About Radiation Oncology Services at Piedmont Hospital

Radiation Oncology Services at Piedmont Hospital uses the most advanced technology available to treat cancer and some other non-cancerous medical conditions. Piedmont’s highly skilled radiation oncology team provides a full-range of radiation treatment for all tumor locations, sizes and types. The first in the Southeast and fourth in the nation to host the Gamma Knife, Piedmont has more than 15 years of experience with this revolutionary technology. Piedmont also was the fourth in the United States to host the Trilogy system and was the first in Atlanta to use it for radiosurgery procedures outside the brain. Piedmont has treated more patients with brain tumors than any other hospital in metro Atlanta. Piedmont’s cancer program has earned continuous approval, most recently with commendation, for more than 25 years from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, reflecting the high standards set by the approval committee. For more information on radiation oncology treatment processes and benefits, as well as other Piedmont services, please visit our website at www.piedmonthospital.org.

About Piedmont Hospital

Celebrating a century of better care, Piedmont Hospital is a 500-bed acute tertiary care facility offering all major medical, surgical and diagnostic services. Solucient, a healthcare information company, named Piedmont Hospital one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® in 2005 and 2002. Piedmont Hospital was also named one of the nation’s 100 Most Wired by the 2004 and 2005 Most Wired Surveys and Benchmarking Studies. Located on 26 acres in the north Atlanta community of Buckhead, Piedmont is a private, not-for-profit organization with 3,700 employees and a medical staff of more than 900 physicians. Piedmont Hospital is a member of Piedmont Healthcare – which also includes Piedmont Fayette Hospital, a 100-bed community hospital in Fayetteville, one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® for the past two years, and one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals; Piedmont Mountainside Hospital, a 35-bed community hospital in Jasper; the Piedmont Hospital Foundation; the Piedmont Physicians Group, a 74-member primary care physician group with 20 offices throughout metro Atlanta; and Piedmont Clinic, a 469-member physician network. Piedmont and Piedmont Fayette Hospitals were the only two Georgia hospitals on the 2005 list of 100 Top Hospitals. For more information, visit www.piedmonthospital.org.