For the second year in a row, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (PPMH) has been named one of the four best hospitals in the state by Georgia Business Journal.  PPMH was one of four winners in the hospital category in the publication’s 2025 Best of Georgia poll.

“Our teams in clinical units and non-clinical departments throughout our hospital work extremely hard to live up to the Phoebe Way – our pledge to make every life we touch better by putting Safety First, offering Superior Service and providing Exceptional Care to everyone, every day,” said PPMH President Deb Angerami.  “We are pleased any time that dedication to our patients is recognized and we can give our people a well-deserved pat on the back.”

Phoebe Bariatrics was also named a Best of Georgia Regional Winner in the Weight Loss Center category.  Phoebe’s nationally accredited bariatrics program is based at Phoebe Sumter in Americus, though pre-surgery seminars and post-surgical checkups are also available in Albany.  Learn more about Phoebe’s comprehensive weight loss program at www.phoebebariatrics.com.

For the Best of Georgia awards, Georgia Business Journal readers and editors weigh in on businesses and organizations in more than 25 broad business and community sectors.  The process starts with a nomination on the Best of Georgia website.  Voting remains open throughout the year, with hundreds of thousands of votes received annually.  Best of Georgia nominees and winners are chosen by a combination of readers’ votes and editors’ input and are vetted through several ranking sites, Better Business Bureau reports and voting pattern analysis reports.

Winners are named in hundreds of individual categories, providing Georgia Business Journal readers with a go-to-guide for the best of everything in Georgia.  Georgia Business Journal recognizes three levels of winners – The Best of Georgia, Best of Georgia Regional Winners and Honorable Mentions.  Within each category, there are multiple honorees in each tier, depending on the size of the market sector.

You can view the full list of Best of Georgia winners at www.bestofgeorgia.com/winners.