Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital is Atlanta's longest-serving hospital, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1880. Four sisters, with just 50 cents between them, opened the Atlanta Hospital, the city’s first after the Civil War. It was renamed Saint Joseph’s Hospital in the 1970s. Our mission is the same today as it was over 140 years ago — to provide compassionate care, especially to those in need. Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital is Atlanta’s first faith-based and longest-serving hospital. Specialty Care: Cancer/Oncology, Emergency Care, Gamma Knife, Heart & Vascular, Orthopaedics, Pastoral Care, Urology, and Visconti Center for Robotics.