta Hospital in Atlanta
- Emory University Hospital Midtown
- Wellstar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta
- Northside Hospital Cherokee in Canton
- Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens
- Northside Hospital Forsyth in Cumming
- Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville
- AdventHealth Redmond in Rome
- Northside Hospital in Atlanta
- Northside Hospital Gwinnett in Gwinnett
- Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center in Macon
- Piedmont Augusta Hospital in Augusta
These hospitals ranked among the best regionally and are also among the 504 Best Regional Hospitals across 49 states and 95 metro areas examined by U.S. News. Hospitals that earned high performance ratings across eight surgery and specialty areas made the cut.


