WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center

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Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center is a major hospital in Marietta, Georgia. It is part of Wellstar Health System and serves most of northern and central Cobb County and nearby counties. The center is a Level I trauma center, a Comprehensive Cardiac center, and a Level I/Comprehensive Stroke Center. The main hospital has more than 630 beds and features a large, highly equipped Emergency Department.

Key facts
- Location: 677 Church Street NE, Marietta, Georgia, United States
- Type: General, tertiary-care hospital
- Trauma and other designations: Level I trauma center; Comprehensive Cardiac center; Level I/Comprehensive Stroke Center
- Emergency Department: 166 beds in a 266,000-square-foot facility; connected to the main hospital by a pedestrian bridge; equipped with four CT scanners, a dedicated MRI, and a 12-bed resuscitation area
- ED visits: More than 147,000 patients seen each year
- Helipad: FAA location identifier 56GA
- Website: Wellstar Health System location Kennestone Hospital

Brief history
- 1950: Opened as Kennestone Hospital with 105 beds
- 1959: Capacity expanded to 300 beds with the south wing
- Over time: Expanded to more than 630 beds and added several critical care units
- 1988: The nation’s first laparoscopic gallbladder removal occurred at Kennestone
- 1993: Merged with Cobb, Douglas, Paulding, and Windy Hill hospitals to form Northwest Georgia Health System
- 1998: Northwest Georgia Health System became WellStar Health System
- 2011: Upgraded to Level II trauma center (Metro Atlanta’s third level II trauma center)
- 2013: Renamed Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
- 2020: Opened a new Emergency Department building (200+ beds) linked by a pedestrian bridge to the main hospital; the ED became one of the largest in Georgia
- 2024: Upgraded to Level I trauma center, making it the second Level I trauma center in the Atlanta area
- The hospital hosts graduate medical education programs in family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery, and palliative care

Notable
- Wrestler Scott Hall died at Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center in 2022

This summary covers the center’s location, role, services, major expansions, and notable milestones in plain language.