Wake Forest Baptist Health
A Winston-Salem academic medical center and health system with a 933-bed hospital, 300+ care sites, a medical school and research operations, employing over 20,000 people.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a fully integrated academic medical center and health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Founded in 1902 with the establishment of Wake Forest School of Medicine, it operates as part of Advocate Health, described as the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States. The organisation employs more than 20,000 teammates and works with over 2,700 physicians.
The clinical network is anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, a 933-bed tertiary-care hospital that opened in May 1923, alongside Atrium Health Levine Children's Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals and more than 300 primary and specialty care locations across the region. Wake Forest School of Medicine forms the academic core of the enterprise, with over 1,300 faculty and approximately 1,000 students engaged in experiential medical education and training.
Work spans clinical care, teaching and research, covering tertiary and paediatric care, medical research and biomedical discovery. Wake Forest Innovations focuses on advancing healthcare through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery. The system describes itself as a learning health system built around collaboration, excellence and innovation.
Wake Forest Baptist Health states a mission of improving health, elevating hope and advancing healing for all. Its principal operations are in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with presence across North Carolina and beyond; Advocate Health is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.