Emory Healthcare Warner Robins unveils Heart and Vascular and Transplant Clinic 

WARNER ROBINS — Emory Healthcare – Warner Robins has taken the next step in becoming the hub of healthcare in Central Georgia, as the hospital recently cut the ribbon on a new heart, vascular, and transplant clinic located inside the Roy H. “Sonny” Watson Pavilion. 

The clinic is projected to open in mid-October and will be staffed by one Registered Nurse, two Certified Medical Assistant Coordinators, and a Physician. The clinic expects to treat around 12 to 15 patients a day. 

In June, Emory Healthcare was welcomed to Warner Robins and has been a key development partner for the city. 

“Just three short months later, we are here celebrating this exciting announcement,” Robins Regional Chamber President and CEO April Bragg said. “I just want to express our gratitude to Emory Healthcare for their investment in our community and the many resources and specialties that will soon follow.” 

Kevin Splaine, CEO of Emory Healthcare – Warner Robins and Emory Healthcare – Perry, said Emory’s mission is to improve lives and provide hope. 

“The way that we intend to fulfill that mission here is in part based upon the vision we presented to you as we entered the community,” he said. “We believe that this should be the hub of healthcare of Central Georgia.”

Splaine pointed out that this clinic is the first step in making specialty healthcare more accessible. 

“People who have advanced heart issues, transplant candidates and post transplant patients will be able to receive their care here without having to travel long distances,” he said. “We know people do better when the care is closer to them.” 

Splaine said the community support surrounding Emory since their arrival in Houston County has been outstanding. 

“Everyone is happy that we’re here. They’ve asked us to improve on a lot of things and this is a good example of fulfilling that promise,” he said. 

Adam Bingaman, Director of the Kidney Transplant Program, said their goal is to broaden their access to care on the transplant side. 

“Some folks may need a transplant, so we can give them an evaluation and partnership with the community to get a testing done to see if they qualify to get a kidney transplant, for example, if they want to get off dialysis,” he said. 

The goal is also very similar on the heart and vascular side; Micheal Halkos, Chief of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, said they seek to provide a complement to the care patients are receiving.  

“Instead of coming up to Atlanta to see us, we will come down here to see them and will be able to make decisions about what may be needed,” he said. “In any of these super specialized areas of the field, we’ll be able to provide that type of consultation and advice here by getting a lot of that necessary testing done in partnerships with our cardiologists here and in the community.” 

Information on the hospital’s full scope of services can be found at hhc.org.