Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) 10-Q 2011 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned officer of Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., or the Company, hereby certifies, to his knowledge, that:

(i) the accompanying Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q of the Company for the period ended June 30, 2011, or the Report, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(ii) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

By  /s/  Kellie S. Pruitt

Kellie S. Pruitt

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal financial officer and

Principal accounting officer)

Date August 15, 2011

The foregoing certification is being furnished with the Company’s Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2011, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350. It is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and it is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general information language in such filing.