Primary Care Physician Jobs in Atlanta: What Are Your Options?

Are you looking for a primary care physician job in Atlanta, GA? Or perhaps you’re already here and just looking for a new opportunity?

As a concierge medicine practice with an office in the Atlanta area, we know it can be difficult to decide where to start your search. You could take your primary care career in several directions.

While this blog is focused specifically on primary care physician jobs in Atlanta, we all know healthcare is a team effort. This blog could easily serve as a solid starting point for nurses, health coaches, and other healthcare professionals exploring a career switch.

Primary Care Jobs in Atlanta, GA: Types of Employers

To help you start, we’ve put together this list of employers in the Atlanta area that could be right for your next primary care move.

You’ll explore three major categories:

• Hospital systems: There are several major hospitals in the Atlanta metro area, including Emory, Piedmont, Northside, and Wellstar.
• Independent traditional primary care practices: In recent years, many primary care practices in Atlanta have become affiliated with major hospital systems. But independent practices are still worth checking out.
• Concierge medicine: There are a handful of concierge medicine practices throughout the Atlanta area.

This is not an exhaustive list. These practices could be in various stages of active hiring. However, we hope this blog will provide helpful information as you get started in your search.

Primary Care Jobs in Atlanta: Hospitals

Emory is the biggest healthcare brand in the Atlanta area. However, there are a handful of other major hospitals.

Emory Healthcare

As the largest healthcare provider in the Atlanta area, Emory Healthcare operates 10 hospitals. Many locations are private practices in the Emory Healthcare network, such as GA Internal Medicine in Duluth, Emory Family Medicine in Dunwoody, or One Medical in Buckhead.

Learn more about Emory Healthcare.

Piedmont Healthcare

Piedmont operates 16 hospitals throughout the state, including a handful in the Atlanta metro area. They employ more than 230 family medicine and internal medicine physicians at more than 65 primary care locations.

Learn more about Piedmont.

Northside Hospital

Northside Hospital operates five hospitals in the state, including in Atlanta, Canton, Duluth, Cumming, and Lawrenceville.

They also have more than 40 affiliated primary care practices throughout the state, such as the Center for Preventive Medicine in Atlanta or Gwinnett Family Medical Care in Snellville.

Learn more about Northside Hospital.

Wellstar

Wellstar has 11 hospitals in the Atlanta metro area, including the flagship Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center in the heart of downtown.

In addition, they have numerous affiliated primary care practices, some of which are private practices like American Family Care in Atlanta and others that operate under the Wellstar Urgent Care brand.

Learn more about Wellstar.

Primary Care Jobs in Atlanta: Traditional Primary Care

While many primary care practices in the Atlanta area are affiliated with one of the above healthcare systems, there are also several independent practices.

Southeast Medical Group (Formerly North Atlanta Primary Care)

Southeast Medical Group employs more than 50 primary care physicians at more than 20 offices in the Atlanta area.

Learn more about North Atlanta Primary Care.

Piedmont Internal Medicine

Piedmont Internal Medicine has eight physicians, three PAs, and two NPs at two offices in the Atlanta area.

Learn more about Piedmont Internal Medicine.

Gwinnett Clinic

Gwinnett Clinic employs more than 20 primary care physicians and five nurse practitioners at more than 15 offices located in Gwinnett and North Atlanta.

Learn more about Gwinnett Clinic here.

Concierge Medicine Jobs in Atlanta

As a major metropolitan area, Atlanta has plenty of concierge medicine practices. Here are a few of the most well-established practices that could be hiring for concierge medicine physician jobs in Atlanta. 

PartnerMD

We have three concierge doctors in Sandy Springs — Dr. Rob Norris, Dr. Jennifer Tutt, and Dr. Rakesh Sarma.

We look for physicians eager to provide top-notch care to all their patients, and we’re also always looking for outstanding nurses, patient services representatives, health coaches, and more.

Learn more about becoming a concierge doctor at PartnerMD here. For other healthcare professionals, check out our Careers page for open positions.

MDVIP

MDVIP lists 12 internal medicine doctors in the Atlanta area, although they have many more as you expand farther outside the city. These doctors or offices operate independently of each other.

Sandy Springs Internal Medicine

They have five internal medicine doctors who practice out of their office in Sandy Springs.

Personal Care Physicians of Atlanta

Personalized Primary Care Atlanta has two internal medicine doctors – Dr. Juliet Mavromatis and Dr. Phyllis Tong. Their office is north of downtown Atlanta off I-85 at the N Druid Hills Rd exit.

Resources for Moving to Atlanta, GA

If you’re reading this article, you either already live somewhere in the Atlanta metro area, or you are planning a move to the area.

If you’re exploring the Atlanta area as your new home, here are a few helpful resources to check out.

• KNOW Atlanta: Atlanta’s Relocation Guide
• Moving to Atlanta: Everything You Need to Know

Next Steps: Choosing the Right Primary Care Job for You

Now that you have a starting point, think about what you want from an internal medicine job or family medicine job in Atlanta. Here are a few questions to ask yourself:

• Do you want to be in a hospital setting or affiliated with a larger hospital system?
• Do you want to be a part of a large practice or a small practice?
• Is traditional primary care what you’re looking for?

As a leading concierge practice, we’d recommend giving concierge medicine a look. There are several benefits of practicing concierge medicine.

The biggest benefit is that with smaller panels and more time with your patients, you can practice medicine the way you’ve always wanted – with the luxury of providing excellent care for every patient.

Check out our website for more information on practicing concierge medicine at PartnerMD.