Healthcare in Marietta
Marietta has real, in-city acute-care hospital access through WellStar Health System, anchored by WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center -- a Level I trauma and comprehensive stroke center, not just a community hospital -- giving the city genuinely deep local healthcare infrastructure for a suburb its size.
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Learn moreWellStar Kennestone: a Level I trauma and comprehensive stroke center
WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center, located in Marietta, is an ACS-verified Level I Trauma, Comprehensive Cardiac, and Level I/Comprehensive Stroke Center serving most of northern and central Cobb County plus adjacent counties. In 2020 it opened a 200+ bed Emergency Department connected to the main hospital by a pedestrian bridge. U.S. News ranks it the #7 Best Regional Hospital in both Georgia and the Atlanta metro, and its rehabilitation program is rated 'High Performing,' ranked #3 in both Georgia and Atlanta metro. It also houses the Kennestone Cancer Center for community-based oncology care.
A second WellStar facility, WellStar Cobb, adds further local system capacity
WellStar Health System also operates WellStar Cobb Hospital elsewhere in Cobb County, giving the immediate area more than one WellStar-system facility rather than a single hospital serving the entire county -- a real, if same-system rather than competing-system, healthcare capacity advantage.
A Level I trauma center in-city is a genuine, distinguishing fact
Having a Level I (the highest designation) trauma and stroke center located directly in Marietta -- rather than requiring a drive into central Atlanta for the highest level of trauma or stroke care -- is a meaningfully stronger local healthcare position than many similarly sized Atlanta-area satellite suburbs have, several of which route their highest-acuity cases into Atlanta proper.
Routine and specialty care beyond trauma
Beyond trauma and stroke care, WellStar Kennestone's cancer center and broader medical staff (spanning multiple specialties, per hospital reporting) cover a substantial share of routine and specialty healthcare needs locally, reducing -- though not eliminating -- the need to travel into central Atlanta for care that a smaller community hospital elsewhere might not offer.
Key takeaways
- WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center in Marietta is an ACS-verified Level I Trauma, Comprehensive Cardiac, and Level I/Comprehensive Stroke Center -- U.S. News ranks it #7 Best Regional Hospital in both Georgia and Atlanta metro, with a 'High Performing' rehab program ranked #3 in both.
- A 200+ bed Emergency Department, opened in 2020 and connected to the main hospital by a pedestrian bridge, plus the Kennestone Cancer Center, add real depth beyond baseline trauma/stroke designation.
- WellStar Health System also operates WellStar Cobb Hospital elsewhere in the county, giving the immediate area more than one same-system hospital facility.
- Having a Level I trauma and stroke center located directly in Marietta -- rather than requiring a drive into Atlanta proper for the highest level of care -- is a genuine, distinguishing local healthcare advantage relative to many similarly sized Atlanta-area satellites.
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