Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and part of Atrium Health Enterprise. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

This is a time of tremendous growth for our medical school and health system. In October 2020, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Atrium Health officially joined together as a single enterprise. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Atrium Health is an integrated, not-for-profit health care system with over 55,000 teammates at nearly 40 hospitals and hundreds of care locations throughout the Carolinas and Georgia. As part of this new enterprise, Atrium Health has announced $3.4 billion in planned investments in our health system and the communities we serve. Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest School of Medicine will become the academic core of Atrium Health, building a second campus of the School of Medicine in Charlotte, North Carolina. The growth of the medical school will expand existing academic research capabilities and opportunities for clinical trials across a large, diverse market with some of the nation’s leading medical experts.

About Wake Forest School of Medicine

Wake Forest School of Medicine is recognized as one of America’s best medical schools for its innovative, experiential learning curriculum, primary care training, and research programs and is among the top U.S. academic medical centers in total funding from the National Institutes of Health (approximately $112 million in 2018).

Wake Forest School of Medicine Among Top 50 Research Programs in Nation

Wake Forest School of Medicine has once again been recognized by U.S. News & World Report for its academic medicine programs.  The 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools ranked the School of Medicine #48 in research, up from #52 last year, and the School of Medicine was also ranked in a number of other categories.

About Winston-Salem

Located in Forsyth County, Winston-Salem (population approximately 376,000) is part of the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina (Winston- Salem, Greensboro, High Point; total population approximately 1.7 million). Winston-Salem is the state’s fifth largest city, featuring a moderate climate with all four seasons and a cost of living 19% below the national average. The nation’s much-loved Blue Ridge Mountains and Parkway are a one-to-two-hour drive to the north and west, and the foothills extend to Winston-Salem, providing outstanding local hiking, biking and other outdoor activities. North Carolina’s beaches are approximately four hours east, close enough to enjoy during long weekends.