Mr. Ebert leads Piedmont Eastside Medical Center, a 305-bed hospital in Gwinnett County with more than 1,600 staff that logged more than 14,000 inpatient admissions and 65,000 outpatient encounters in fiscal year 2025. Under his leadership, the hospital reduced hospital-acquired infections by 40%, cut emergency department wait times by two hours, doubled its net promoter score, expanded its medical staff by 30% and grew patient volumes by 20%. Mr. Ebert launched a new primary care network after identifying a shortage of providers in the county and expanded specialty services to include neurology, colorectal surgery and medical oncology. He partnered with Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health to build a freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital that opened in June 2026, building on the hospital’s 20-bed acute inpatient rehabilitation unit that has earned national quality recognition for nine years. He also led the acquisition of the Single Port da Vinci, Mako and ION surgical robots to expand minimally invasive and early lung cancer detection capabilities, and the hospital has been recognized as a high-performing facility for stroke, kidney failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and prostate cancer surgery by U.S. News & World Report for 2025-26. Before joining Piedmont Eastside, Mr. Ebert served as CEO of Piedmont Walton Hospital in Monroe, Ga. from 2018 to 2023, and as executive director of strategic operations at Piedmont Athens (Ga.) Regional Medical Center. The Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals named Mr. Ebert “CEO of the Year” for 2025.
