Wellstar Medical Group — Austell, GA

Wellstar Medical Group operates several OB/GYN and women's health practices clustered around Wellstar Cobb Medical Center at 3950 Austell Road in Austell, Georgia. For patients searching "Wellstar Medical Group Austell GA" in a fertility context, this editorial exists to clarify scope: Wellstar's Austell OB/GYN offices provide general obstetric and gynecologic care, including initial infertility evaluation and basic work-ups, but Wellstar does not operate a reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) program or an embryology lab in Cobb County. Patients who ultimately need IVF, frozen embryo transfer, donor-egg cycles, or surrogacy coordination are referred out to Atlanta-area REI clinics — most commonly Emory Reproductive Center, Reproductive Biology Associates, or Shady Grove Fertility Atlanta.

What "Wellstar Medical Group, LLC — Austell" actually represents

Wellstar Medical Group is the employed-physician arm of Wellstar Health System, one of Georgia's largest nonprofit health systems. In Austell alone, the group's OB/GYN and women's-health footprint includes (at minimum) these distinct offices:

• Wellstar OB/GYN — 1700 Hospital South Drive, Suite 500 (the legacy "South Cobb OB/GYN" practice, 35+ years in the community) — (770) 941-7717
• Wellstar OB/GYN / South Cobb OB/GYN — 1791 Mulkey Road, Suite 200 — (770) 732-5400
• Wellstar Cobb Gynecologists — 1791 Mulkey Road, Suite 200
• Cobb Women's Health — 1810 Mulkey Road, Suite 102
• Wellstar Hospitalist Group OB/GYN — 3950 Austell Road (hospital campus)
• Wellstar Cobb Family Medicine — 1790 Mulkey Road, Suite 8A

Because the Fertlo directory record aggregates a multi-practice Wellstar Medical Group entity under a single Austell listing with strong consumer reviews (4.8 / 363), prospective patients should call the specific office matching their need rather than the generic system line.

Scope: what Wellstar Austell OB/GYN does offer

Board-certified obstetrician-gynecologists and certified nurse midwives across the Austell offices (including Drs. Saleem Malik, Scott Reynolds, Supriya Rao, Leah Rondon, Jessica Williams, Nicole John, Milele Francis, Sheri Campbell, Steven Lee, Mary Savarie, Bianca Mosley, Sekeyta Hall, Benjamin Thornton, Christina Cox, and Maya Crawford) provide:

• Comprehensive annual well-woman exams and contraception counseling
• Obstetric care and delivery at Wellstar Cobb Medical Center (a Level II perinatal facility with a neonatal unit)
• Initial infertility evaluation: history, cycle review, ovulation assessment, semen analysis referral, baseline labs (FSH, AMH, TSH, prolactin), and hysterosalpingogram (HSG) ordering
• Ovulation induction with oral agents (letrozole, clomiphene) for anovulatory patients, typically in conjunction with primary-OB monitoring rather than an in-house REI program
• Gynecologic surgery, urogynecology, and menopause care

Verify any specific physician's ABOG board certification before your visit.

Scope: what Wellstar Austell does not offer

• No in-house IVF, ICSI, frozen embryo transfer, or embryology lab
• No SART-reporting program for Wellstar Cobb (confirm on SART.org)
• No donor-egg, donor-sperm IUI program with in-house cryostorage, or gestational-carrier coordination
• No preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) program

For any of the above, patients are referred to an Atlanta REI clinic.

Atlanta-area REI referral pathways

Patients who exhaust Wellstar's OB/GYN-level work-up are typically referred to one of three SART-member programs, all within a 30–45 minute drive of Austell:

• Emory Reproductive Center — 550 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1800, Atlanta (plus Buckhead, Johns Creek, Decatur satellites). Academic REI practice affiliated with Emory University School of Medicine.
• Reproductive Biology Associates (RBA) — long-standing Atlanta REI program with multiple metro locations.
• Shady Grove Fertility Atlanta — part of the US Fertility network, with shared-risk and discount programs.

When asking your Wellstar OB for a referral, clarify whether you want an academic program (Emory), the largest Atlanta-based independent REI (RBA), or a national network clinic (Shady Grove). Your insurance network often decides this for you.

Georgia fertility-coverage context

Georgia is not a fertility-coverage-mandate state. There is no state law requiring private insurers to cover IVF, IUI, or diagnostic infertility work-ups. Coverage depends entirely on the employer's self-funded plan design. Before committing to any REI clinic:

1. Pull your summary plan description and search "infertility," "ART," and "IVF."
2. Ask HR whether your employer adds a Progyny, Carrot, Maven, or WINFertility carve-out.
3. See our fertility insurance mandates by state 2025 explainer for the Georgia specifics.

At-home options: when Wellstar's work-up points to timed intercourse or ICI/IUI

For couples whose Wellstar evaluation reveals an open tubal status, normal semen analysis, and ovulatory cycles, the first-line guidance is often timed intercourse or intracervical insemination (ICI) — both of which can be executed at home without a clinic procedure fee.

At-home insemination kits like those from MakeAMom offer FDA-registered options (Impregnator for low-volume samples, CryoBaby for frozen/donor sperm, BabyMaker for users with sensitivities or vaginismus). These are reusable kits designed for ICI-type insemination and are a reasonable option only when a physician has cleared the work-up. They are not a substitute for REI evaluation if you have a diagnosis like tubal factor, severe male-factor, diminished ovarian reserve, or recurrent pregnancy loss. See our guides on IUI, IVF, egg freezing, and preconception health.

Location & contact

• Wellstar Cobb Medical Center (campus hub): 3950 Austell Road, Austell, GA 30106 — (470) 732-4000
• Wellstar OB/GYN at 1700 Hospital South Drive, Suite 500: Austell, GA 30106 — (770) 941-7717
• Wellstar OB/GYN at 1791 Mulkey Road, Suite 200: Austell, GA 30106 — (770) 732-5400
• Cobb Women's Health at 1810 Mulkey Road, Suite 102: Austell, GA 30106
• Website: wellstar.org

Office hours generally 8:30 AM–4:30 PM Monday–Thursday, 8:30 AM–3:00 PM Friday; call the specific office to confirm.

FAQ

Does Wellstar do IVF in Austell? No. Wellstar Cobb does not operate an in-house IVF or embryology lab. Referrals go to Emory Reproductive Center, RBA, or Shady Grove Fertility Atlanta.

Can a Wellstar OB order my fertility work-up? Yes — history, labs, semen-analysis referral, and an HSG are standard OB-level studies. Ovulation induction with letrozole or clomiphene for anovulatory cycles is sometimes initiated at the OB level before any REI referral.

Is Wellstar Medical Group a SART-member clinic? No. SART membership is specific to REI programs with their own embryology labs. Confirm on sart.org.

Does Georgia require insurance to cover IVF? No. Georgia has no state fertility-coverage mandate. See our mandates explainer.

Who are the OB/GYN physicians at Austell Wellstar? Rosters rotate, but recently listed physicians include Drs. Malik, Reynolds, Rao, Rondon, Williams, John, Francis, Campbell, Lee, Savarie, Mosley, Hall, Thornton, Cox, and Crawford. Verify current board certification at abog.org/verify-a-physician.

Related resources

• Browse fertility clinics in Georgia
• Atlanta's REI referral targets: Emory Reproductive Center, RBA, Shady Grove Fertility Atlanta
• Evidence base: ASRM practice committee documents and PubMed

Editorial note: Independently written by the Fertlo editorial team; not sponsored. See our editorial policy.