{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center | org_group = Wellstar Health System | image = Atlanta Medical Center.JPG | caption = View from Boulevard | pushpin_map = | logo = <!-- optional --> | logo_size = <!-- optional --> | location = | region = Atlanta | state = Georgia | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|33.76270|N|84.372798|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | healthcare = Private | type = Teaching | speciality = <!-- if devoted to a speciality (ie not a broad spectrum of specialities) and Type=Specialist/Teaching --> | standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | emergency = I | affiliation = <!-- 'None' or Medical School and University affiliations (medical or paramedical) --> | patron = <!-- 'None' or the individual who acts as the hospital patron --> | beds = 460 | founded = 1901 | closed = 2022 | website = {{URL|https://www.wellstar.org/amc}} | other_links = <!-- optional --> }}
'''Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center''' (formerly known as '''Georgia Baptist Hospital'''<ref name="OurHospital">{{ Citation | title=Our Hospital | publisher=Atlanta Medical Center | url=http://www.atlantamedcenter.com/cwscontent/atlantamedcenter/ourservices/medicalservices/graduatemedicaleducation/ourhosp.htm | access-date=2009-01-28 }}</ref>) was a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia operated by Wellstar Health System. It had 460 beds and over 700 physicians. The hospital was a Level I Trauma Center,<ref name="AJCJune2011">{{citation | title=Atlanta Medical becomes area's second Level I trauma center | url=http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-medical-becomes-areas-970053.html | date=June 7, 2011 | author=Williams, Misty | newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution | access-date=October 3, 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814130426/http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-medical-becomes-areas-970053.html | archive-date=August 14, 2011 }}</ref> and an Advanced Primary Stroke Center. It housed a Neurointensive Care Unit and a Level III Neonatal ICU.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wellstar.org/locations/pages/wellstar-atlanta-medical-center.aspx|title=WellStar Atlanta Medical Center - WellStar Health System|website=www.wellstar.org|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
==History== On Thanksgiving Day 1901, the pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Len G. Broughton M.D., created a small infirmary as a new program for his church, operating it out of a rented house. The Tabernacle Infirmary started with only five beds and Broughton as the only doctor, but quickly grew.<ref>{{Citation | publisher=Material History of American Religion Project | title=The Tabernacle Infirmary | url=http://www.materialreligion.org/documents/sept98doc.html | access-date=2009-01-28 }}</ref> By 1910 it had 75 beds and a staff of physicians and surgeons, and its own building on Luckie Street (adjacent to the Tabernacle). Broughton also founded a Nurse Training School associated with the Infirmary.<ref>{{Citation | title=Editorial | first=W.R. | last=Moody | journal=Record of Christian Work | volume=XXIX | issue=5 | date=May 1910 | page=306 | issn=0364-4855 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CmISnRECTE0C&q=Broughton&pg=PA305 | access-date=2009-01-27 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title=Georgia Baptist College of Nursing Fast Facts | publisher=Mercer University | url=http://www.mercer.edu/advancement/news/2000/1122nursingfacts.htm | access-date=2009-01-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908153811/http://www.mercer.edu/advancement/news/2000/1122nursingfacts.htm | archive-date=2006-09-08 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
After Broughton left Atlanta for London in 1912, the hospital suffered somewhat. It was sold to the Georgia Baptist Convention for $85,000 in 1913<ref name="Garrett">{{Citation | last=Garrett | first=Franklin Miller | author-link=Franklin Garrett | year=1969 | title=Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, Volume 2 | page=411 | publisher=University of Georgia Press | location=Athens, Georgia | oclc=213803389 | isbn=0-8203-0263-5}}</ref> and was managed by Rev. James Long as Georgia Baptist Hospital. The Baptist organization was not enthusiastic at first about running a hospital but Long overcame that and the business was self-sufficient by 1916.<ref name="BaptistBiography">{{Citation | title=Baptist Biography Volume 1 | first=Balus Joseph Winzer | last=Graham | year=1917 | publisher=Index Printing Company | location=Atlanta, Georgia | pages=254–255 | oclc=3906727 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UhsRAAAAIAAJ&q=Georgia+Baptist+Hospital&pg=PA254 | access-date=2009-01-28 }}</ref>
In 1921 the hospital purchased the former Levi B. Nelson home site at Boulevard and East Avenue (which was destroyed in the Great Atlanta fire of 1917), which is the present location east of downtown Atlanta.<ref name="Garrett"/> The hospital moved from its former Luckie Street location to here late in 1921.<ref>{{Citation | title=Work Continues While Head Nurse Moves Hospital | newspaper=The Atlanta Constitution | date=January 8, 1922 | page=D6 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54823129/work-continues-while-head-nurse-moves/ | access-date=July 6, 2020 | via=newspapers.com }}</ref>
A building program was undertaken starting in 1948 to expand the hospital.<ref name="Garrett"/> In 1956, office space for medical professionals was added. In 1981, air ambulance service was initiated via heliport.<ref name="OurHospital"/>
On September 5, 1997, the hospital was sold to Tenet Healthcare and was subsequently renamed Atlanta Medical Center.<ref name="OurHospital"/> Effective March 31, 2016, the hospital was sold to Wellstar Health System along with four other Atlanta-area hospitals.<ref name=TenetSale>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160401005338/en/Tenet-Completes-Sale-Atlanta-Area-Hospitals-Related-Operations|title=Tenet Completes Sale of Atlanta-Area Hospitals and Related Operations to WellStar|date=April 1, 2016|access-date=April 1, 2016|author=Charles Nicolas|publisher=Business Wire |url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706140016/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160401005338/en/Tenet-Completes-Sale-Atlanta-Area-Hospitals-Related-Operations | archive-date=July 6, 2020 }}</ref>
On August 31, 2022, Wellstar Health System announced that Atlanta Medical Center was expected to end operations on November 1, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Atlanta Medical Center to end operations in November, Wellstar says |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/atlanta-medical-center-to-end-operations-in-november-wellstar-says/ar-AA11kBnD |website=MSN |access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref>
Atlanta Medical Center permanently closed at 11:59 p.m. on October 31, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=One of Atlanta’s top hospitals, Atlanta Medical Center closes its doors for good |url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/one-atlantas-top-hospitals-atlanta-medical-center-closes-its-doors-good/M7VMVTTIVBG77PTWFLJPFE5TI4 |website=WSB-TV |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
Demolition of the hospital complex began in June 2025, with plans to create a multi-use development at the site.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tarr |first=Delaney |title=Atlanta Medical Center redevelopment shows signs of life |url=https://saportareport.com/atlanta-medical-center-redevelopment-shows-signs-of-life/sections/reports/delaneytarr/ |website=Saporta Report |date=15 May 2025 |access-date=26 June 2025}}</ref>
==In popular culture== This hospital is known for being the birthplace of actress Brittany Murphy.<ref name="NYT1220">{{cite news|last=Wheaton|first=Sarah|title=Brittany Murphy, Actress in 'Clueless,' Dies at 32|work=The New York Times|date=December 21, 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/movies/21murphy.html|access-date=December 20, 2009|archive-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825193908/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/movies/21murphy.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official website|http://www.atlantamedcenter.com}}
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Category:Defunct hospitals in Atlanta Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1921 Category:Hospitals established in 1901 Category:Old Fourth Ward Category:Trauma centers Category:Hospitals disestablished in 2022