Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is an academic medical center located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is the largest employer in Forsyth County with nearly 13,000 employees and a total of 170 buildings on 358 acres. The entity includes:
- Wake Forest Baptist Health, its clinical enterprise
- Wake Forest School of Medicine, its teaching and research arm
- Wake Forest Innovations, a new operating division that drives innovation through partnerships, education, licensing and start-ups. This division also is responsible for Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, a mixed-use center in downtown Winston-Salem that is a hub for biomedical sciences and information technology.
The medical center has a strong national reputation, with 114 physicians at WFBMC named 'Top Doctors' by U.S. News and World Report. It is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as among the nation’s best hospitals in seven areas: Cancer, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Kidney Disorders, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology. It also is ranked as high-performing in five other areas: Cardiology and Heart Surgery, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Ear, Nose and Throat, Gynecology and Orthopaedics.
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