Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Wake Forest Baptist Health includes North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Brenner Children's Hospital, the Downtown Health Plaza and Lexington Medical Center, the commercialization of research discoveries through the Piedmont Triad Research Park, as well a network of affiliated community based hospitals, physician practices, outpatient services and other medical facilities. Wake Forest Baptist Health is one component of the institution, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, a fully integrated academic medical center located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The institution also comprises the medical education and research components of Wake Forest School of Medicine Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is home to more than 11,000 employees and is the largest employer in Forsyth County. The Medical Center has been ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report since 1993. The Medical Center’s primary service area is a 26-county region in northwestern North Carolina and southwestern Virginia and provides a continuum of care that includes primary care centers, outpatient rehabilitation, dialysis centers and home health care. The Medical Center and its component institutions, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Wake Forest University Physicians, have been ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report since 1993.