Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) 10-Q 2011 Q3 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 her knowledge, that:

(i) the accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended September 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 November 14, 2011

The foregoing certification is being furnished with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 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.