

2 hospital in North Carolina and as the top hospital in the Piedmont regional rankings. It is ranked as high-performing in five other areas: Cardiology and Heart Surgery, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Ear, Nose and Throat, Gynecology and Orthopaedics. News & World Report among the nation’s best hospitals in seven areas: Cancer, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Kidney Disorders, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology. Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is ranked by U.S. The rankings were based on a survey of 149 accredited medical schools and programs across the country. News & World Report’s annual “Best Graduate Schools” list, placing 19th among the nation’s top medical schools in primary care and 42nd among research programs. Wake Forest School of Medicine was recognized in U.S.

Cline and his team works closely with the sickle cell center hematologists, social workers and educators to provide seamless care in the emergency department, in-patient, and outpatient setting. Cline, MD was named site principal investigator for grant funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ( R18 PAR-08-136, Improving Emergency Department Management of Adults with Sickle Cell Disease-Paula Tanabe-PI) to improve care in emergency departments for adults with sickle cell disease at Duke and at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem North Carolina. In 2004 the Wake Forest University Sickle Cell Center of Excellence was established, offering the only Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program in the region which continues to the present day. A recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research, Wake Forest School of Medicine is the academic core of the enterprise, including Wake Forest Innovations, which is advancing new medical technologies and biomedical discoveries.Wake Forest School of Medicine has served the needs of persons with sickle cell disease for many decades. Atrium Health is renowned for its top-ranked pediatric, cancer and heart care, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs.

It provides care under the Wake Forest Baptist Health name in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina, region and Navicent Health in Georgia.

Atrium Health is an integrated, nonprofit health system with more than 70,000 teammates serving patients at 42 hospitals and more than 1,500 care locations. Atrium HealthĪtrium Health is a nationally recognized leader in shaping health outcomes through innovative research, education and compassionate patient care. Wake Forest Baptist Health’s clinical, research, and educational programs are consistently rated among the best in the country by U.S. Wake Forest Baptist Health is a preeminent academic medical center with two main components as an integrated clinical system – anchored by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations, and more than 2,000 physicians and Wake Forest School of Medicine, a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care.
