For media inquiries and requests, please contact:

Jim Armstrong, APR
Director, Public Relations and Communications
jim.armstrong@akrongeneral.org
330-344-6083
Fax: 330-253-2305

Amy Kilgore
Manager, Internal Communications
amy.kilgore@akrongeneral.org
330-344-6014
Fax: 330-253-2305

Kelly Ward-Smith
Specialist, Media and Public Relations
kelly.wardsmith@akrongeneral.org
330-344-1681
Fax: 330-253-2305

Media Relations Department
330-344-6376

Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

After Hours and Weekends
An Akron General Media Relations professional is on-call 24-hours a day, seven days a week for urgent media inquiries. Call the hospital operator at 330-344-6000 and ask to have the on-call media relations person paged.

For non-urgent inquiries and requests, please call the media relations professional and leave a message. We will respond as quickly as possible.