Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC)
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
27157
United States
Tel: 336-716-2011
Website: http://www.wfubmc.edu/
About Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC)
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, one of the nation's preeminent academic medical centers, is an integrated health care system that operates 1,291 acute care, rehabilitation and long-term care beds, outpatient services, and community health and information centers. The Medical Center has 20 subsidiary or affiliate hospitals and conducts 87 satellite clinics throughout the region. It provides a continuum of care that includes primary care centers, outpatient rehabilitation, dialysis centers, home health care, and long-term nursing centers.Although its primary service area is a 26-county region in northwestern North Carolina and southwest Virginia, the Medical Center in the past year has served patients from all 100 North Carolina counties, 37 additional states and three foreign continents.
The Medical Center's component institutions carry out a joint mission of patient care, education, research and community service. The partnership includes three major members: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, North Carolina Baptist Hospitals Inc., and Wake Forest University Physicians. Medical school governance is by the eight-member Health Affairs Committee of the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees. Hospital governance is by a 24-member Board of Trustees. A combined Medical Center Board of Directors considers matters of mutual concern.
Wake Forest University Physicians, the organization comprising the 486 physicians who are the medical school's board-certified or equivalent medical faculty and also serve as the attending staff of the hospital. WFUP administers members'outpatient clinics that operate about 85 medical and surgical specialty and subspecialty sites.
Last Updated 10-23-01
114 articles about Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC)
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'Body-On- A-Chip' System To Accelerate Testing Of New Drugs, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study
10/6/2017
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New Drug Shows Capability To Help People With Severe Asthma, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study
9/13/2016
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Researchers Develop Medical App To Help Evaluate Patients With Chest Pain
6/23/2016
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First Ever Clinical Study Using Brainwave Optimization Technology To Treat Insomnia, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Reveals
5/26/2016
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Device Offers Alternative To Blood Thinner, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study
3/1/2016
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Scientists Prove Feasibility Of "Printing" Replacement Tissue
2/16/2016
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Myth Busted: Slow Heart Rate Does Not Increase Heart Disease Risk, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study
1/20/2016
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Nasal Spray May Cure Dementia And Alzheimer's, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study
1/13/2015
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Wexford Science & Technology, LLC Announces 283,000 Square Foot Expansion Of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Innovation Quarter
12/9/2014
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center To Build New Medical Education Facility In Wake Forest Innovation Quarter
12/9/2014
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"Brain Changes" Seen In Young American Footballers, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study
12/2/2014
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Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Reduce Cardiovascular Death In Type 2 Diabetes, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study
7/18/2014
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study Examines Vitamin D Deficiency And Cognition Relationship
4/16/2014
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Laboratory-Grown Vaginas Implanted In Patients, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study
4/15/2014
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Brain Structure Determines How Sensitive To Pain You Are, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study
1/15/2014
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High Blood Pressure Potentially More Dangerous For Women Than Men, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study
1/2/2014
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Wake Forest University Aims to Raise $1 Billion Over Five Years
10/21/2013
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Gentiva Health Services Announces Joint Venture With Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
9/25/2013
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Scientists Develop New Way to Measure Cumulative Effect of Head Hits in Football
7/22/2013
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Dietary Fructose Causes Liver Damage, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study
6/21/2013