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Transformational Gift Supports Thoracic Oncology at Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute
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...
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Charlotte Home to the No.1 Children’s Hospital in North Carolina
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...
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Transformational Gift Honors the Life and Legacy of R. Stuart Dickson, Charlotte Business Leader and Philanthropist
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...
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Atrium Health Earns U.S. News & World Report ‘Top 10 Rehabilitation Hospital’ and a Top Hospital in the Carolinas Recognition
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...
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Atrium Health’s ‘For All’ Mission Gets a Big Boost From The Duke Endowment
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...
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Atrium Health, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Launch Innovative Health Care-Focused High School with Support from Bloomberg Philanthropies
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...
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Gift from LendingTree CEO and Family Paves Way for Healthy Futures for Students in Rural Counties
$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...
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Introducing Leon Levine Drive
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...
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Hyundai Hope On Wheels Presents Atrium Health Levine Children’s with $100,000 Impact Grant to Advance Integrative Oncology
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...