AltaPointe Health Systems

AltaPointe Health strives to be a provider of choice in health and specialty services for people of all ages living in the Mobile Bay region and east-central Alabama. Using specialized training, best clinical practices, and innovative technology, we work to provide the best care possible in our outpatient, residential, psychiatric hospitals, and primary care settings. AltaPointe offers services to residents living in Baldwin, Clay, Coosa, Mobile, Talladega, Randolph and Washington counties. It employs 1,450 people and serves 30,000 individuals annually. AltaPointe’s physicians provide psychiatric consultation services to acute care hospitals across the continuum. In addition, AltaPointe collaborates with the University of South Alabama to provide administration and faculty for the USA College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. AltaPointe’s psychiatrists provide didactic and experiential education of medical students and psychiatric residents through its hospitals and other areas of the continuum. Founded in 1957, AltaPointe was formerly known as Mobile Mental Health. Today, it is Alabama’s most comprehensive behavioral healthcare company. J. Tuerk Schlesinger is its chief executive officer.