Guide to Local Medical Resources

This guide to local medical resources in Atlanta offers information that you may find useful during your time at PHA 2022.

Disclaimer: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) is providing this resource and listing of medical facilities as a convenience to PHA 2022 attendees. PHA does not represent these facilities and cannot confirm that the facilities listed in this document will accept your specific insurance. Please contact the facilities listed in this document directly if you have any insurance coverage questions.

What to do In Case of a Medical Emergency

Adult Patients:
Direct the ambulance to take you to Emory University Midtown Hospital (550 Peachtree Street NE). It is the closest hospital to the Conference Hotel (Hyatt Regency Atlanta). If you need to be admitted, you may be transferred to the PHA-accredited PH Care Center in Atlanta, Georgia at Northside Hospital.

Pediatric Patients:
Direct the ambulance to bring you to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory Children’s Center (2015 Uppergate Drive NE, Atlanta). It is the closest children’s hospital to the Conference Hotel (Hyatt Regency Atlanta). Consider completing and printing the Empowered Patient Toolkit prior to traveling to Conference. Keep this with you at all times during Conference in case of an emergency.

After you call 911, contact your home PH doctor using the instructions your home PH health care team has given you. Though there may be many medical professionals at Conference, your home PH health care team knows you and your situation best. Involving your PH health care team will help local medical providers better care for if you need medical assistance at Conference.

What To Do If You Are Not Feeling Well (Not an Emergency)

If you do not feel well but you do not know if it is an emergency, approach the situation the same as you would when travelling outside of PHA Conference. Contact your home PH team using the phone numbers they gave you.

If your PH team did not give you a phone number, if you cannot remember your PH team’s phone number or if you start to feel worse, it is always better to dial 911.

Empowered Patient Toolkit
PHA’s Empowered Patient Toolkit was designed by experienced PH patients and health care professionals to help you organize your own PH medical information using worksheets and resources. The Toolkit is available on the PHA website.

Before coming to Conference, you should consider completing the following components of the Empowered Patient Toolkit and keep it with you at all times during Conference in case of an emergency. These documents will help emergency medical technicians (EMTs), hospital personnel and other health care professionals who might assist you in an emergency.

• Patient Medical Summary: Use this document to track your personal information and emergency contacts and include a brief summary of your most important medication and medical information. Include any critical health information at the top of the sheet, including, “Do not stop pump,” “On sildenafil – No nitrates” and/or “Takes Coumadin.”

• Medication Log: Use this log to record everything you take, both prescribed and over-the-counter medications. Medicines that you have recently stopped taking should remain on your list. Use multiple sheets if necessary. Your health care team may also be able to provide you with a list of your current medications.

• Medical Contact List: Compile a complete list of your doctors and health care providers, along with their specialties and contact information.

  • Information worksheet for EMS and Emergency Department Professionals

In addition, PHA’s Empowered Patient Toolkit contains some guides that might assist you as you plan your trip to Atlanta.

• Travel Checklist: Use this checklist to get organized whenever you are preparing for a new trip.

• Travel Contact List: Use this list to record the names and contact information of your local medical team, as well as emergency contacts at your destination location.

• Emergency 101 readiness checklist

• Template Letters

  • Flying with Medical Equipment

  • Permission to Fly with Oxygen

  • Permission to Cancel Flight

Nearest Adult Hospital

Emory University Midtown Hospital
550 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: (404) 686-4411

Nearest Pediatric Hospital

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory Children’s Center
2015 Uppergate Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: (404) 785-9400

Nearest PH Care Center
(Non-Emergencies)

The Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Northside Hospital/Pulmonary and Critical Care of Atlanta
960 Johnson Ferry Road., Suite 500
Atlanta, GA 30342
Phone: (404) 257-0006

Nearest Urgent Care Facility

Piedmont Urgent Care
882 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA 30306
(770) 809 3034
Monday – Sunday: 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Local Pharmacies

CVS/Pharmacy
235 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 577 4054
Distance: 0.2 mi NE
Store Hours:
Mon – Sun: 7 a.m. – Midnight
Pharmacy Hours:
Mon – Fri: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday: Closed

Walgreens
25 Peachtree St SE,
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 260 1038
Distance: 0.6 mi
Store Hours:
Mon – Sun: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Pharmacy Hours:
Mon – Sun: 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Local Oxygen Sources

MediSource
Main Office: (770) 528-9559

Lincare
Marietta: (770) 425 1229

Apria
Forest Park: (404) 479 4922