founded 1908 1908 founder drs. w.p. and r.m. harbin headquarters rome georgia united states number of locations 27 locations in northwest georgia area served alabama georgia tennessee key people kenna stock president & ceo charles edward mcbride iii m.d. m.b.a medical director number of employees 1 400 divisions 32 different medical specialties website www.harbinclinic.com with more than 140 doctors specializing in 35 different medical specialties the harbin clinic is the largest privately owned multispecialty medical clinic in georgia and is a significant part of rome georgia s dominance in the field of healthcare in the triangular area between chattanooga tennessee birmingham alabama and atlanta georgia . the harbin clinic was founded in 1948 as the successor to the harbin hospital that was founded in 1908 by drs. w.p. and r.m. harbin . the harbin clinic now has more than 27 satellite offices throughout rome adairsville bremen calhoun cartersville cedartown summerville and trion . 1 contents 1 history 2 departments 3 notes 4 external links history edit dr. robert maxwell harbin 1864 1939 received his medical training at bellevue hospital medical college of new york city and first practiced medicine with his father dr. wylie reeder harbin in calhoun georgia in 1888 . in 1894 robert moved to rome georgia and established his own practice . dr. william pickens harbin 1872 1942 dr. will earned his medical doctorate in 1897 also from the bellevue hospital medical college . his brother robert invited him to join his practice in rome where will first arrived in 1898 . however will soon accepted a commission as acting assistant surgeon in the united states army during the spanish american war . after the war in 1901 will returned to rome and the harbin brothers first practice was located on the second floor at 206 broad street and they employed two horse & buggy drivers to keep buggies ready to race the doctors to the homes of patients with medical emergencies . the fee for an office visit was usually 1 and the fees for home visits were 2 to 3 but payments were often delayed until the cotton crops came in . common health problems included smallpox diphtheria typhoid pellagra tuberculosis and diabetes with diagnosis depending on active symptoms physical findings and sputum examinations . in 1908 robert and will founded the harbin hospital with 12 beds by converting a house at the southeastern corner of third avenue and first street . in 1911 they established a training program for nurses and in 1919 a new four story fire proof hospital building was constructed next door and the original hospital was converted to a nurses dormitory . also in 1919 harbin hospital acquired an x ray machine and became one of the first hospitals in the country to offer radiation treatment for cancer . in 1920 three stories were added to the hospital expanding the bed capacity to 75 and making it the tallest building in rome at the time . many modern advances were included such as steam heating electrical lights silent call systems hot and cold running water in each room linoleum floors three complete operating suites a private telephone exchange and a safe gate elevator running from basement to roof . the next year the hospital was recognized by the american college of surgeons as one of only four hospitals in georgia to meet the board s standards of excellence . in 1925 the harbin hospital introduced what was then an innovative orthopedic program of following the treatment of bone fractures with physiotherapy known today as physical therapy . other innovations in following years included dr. will harbin performing the first caesarean section ever done in floyd county the first blood matching and blood transfusion in the county and the first x ray camera in rome used for the first bone and dental films . by the time robert died in 1939 and buried in myrtle hill cemetery many other physicians had been added to the staff and in the 1930s and 40 s a new generation of harbin doctors joined including robert jr. and 3 sons of will william jr. bannester and thomas . william died in 1942 and also buried in myrtle hill cemetery . in 1948 harbin hospital was transformed into the harbin clinic by eliminating overnight care which was effectively replaced by the expansion of the floyd county hospital to 120 beds . at this time the building was renovated and an air conditioning system was added the harbin hospital school of nursing was terminated and the nurses dormitory was razed to increase parking space . the next major change came in 1969 when the medical group purchased 8 acres 32 000 m2 from berry college on the southwest corner of martha berry boulevard and redmond road and built a new facility with 34 000 square feet 3 200 m2 of office space for a staff of 20 doctors a dentist and a pharmacy . since then the harbin clinic has continued to expand and is georgia s largest privately owned multi specialty physician clinic with an 11 county referral base consisting of bartow chattooga cherokee floyd gordon haralson polk walker and paulding counties in georgia and cherokee and dekalb counties in alabama . the clinic also has more than 20 satellite offices are throughout rome calhoun cartersville cedartown adairsville summerville and bremen . 1 harbin clinic was affiliated with phycor inc a medical management company based in nashville tn from 1996 to 2000 . upon phycor s reorganization harbin repurchased its assets and regained its independent status . 2 3 departments edit the comprehensive nature of care available at the harbin clinic is evidenced by the long list of departments within the clinic 1 acupuncture audiology bariatric center behavioral sciences cancer center cardiac rehabilitation cardiology cardiology pediatrics cardiothoracic surgery chiropractic medicine clinical research dermatology diabetes management center dialysis center endocrinology family practice gastroenterology general surgery imaging center immediate care infectious diseases internal medicine laboratory medical oncology nephrology neurology neurosurgery obstetrics gynecology ophthalmology optometry orthopaedics otolaryngology pediatrics pharmatrend infusions plastic surgery center pulmonary function lab pulmonary medicine radiation oncology retired physicians rheumatology sleep disorders center spine & pain center travel and tropical medicine services urology vascular lab vascular surgery & endovascular interventions vein center vitality fitness center notes edit a b c based on information from the harbin clinic website accessed december 30 2008 . phycor completes affiliation with harbin clinic . retrieved 4 november 2013 . harbin clinic terminates management agreement . retrieved 4 november 2013 . external links edit the harbin clinic retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title harbin clinic & oldid 743047859 categories clinicshealthcare in the united statesprivately held companies based in georgia u.s. state 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