Across rural Georgia, more than 60 counties lack a single pediatrician. In this conversation, Jean Sumner, M.D., Dean of Mercer University School of Medicine, and Marc Welsh, vice president of child advocacy at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, share how an innovative public-private partnership is transforming access to pediatric care and building pipelines of rural-ready physicians.

Listen to Part Two of this conversation at https://www.aha.org/advancing-health-podcast/2026-02-25-rebuilding-georgias-rural-pediatric-pipeline-part-two