United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981900/1960Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta has been a forerunner in the Southeast for developing surgical procedures, from performing the region's first open-heart surgery in 1957 to utilizing minimally invasive robotic surgery in the twenty-first century.Photograph of doctors performing surgery at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Two surgeons and three nurses surround a surgical table. Bright lights above them illuminate their faces.Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta has been a forerunner in the Southeast for developing surgical procedures; surgeons at the hospital performed the region's first open-heart surgery in 1957.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/saint-josephs-hospitalForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/saint-josephs-hospitalForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaHospitals--Georgia--AtlantaMedical care--Georgia--AtlantaSurgery--Georgia--AtlantaPhysicians--Georgia--AtlantaSurgeons--Georgia--AtlantaOperating room personnel--Georgia--AtlantaOperating rooms--Georgia--AtlantaNurses--Georgia--AtlantaSaint Joseph's Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.)Surgery at Saint Joseph'sStillImage