Medical District, Augusta

The Augusta Medical District (AMD) is a special-use zoning district located in Augusta, Georgia, between Downtown and Summerville. The district is bounded to the north by Walton Way, to the east by R.A. Dent Boulevard, to the west by Heard Avenue, and to the south by Wrightsboro Road. Public housing within the area will be torn down so it will allow the Medical College of Georgia to expand.

Impact

The Augusta Medical District employs more than 25,000 medical professionals and has a local economic impact of US$2 billion. [ [http://www.augustatommorow.com/common/content.asp?CONTENT=711] ] This makes it one of the largest and advanced medical districts in the country and by far the most in the South. By many residents of the South and local residents, the Augusta Medical District has been called The Medical District of the South and Everybody's Neighborhood.

Institutions

*Medical College of Georgia
**Medical College of Georgia Medical Center - 493 licensed beds
**Medical College of Georgia Children's Hospital - 149 licensed beds
**Medical College of Georgia Ambulatory Care Center - has more than 80 outpatient clinics in one setting
**Medical College of Georgia Specialized Center - a 13-county Level I trama center
**Medical College of Georgia Sports Center
**Medical College of Georgia Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics
**School of Medicine
**School of Dentistry
**School of Allied Health Sciences
**School of Nursing
**School of Graduate Studies

*University Hospital - 612 licensed beds
**University Cardiovascular Center - ("opening in Spring of 2009")

*Georgia Radiation Therapy Center
*Augusta Sickle Cell Center
*Specialty Select Hospital - 34 licensed beds
*Augusta Cancer Research Center
*Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center - 155 licensed beds

References

External links

* [http://www.augustatommorow.com/common/content.asp?CONTENT=711 District website]