Northside Hospital Cherokee

Northside Hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in the United States. Operational for more than 55 years, the hospital has branch locations in Atlanta, Canton, Forsyth and Cherokee, Ga. A nonprofit health care system, it employs more than 500 consultant doctors, pulmonologists, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers, dieticians and pediatricians. Approved by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the hospital serves more than 500,000 patients annually. Its gynecological division offers various educational and prevention services, such as breast health classes, workshops, a hereditary cancer program, mammography screenings, ultrasound, cyst aspiration, needle and stereotactic biopsy, lumpectomy, and axillary dissection procedures. Northside Hospital also offers cancer diagnostics; conformal therapy; high-tech radiation therapy and radiology services; occupational medicine; drug testing; blood and urine analysis; and smoking cessation services.