A message from our President and CEO

On behalf of the Sisters of Mercy, St. Mary’s Board of Directors, and our entire St. Mary’s family, it is my pleasure to welcome you to St. Mary’s website. I hope you enjoy your visit here and find our site helpful and easy to use.

At St. Mary’s, we are dedicated to our mission to be a compassionate healing presence in the communities we serve. From our beautiful Family Birth Center to our peaceful Hospice House, we are here to meet your health care needs at every stage of life.

St. Mary’s is much more than a hospital. We are a health care ministry. In the living tradition of our sponsors, the Sisters of Mercy, we are committed to bringing high-quality, evidence-based health care services to you and your family. As a not-for-profit Catholic health care system, we invest our resources back into our community. We strive continually to enhance our facilities and services to better meet your needs and those of everyone we serve.

I am proud that St. Mary’s is recognized as a national leader in quality and patient satisfaction, but we know there is no such thing as “good enough”. Day and night, our dedicated physicians and staff work to further improve our quality of care. This effort grows from our faith, which inspires us to be committed to the sacredness of human life and the dignity of each person we serve. We pledge to strive for ever higher levels of compassion and excellence in all we do, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For more than 100 years, it has been St. Mary’s honor and privilege to serve the families, businesses, and communities of Northeast Georgia. Thank you for choosing St. Mary’s as your preferred healthcare partner, for life. We are here to serve you. Your health is our mission.

In best health,

Don McKenna, FACHE President and CEO
St. Mary’s Health Care System