Harbin Clinic history

The original hospital was turned into a dormitory for the nurse training program that had been established in 1911.

An article in the October 31, 1919 Rome Tribune-Herald proclaims, "Harbin Hospital Secures Services of Doctor W. H. Lewis; Famous Diagnostician from Mayo Clinic joins local staff."

Doctor Lewis came to the Harbin Hospital in the spring of 1920 to establish the department of internal medicine and diagnosis.

In 1921, President Warren G. Harding declared "Hospital Day" on May 12 as an occasion for opening hospitals across the country to visitors to demonstrate methods of examination and treatment of patients.

Doctor R. M. Harbin's son, Robert Maxwell Harbin, Jr., M.D. returned in 1930.

The two Harbin brothers practiced medicine together until Doctor Robert's death in 1939.

Founding Members - The Harbin Clinic July 1, 1948 Pictured L-R, Standing: Doctor Tom Harbin, Doctor Warren Gilbert, Doctor Edward Bosworth, Doctor Lester Harbin.

In 1969, Harbin Clinic purchased a nine-acre tract from Berry College on an unpaved dirt road at the Southwest corner of Martha Berry Boulevard and Redmond Road.

In 2000, Rome joined Columbus, Albany, Savannah, and Atlanta as a hub for research and clinical excellence in cancer care.

Few communities have the research and doctors with clinical excellence to compare with the team that forms Harbin Clinic Cancer Center.Under the direction of Doctor Tony E. Warren, Harbin Clinic Pulmonologist, weekly Multidisciplinary Cancer Conferences began in 2003.

In the summer of 2007, Harbin Clinic opened the Harbin Clinic Specialty Center at 550 Redmond Road next door to the Harbin Clinic Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Center.

The Harbin Clinic Summerville Dialysis Center was opened in Summerville in January 2008, while the Harbin Clinic Cedartown Medical Building was opened in the fall of that year.

In February 2010, a groundbreaking and naming ceremony was held at the site of the new cancer center – Harbin Clinic Tony E. Warren, M.D. Cancer Center.