Piedmont Heart of Athens
Cardiology • Athens, GA • Since 1905
About
Summary: Piedmont HealthCare (Piedmont) is a large nonprofit health system based in Atlanta, Georgia, offering a broad network of hospitals, urgent care, QuickCare centers, clinics, and specialty services. It operates as Georgia’s largest health system with 26 hospitals, 75 urgent care centers, 25 QuickCare locations, and about 1,875 Piedmont Clinic physician practices. Services span primary care, maternity, brain tumor, heart, neurosciences, oncology, transplant surgery, and more. The system employs roughly 9,574 people, generates about $2.6B in annual revenue, and was founded in 1905. They support online appointment scheduling via MyChart and have a significant presence in Georgia with multiple locations, including Athens/Atlanta-area references in related materials.
Clinic Type
Cardiology
Address
242 King Avenue, Suite 210, Athens, GA 30606
Phone
706-475-1700
customerservice@piedmont.org
Opening Hours
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm; Saturday - Sunday closed
Services Offered
Team
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What Patients Say
Overall sentiment across review platforms: positive
- Birdeye: 4.8 out of 5 stars (from 200 reviews) (200 reviews)
- Piedmont official website: 4.9 out of 5 stars (varies by specific provider) (Hundreds of individual provider ratings available on official site)
Patients praise
- professional and knowledgeable medical staff
- attentive and compassionate care
- efficiency in performing diagnostic procedures like CT scans and X-rays
- friendly and helpful receptionists and assistants
Common complaints
- long wait times in the emergency department
- administrative and referral process issues
- rude or uninformed staff reports
- scheduling delays and last-minute cancellations
"The staff here is incredible!! They show how much they clearly care for their patients. The receptionists, medical assistants, NPs, physicians, and schedulers are all so friendly and helpful."
— Dr. Racheleidelman.com review summary"I believe 7 hours with not yet seeing a doctor is unreasonable. Now their must have been 100 or more patients. So I believe it was due to under staff."
— Birdeye patient review"Made an appointment two months in advance because that was the earliest they could get me in. Two days until my appt and they call saying they have to reschedule and the earliest opening is in may (3 months from now). Very frustrating and staff seem like they could care less."
— Dr. Racheleidelman.com review summarySynthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].
In the News
- Piedmont Athens Regional nationally recognized for providing quality care for severe heart attacks | Piedmont Healthcare — Aug 21, 2025
- Kent Nilsson, MD - UGA School of Medicine — Feb 19, 2026
- Piedmont opens new Athens Primary Care location | News | mainstreetnews.com — Apr 22, 2026
- Piedmont Athens Regional begins $56 million surgical services, OR expansion | Piedmont Healthcare — Sep 16, 2025
- Piedmont Athens Regional hosts annual health education symposium for Black History Month — Feb 6, 2026
Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.
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