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NOVANT HEALTH FORSYTH
MEDICAL CENTER

WAKE FOREST
BAPTIST HEALTH

HEALTH CARE

Novant Health is an integrated health care system based in With more than 12,000 employees, Wake Forest Baptist Medical
Winston-Salem with a footprint that spans four states. Its network Center is Winston-Salem and Forsyth County’s largest employer.
consists of 14 medical centers, over 580 clinic locations, and more The fully integrated academic medical system is comprised of
than 1,500 physicians in North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine,
and Georgia. Wake Forest Innovations, and Wake Forest Innovation Quarter.
As a nationally recognized academic Medical Center, it includes a
Novant is one of the rst health care systems in the nation to
receive the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) medical sta of more than 1,300 physicians with expertise in over
Health Equity Award, which recognizes a commitment to health 100 specialties; 3,000 registered nurses; and 625 residents and
equity among di erent races, ethnicities, genders and those living fellows; and the nationally ranked Brenner Children’s Hospital,
in rural areas. It has a major impact in its communities by delivering the region’s only pediatric hospital. Its Comprehensive Cancer
over $794 million in community bene ts and has been named Center is a leader in the ght against cancer — it is one of only 47 in the
among the top places in the nation to work in health care. The nation designated as comprehensive by the National Cancer Institute.
health system is recognized for the quality and safety of its patient The Medical Center provides 1,029 acute care beds, as well as
care by the Joint Commission, the nation’s most respected outpatient services, physician practices and clinics, diagnostic
standards-setting and accrediting body for health care. centers, emergency and urgent care centers, community health
Novant Health’s Forsyth Medical Center (FMC) is a 927-bed, not- and information locations, and a division that brings innovative
for-pro t hospital in Winston-Salem o ering a full continuum of discoveries in technology, products and services to patient
emergency, medical, surgical, rehabilitative and behavioral health bedsides. It is the region’s only Level I Trauma Center and was the
services. FMC is fully accredited by the Joint Commission and has state’s rst Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. Other locations that are
earned numerous national rankings in specialties including cardiac part of the Wake Forest Baptist Health system include Wake Forest
surgery, oncology, gynecology, heart disease and stroke, knee and Baptist Health-Lexington Medical Center, Wake Forest Baptist
hip joint replacement, and excellence in nursing care. Health-Davie Medical Center and Wake Forest Baptist Health-
Wilkes Medical Center.
Centers of excellence at FMC include Novant Health Rehab-
ilitation, the Maya Angelou Women’s Health & Wellness Center, The institution plays a key role in the community by delivering
the Heart & Vascular Institute, the Derrick L. Davis Cancer Center, more than $370 million in charitable care and other community
Stroke & Neurosciences Center, Orthopedic Center and bene ts. The hospital holds the coveted Gold Seal of Approval ™
Behavioral Health. The Maya Angelou Center operates the largest from the Joint Commission.
birthing center in the region and assists with more than 6,000 Wake Forest Baptist’s medical and surgical programs continually
births each year. rank among the best in the country. It has been recognized as one
of the Top 50 of America’s Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report
Novant’s Medical Park Hospital is a 22-bed, not-for-pro t hospital
that specializes in elective, outpatient and short-stay surgeries. As for the 26th consecutive year, and Brenner Children’s Hospital ranks
one of four Novant facilities providing surgical care, Medical Park among the best children’s hospitals. Wake Forest Baptist’s physicians
performs about 12,000 surgeries each year. Novant also operates rank among the top in the country, with 325 included in the Best
four community hospitals in the region: Novant Health Clemmons Doctors in America database.
Medical Center, Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center, The medical school serves approximately 2,000 students, residents
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center, and Novant Health and fellows. It continually ranks among the best medical schools in
Thomasville Medical Center. the country by U.S. News & World Report; its physician assistant
program ranks 9th in the country, while its nurse anesthesia
program is 10th.

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