Northeast Georgia Medical Center Graduate Medical Education

Name

Northeast Georgia Medical Center Graduate Medical Education

Legal name

Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc.

Website

https://ngmcgme.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Northeast Georgia Medical Center Graduate Medical Education (NGMC GME) is the non-profit graduate medical education division of Northeast Georgia Health System, operating seven ACGME-accredited residency programs and four fellowship programs with 200+ residents across a five-hospital Northeast Georgia footprint including a Level I Trauma Center.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Graduate Medical Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFANAL

EMS Education, Training & Simulation Centers

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Emergency Medical Services

Keywords

• Graduate medical education
• Residency training programs
• Medical fellowship training
• Clinical medical education
• Physician workforce training

Headquarters

HQ city

Gainesville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Graduate Medical Education Funding: As a teaching hospital and GME sponsoring institution, NGMC receives Medicare/Medicaid GME funding to train resident physicians. The program is supported by Northeast Georgia Health System as part of its mission to improve community health and build the physician workforce in the region.
2. Medical Student Rotation Fees: Coordinates clinical rotations for medical and physician assistant students through partnerships with medical schools. Housing support provided through Foothills AHEC.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NGMC GME operates as an ACGME-accredited graduate medical education program offering seven residency programs and four fellowship programs across multiple specialties. Training is delivered at a 557-bed Level I Trauma Center serving over one million people across 19 counties, with the NGHS Center for Simulation & Innovation providing state-of-the-art simulation-based training. The program hosts more than 200 resident physicians and is supported by Northeast Georgia Health System as part of its physician workforce development mission.

Product overview

Northeast Georgia Medical Center Graduate Medical Education (NGMC GME) offers a comprehensive portfolio of medical training programs. The organization operates seven ACGME-accredited residency programs (Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Primary Care Track, Psychiatry, and Transitional Year) hosting over 200 resident physicians. Additionally, NGMC GME provides four fellowship programs (Cardiovascular Disease at Georgia Heart Institute, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Pulmonary & Critical Care, and Simulation). Supporting services include the Center for Simulation & Innovation (accredited by Society for Simulation in Healthcare), GME Wellness Program with mental health resources, and GME Research & Quality Improvement department. The program also facilitates Medical Student Rotations for visiting students through VSLO.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NGMC Graduate Medical Education: The GME division offering residency and fellowship training programs in various medical specialties
• NGHS Center for Simulation & Innovation
• Georgia Heart Institute

Products and services

• Emergency Medicine Residency A three-year ACGME-accredited residency program training physicians in high-volume emergency departments, Level I Trauma Center, and diverse patient populations from four states. Accepts up to 12 categorical residents each academic year.
• Family Medicine Residency A three-year training program offering comprehensive clinical experience across the lifespan, based on a 'clinic first' model with a 24,000 square foot continuity clinic.
• General Surgery Residency A five-year ACGME-accredited training program developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to evaluate, diagnose, and manage surgical patients. Accepts up to six categorical residents each academic year, with specialized rotations at Emory University Hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
• Internal Medicine Residency A three-year training program offering comprehensive training in internal medicine with a robust curriculum encompassing diverse clinical experiences.
• Primary Care Track Residency A three-year program within the Internal Medicine Residency aimed at training exceptional general internists for careers in primary care.
• Psychiatry Residency An ACGME-accredited community-based, community-focused four-year residency program built through collaboration with multiple healthcare partners including Avita Community Partners and Peachford Hospital.
• Transitional Year Residency A one-year program providing broad-based training in internal medicine, emergency medicine, surgery, critical care, and outpatient primary care to maximize flexibility for future specialization.
• Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship A three-year ACGME-accredited fellowship program at Georgia Heart Institute with six positions offered per year, training fellows in comprehensive cardiovascular care.
• Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship A one-year community-based training program designed to develop expert palliative medicine physicians through clinical care, didactic, and experiential learning.
• Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship A community-based three-year fellowship training outstanding pulmonary and critical care subspecialty physicians with clinical and research opportunities.
• Simulation Fellowship A one-year fellowship providing advanced hands-on and theoretical training in medical simulation for emergency medicine, critical care, medical education, and systems improvement.
• Medical Student Rotations Clinical rotations for medical and physician assistant students at NGMC campuses with access to simulation center, research support, and wellness services. Coordinated through AAMC's VSLO platform.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Emory University HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner rotation site for General Surgery residency. Transplant, burn and pediatric rotations are performed at Emory University Hospital in cooperation with the General Surgery Residency Program at Emory University.
• Grady Memorial HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner rotation site for General Surgery residency for transplant, burn and pediatric rotations.
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish RitecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner rotation site for General Surgery residency pediatric rotations, performed in cooperation with the General Surgery Residency Program at Emory University.
• Avita Community PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for Psychiatry Residency program, providing community-based psychiatric care training and integration with community mental health services.
• Peachford HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for Psychiatry Residency program, providing inpatient psychiatric training experiences.
• Mt. Sinai Wellness CentersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for Psychiatry Residency program providing additional psychiatric training experiences.
• Foothills Area Health Education Center (AHEC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to provide scheduling, credentialing, and onboarding services for medical and physician assistant students completing clinical rotations. Also provides housing support for health professions students.
• Georgia Emergency Department Services (GEDS)coreTechnology or IntegrationDemocratic group of emergency physicians who work at NGMC and serve as faculty in the Emergency Medicine residency. Physician-owned and operated group that determines staffing, teaching approaches, and emergency department operations.
• EMS & Fire Station PartnershipssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with multiple EMS agencies across Northeast Georgia including Jackson County, Forsyth County, Rabun County, Franklin County, Banks County, Barrow County, Lumpkin County, Dawson County, Stephens County, Habersham County, and White County for EMS training experiences.
• University Partnerships (Brenau University, Piedmont College, University of North Georgia, Mercer University)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnerships for simulation center community outreach, educational experiences, and student rotations.
• Lutzie 43 FoundationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for community outreach and education initiatives through the Simulation Center.
• HOPE for Georgia MomssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for maternal health initiatives and perinatal quality improvement through simulation and education programs.

Scale indicators11 records

Direct peers

• Cone Health GME: Cone Health operates GME programs in North Carolina with a similar community-based teaching hospital model. Comparable in residency program breadth, regional workforce mission, and growing multi-hospital footprint.
• WellStar Health System GME: WellStar operates community-based GME programs in metro Atlanta and Georgia. Similar community teaching hospital model, comparable specialties (Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, EM), and overlapping candidate applicant pool with NGMC GME.
• AdventHealth GME: AdventHealth operates a large, multi-state GME program with community-based teaching hospitals across the Southeast and Midwest. Comparable in scale, faith-based nonprofit mission overlap, and approach to community physician training.
• Atrium Health GME: Atrium Health operates a large, multi-specialty GME program across several community-based teaching hospitals in the Carolinas. Most directly comparable: similar scale of residency/fellowship programs, community-based teaching hospital model, and pipeline-focused physician workforce strategy.
• Carilion Clinic GME: Carilion Clinic in Virginia operates a community-based GME program with multiple residency and fellowship programs. Similar in scale, regional physician workforce mission, and academic affiliate partnerships (Virginia Tech).

Others

• Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH): SSH is the accrediting body for NGMC's simulation center, but is also adjacent peer comparison for the simulation-based training infrastructure NGMC has built. Other SSH-accredited centers (e.g., Stanford, Harvard Center for Medical Simulation) represent similar high-fidelity simulation programs.
• Emory University School of Medicine: Emory is an existing strategic partner (NGMC General Surgery residents rotate through Emory) and represents the academic medical center counterpoint to NGMC's community-based model. Comparable in GME offerings and shared applicant pool in Georgia.

Regional players

• Piedmont Healthcare GME: Piedmont operates GME programs primarily in metro Atlanta, Georgia. Comparable in community-based teaching model and specialty offerings, though more geographically concentrated in Atlanta rather than Northeast Georgia.

Broad incumbents

• HCA Healthcare GME: HCA Healthcare is the largest sponsor of GME programs in the United States, operating residency and fellowship programs across 60+ hospitals. Highly comparable in scale and community-based teaching hospital model, though broader in geographic footprint and specialty mix.
• CommonSpirit Health GME: CommonSpirit operates one of the largest nonprofit GME programs in the U.S. across dozens of community hospitals. Comparable in mission (community-based physician training), dual hospital system scale, and pursuit of academic-quality training outside of academic medical centers.

Market position

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Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles11 records

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