Citizens Baptist Medical Center Emergency Department
Talladega, Alabama
Citizens Baptist Medical Center serves more than 60,000 people in North Talladega and surrounding counties. With state-of-the-art facilities and diagnostic tools in place, the leadership at Citizens demonstrated their continued commitment to excellent patient care and customer service by partnering with Pegasus Emergency Group starting June 2010. Our staff of trained emergency physicians is dedicated to making Citizens one of the top hospitals in the region.
The Citizens Baptist Emergency Department offers 24-hour, 7 day a week coverage. Our staff of emergency physicians, nurses, and technicians are dedicated to providing you with the highest quality medical care available. Back-up by specialists includes cardiology, orthopedics, neurology, surgery, pediatrics, OB/GYN, family medicine and many others. Our bedside registration program allows patients to be admitted to a bed and assessed by a healthcare professional before any required paperwork is completed.
Careers at Citizens Baptist Medical Center Emergency Department
- Physician The emergency department sees 18,000 patients annually, has 16 beds and a 12% admission rate. Citizens Baptist is a 122 bed acute care medical center located 45 minutes east of Birmingham, AL and an hour and a half from Atlanta, GA. The city boasts an excellent school system, moderate cost of living, and a wide verity of restaurants, shopping and cultural offerings. Learn More
Jason Begue MD, FACEP
Medical Director
Dr. Jason Begue is a residency-trained, board certified Emergency Physician. He began serving as Medical Director at Shelby Baptist Center in August 2010, after working with Pegasus as Medical Director for the Coosa Valley Medical Center Emergency department in Sylacauga, Alabama.
Dr. Begue earned his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Mississippi. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ and fellowship in Critical Care at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. While on faculty at UAB, Dr. Begue was a leader in developing patient safety initiatives including the hospital medical emergency team and the UAB Medical Simulation Center.