Jennifer Bandy

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a nationally recognized academic medical center and health system based in Winston-Salem, NC, part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States. 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 University School of Medicine, a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Wake Forest University School of Medicine are the academic core of Advocate Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist employs more than 20,000 teammates, part of Advocate Health’s 150,000 teammates. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist provided a record-setting $611.2 million in community benefits during the 2021 fiscal year, which includes unreimbursed care, charity care, education and research, and community health improvement.