Hope is in Everything We Do
Hope. It's the most powerful of all human feelings. With hope, you can do anything. Hope can make the impossible, possible. It gives a voice to those who need it most. Hope is at the Center of everything we do.
Giving Hope is a comprehensive philanthropic campaign to raise $500 million to transform healthcare in our region. It's a commitment to the health and well-being of every individual we serve, and it encompasses every institute, program and aspect of Atrium Health. Your support will enable us to invest in modern facilities, nationally distinguished physicians, innovative education and research, and groundbreaking population health programs - all right here in our community.
New care tower will improve access to high-quality care to meet the needs of a growing community. CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 3, 2024 – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center has marked a milestone in the construction of a new advanced care facility at the health system’s flagship hospital in Charlotte, N.C. A topping out ceremony was held Tuesday to celebrate progress ... Read More
Gift of gratitude honors life of Barbara Killian CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 21, 2024 – A $2 million donation to Atrium Health Foundation’s Giving Hope campaign will honor the life of Barbara Killian, a former patient at Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute. The gift from her husband, John Killian, acknowledges his late wife’s thoracic oncology care team and will provide support ... Read More
U.S. News & World Report ranks Levine Children’s Hospital as a ‘Best Children’s Hospital’ across 10 specialties; names hospital No.1 in N.C. and ties for No.1 in southeastern United States CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 8, 2024 – For the 17th consecutive year, Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital has been recognized as one of U.S. News & World Report’s ‘Best Children’s Hospitals.’ In addition ... Read More
Gift to support new Atrium Health state-of-the-art, advanced care facility CHARLOTTE, N.C., September 30, 2024 – A $5 million donation to Atrium Health Foundation’s Giving Hope campaign honors R. Stuart Dickson, Atrium Health advocate and leader, who passed away in May of this year. The gift from longtime friends James E.S. “Jim” Hynes and Howard C. “Smoky” Bissell, acknowledges Dickson’s unwavering leadership, spanning decades of service and ... Read More
Advocate Health system has 32 award-winning hospitals on ‘Best Hospitals’ list CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 16, 2024 – One of the nation’s most respected news outlets is again recognizing Atrium Health as a national leader in health care. In new rankings released today U.S. News & World Report has ranked Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation at No. 7 on the “Best Hospitals for Rehabilitation” list. For ... Read More
Atrium Health Foundation has been awarded $2.83 million in recent grants from The Duke Endowment that will significantly advance Atrium Health’s ‘for all’ mission across several patient care programs and health equity initiatives. A $750,000 grant awarded to Atrium Health Foundation through The Duke Endowment’s “Healthy People, Healthy Carolinas” initiative will allow Atrium Health to increase capacity and improve population ... Read More
10th annual event, presented by PNC Bank and held at the home of Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC, will help thousands of children CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 8, 2024 –The 10th Annual Levine Children’s Gala welcomed more than 500 guests to Uptown Charlotte on Saturday, April 6, raising a record $5.5 million to benefit Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital. The ... Read More
Unified brand delivers everything parents need for complete children’s health care CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 19, 2024 – With a goal of continuously offering best-in-class pediatric care and connecting families to the most comprehensive care across the Carolinas and Georgia, Atrium Health has reached an exciting milestone within its children’s services. Effective today, all pediatric care services at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, including Brenner ... Read More
Ed Brown Community Center will preserve legacy of ensuring access to care CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 15, 2024 – Atrium Health, in partnership with the YMCA of Greater Charlotte, is bringing convenient access to health care to the West Boulevard corridor of Charlotte at the new Ed Brown Community Center. On March 15, a ribbon-cutting was held for the new medical ... Read More
Philanthropic support to address health care workforce shortage; create career opportunities CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Feb. 8, 2024 — Atrium Health and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) announced today an unprecedented partnership to enhance the school system’s health sciences high school curriculum, launching an early college program that will help prepare students for well-paying careers in health care and address local education and ... Read More
$500,000 gift expands Atrium Health’s school-based virtual care program to Rutherford Co. CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 5, 2024 — Students in rural Rutherford County now have greater access to comprehensive primary care through Atrium Health’s School-Based Virtual Care program. Atrium Health announced today a $500,000 commitment from LendingTree CEO Doug Lebda and his family to create the Lebda Family Rural Healthcare ... Read More
Road leading into Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center renamed to honor late donor CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 15, 2023 – Earlier this week, leaders from Atrium Health, Atrium Health Foundation and members of the Levine family gathered together in a small, private ceremony for the renaming of Medical Center Drive to Leon Levine Drive. Leon Levine Drive connects South Kings Drive to Atrium ... Read More
Award to advance Supportive Medicine within the Torrey Hemby Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 12, 2023 – Hyundai Hope On Wheels® (HHOW), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by Hyundai Motor America and its more than 820 U.S. dealers, announces a $100,000 Hyundai Impact Grant awarded to Atrium Health Levine Children’s to advance integrative oncology services provided to patients being treated in the Torrey Hemby Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders. The award was presented to ... Read More
Greg Olsen Foundation commits to expand and sustain excellence in congenital heart care
New state-of-the-art facility will augment care with advanced technology and amenities CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 12, 2023 – Atrium Health broke ground Wednesday on a new, 12-story, state-of-the-art, advanced care facility at its flagship campus, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center. The 1.1 million square-foot facility on Blythe Road, near uptown Charlotte, is scheduled to open in 2027 as the marquee project in ... Read More
Center to make Charlotte a destination for pediatric cancer, blood disorders and cellular therapies care CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 10, 2023 – Atrium Health Levine Children’s is expanding its commitment to deliver leading-edge oncology, hematology and cellular therapies care to patients across the region, the United States and the world with the opening of its completely reimagined outpatient center on July ... Read More
Gift to expand and sustain excellence in cardiovascular care in region CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 28, 2023 – A $5 million gift to Atrium Health Foundation’s Giving Hope campaign will further advance education and cardiovascular performance programs at Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute. The gift from Margaret and Smoky Bissell will establish The Gragg Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine ... Read More
Major gift to help advance research, bring new treatment options to Atrium Health
Gift to reduce health disparities, create new pathways for health care careers and education CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 17, 2023 – Atrium Health announced today a $5.05 million gift to the Atrium Health Foundation “Giving Hope” campaign from Charlotte-based Truist, via the Truist Charitable Fund and Truist Foundation, which will advance several community-driven programs aimed at improving health outcomes and economic ... Read More
“Drive to Thrive” is first-of-its-kind in North Carolina to bring OB-GYN care to underserved populations CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 23, 2023 – Atrium Health is expanding its mobile services and fleet of mobile medical units to serve its communities in need. The initiative is one of the nation’s first mobile units dedicated solely to women’s health care, with the goals of ... Read More
School of medicine and innovation district will reshape health delivery and regional economy CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 17, 2023 – Construction of the long-awaited medical school near Uptown Charlotte is officially underway. The Queen City is the nation’s largest city without a 4-year medical school. The first shovels of dirt were turned today at a ceremony near the intersection of ... Read More
Opening marks the first step in modernizing the health system’s flagship campus CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 13, 2023 – Atrium Health is opening the David L. Conlan Center at Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation on Saturday, Jan. 14. Carolinas Rehabilitation is nationally known as a U.S. News and World Report “Best Hospital,” which specializes in innovative, personalized therapy for common to complex ... Read More
Gift designed to improve women’s health, infant mortality through education and training
New health system focused on improving safety and outcomes, advancing health equity and accelerating medical breakthroughs CHARLOTTE, N.C. – After sharing plans to come together in May, Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health today announced they have closed on their formal combination to create Advocate Health. The combined organization will focus on best meeting patients’ needs by redefining how, when and where ... Read More
Ally Charitable Foundation Invests in Atrium Health’s Workforce Development Pathways with $5 Million Gift
National recognition celebrates health system for efforts to elevate quality of life for cancer patients CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 25, 2022 – Atrium Health has received the American Cancer Society (ACS) Health System/Patient Support Team of the Year award, a national honor presented for the many successful efforts Atrium Health has implemented to improve the lives of cancer patients and their families. The ... Read More
$500,000 Gift to Create Scholarships at Carolinas College of Health Sciences CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 28, 2022 – Atrium Health announced today a $500,000 gift from TowneBank to support underrepresented students who are pursuing careers in health care. The gift will create scholarships available to incoming students at Carolinas College of Health Sciences, in Charlotte, with the goal of increasing the ... Read More
Visit demonstrates ongoing partnership with Atrium Health CHARLOTTE, N.C., September 20, 2022 – Atrium Health Foundation welcomed George Shinn and his wife, Megan, to Charlotte today, to celebrate the formal investiture of the George Shinn Endowed Chair in Neurovascular Medicine. Dr. Rahul Karamchandani – stroke medical director and co-director of the cerebrovascular program for Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute – will ... Read More
New virtual health clinic to improve student health and advance career opportunities Charlotte, N.C., September 16, 2022 – Thanks to a $10 million gift from Bank of America last month, Atrium Health has brought its Meaningful Medicine program to Central Piedmont Community College with the opening of a community-based virtual clinic. The clinic will provide health opportunities for students and ... Read More
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 22, 2022 – This morning, Atrium Health dispatched the first of four mobile medicine units designed to provide high-quality, equitable healthcare in underprivileged communities in the region. The unit was made possible by a generous $1.2 million gift from The Tepper Foundation. The gift will advance Atrium Health’s efforts to address the underlying needs of patients ... Read More
With generous support from The Tepper Foundation and additional community funders, Atrium Health is developing an innovative care delivery model to provide high-quality, equitable healthcare to many of our region’s most at-risk and high-need residents. Atrium Health’s Mobile Healthcare Program will meet patients where they are, targeting communities whose residents experience economic and social challenges that make it difficult to ... Read More
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 16, 2022 – Atrium Health announced today a $10 million gift from Bank of America to establish “Meaningful Medicine,” a program uniting the best innovations within health care, social impact and workforce development to directly target health equity and economic mobility goals within Charlotte. In partnership with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), Mecklenburg County, Central Piedmont Community College and ... Read More
Charlotte’s innovation district unfolding strong promise for future of life science CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 9, 2022 – In nature, the creation of a pearl takes as little as six months but typically takes a few years to develop. In much the same fashion, “The Pearl” innovation district in Midtown Charlotte is in its earliest stages, as what will be included ... Read More
Endowed gift to advance research and treatment of melanoma CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 29, 2022 – Atrium Health Foundation announced today a $1 million gift from the family of Alvin Levine to further advance melanoma research at Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute. The gift will establish the Alvin E. Levine Distinguished Chair in Melanoma Research Endowment at Levine Cancer Institute. Dr. ... Read More
Eleven hospitals recognized for excellence in providing specialty care CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 26, 2022 – One of the nation’s most respected news outlets is again recognizing Atrium Health as a regional and national leader in health care. Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center is being recognized as the “Best Hospital” in the Charlotte metro region for the sixth consecutive year, while Atrium Health’s Carolinas Rehabilitation is ranked among the top ... Read More
Atrium Health Foundation has announced a transformational gift to establish an endowed professorship in spine surgery at Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute. The professorship – which honors Dr. Jerry M. Petty – was made possible with a leading $2.3 million gift from Rick and Linda Hendrick, with Felix Sabates, Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates, Downie and Sally Saussy, and the Petty ... Read More
Endowed gift to advance immuno-oncology program and treatment of melanoma through immunotherapy CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 18, 2022 – Atrium Health Foundation announced today a $1 million gift from Gayle and Charles “Carl” Tallardy to further advance clinical research at Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute. The gift will establish the Gayle J. and Charles C. Tallardy III Foundation Distinguished Chair in Clinical ... Read More
New name pays homage to rich history of neighborhood CHARLOTTE, N.C., Mar. 3, 2022 – Reflecting the rich history of the neighborhood surrounding it, leaders from Atrium Health and Wexford Science & Technology, LLC, announced today that the new Charlotte innovation district, which will be the future home to Wake Forest University School of Medicine Charlotte, will be known ... Read More
One in 10 Americans has a rare disease, and 90% of those diseases have no FDA-approved treatment. Children with rare diseases require seven times more office visits than their peers and account for one-third of all pediatric healthcare spending. CHARLOTTE, N.C., February 28, 2022 – Atrium Health Foundation has received a $1 million gift from Charlotte-based WARD’S Foundation to help ... Read More
January 2022 – With our deepest gratitude for all that our generous supporters do to improve the health of our community, we are pleased to share a special video update celebrating some of the giving highlights of last year, which set a tremendous tone for our Giving Hope campaign.
Gift to Further Advance Center for Cardiovascular Care Transformation CHARLOTTE, N.C., December 20, 2021 – Atrium Health Foundation has received a $2 million gift from the California-based William, Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation to help further advance care at Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute. This is the second gift from the William, Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation to ... Read More
Howard R. Levine Foundation to name signature academic building CHARLOTTE, N.C., December 14, 2021 – Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. and the largest city in the country without a 4-year medical school. Atrium Health will break ground on Wake Forest University School of Medicine Charlotte next year, with the first class scheduled to be seated ... Read More
The Lasting impact of the future Innovation District
Longtime Friend Honored with $30 Million Transformational Gift to Atrium Health CHARLOTTE, N.C., October 20, 2021 – A treasured friend and grateful patient family has been honored with a transformational gift that includes support for the new Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation, slated to open in November 2022. In recognition of the $30 million gift, the David L. Conlan Center will ... Read More
$1 Million Transformational Gift to Name Conference Center Opening in 2023 CHARLOTTE, N.C., August 26, 2021 – Thanks to a transformational $1 million gift from Reneé and Dewey Jenkins, Atrium Health Levine Children’s is one step closer to its next chapter in children’s healthcare with the expansion of the Levine Children’s Outpatient Specialty Center. The Reneé and Dewey Jenkins Conference ... Read More
Giving Hope: The Campaign for Atrium Health to impact community for decades CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 25, 2021 – Atrium Health is launching the largest, comprehensive philanthropic campaign in the history of Charlotte. Designed to transform the delivery of healthcare to patients throughout the region, the new campaign – called “Giving Hope” – will take place over the next six years. The goal is to raise at least $500 million to strengthen ... Read More
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 14, 2021– Atrium Health has opened new, state-of-the-art facilities in Charlotte’s Midtown neighborhood. Atrium Health Kenilworth Medical Plaza I and II is an $228.1 million investment into improved care. The more than 400,000 square-foot plaza integrates a range of top-rated specialty services across disciplines into one location. Patients will have access to outpatient care across the medical spectrum, ... Read More
First medical school in the nation to be built since the pandemic, near Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 24, 2021 – Charlotte will soon be included on the list of the largest U.S. cities with a four-year medical school.* For months, following the announcement that Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health have combined to operate as a single enterprise, the discussion around the Queen City has been where a second campus ... Read More
Comprehensive Stroke Center Named in Honor of Benefactor George Shinn CHARLOTTE, N.C., October 29, 2020 – In conjunction with World Stroke Day, Atrium Health Foundation today announced a transformational gift from George Shinn in support of Atrium Health’s regional stroke network. In recognition of the $7.5 million gift, Atrium Health will name its stroke center in honor of George Shinn. “The ... Read More
Leading health systems to enhance care, transform medical education, expand research and improve countless lives in North Carolina and beyond CHARLOTTE, N.C., & WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct. 9, 2020 – A new era of healthcare was ushered in today as Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health, including Wake Forest School of Medicine, officially joined together as a single enterprise, Atrium Health. Both ... Read More
CHARLOTTE, N.C., September 24, 2020 – Atrium Health is celebrating a significant milestone in its rich history of caring for patients throughout the Carolinas and Southeast region. Today marked the official groundbreaking of the new Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation hospital, in Charlotte. This project is the first step, of many, in the modernization of Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center campus. This ... Read More
