title: History of the Georgia Baptist/Atlanta Medical Center surgical residency.
abstract: The Georgia Baptist Hospital established itself as a premier healthcare facility during the first 50 years of the 20th century. The surgical residency started in the 1940s, became accredited in 1958, and has grown into one of the most respected independent programs in the country. The development and growth of the program was a result of the commitment and dedication of the Program Directors in Surgery over the past 50 years. These key leaders included A. Hamblin Letton, John P. Wilson, Paul Stanton, and George Lucas. The hospital's name has changed to Atlanta Medical Center with the sale of the hospital to Tenet in 1997. The same old school approach to surgical training that characterized the residency when it was known as Georgia Baptist persists and provides outstanding training for future surgeons interested in a broadly based surgical education and experience.
authors.affiliation: Atlanta Medical Center Surgical Residency Program, Atlanta, Georgia 30312, USA. george.fuhrman@tenethealth.com
authors.forename: George M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Fuhrman
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Humphries
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000266:history*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education* / Q000266:history*; D005845:Georgia; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000266:history*; D033303:Protestantism / Q000266:history