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Atrium Health Growing Mobile Medicine Presence with Drive to Thrive Initiative
“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...
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Atrium Health, Wexford Science & Technology Break Ground on Transformative Development to Advance Medicine and Innovation
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...
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Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation Opening the David L. Conlan Center; Will Treat the Area’s Most Complex Injuries and Illness
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...
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C.D. Spangler Foundation Invests $10 Million to Transform Women’s Care at Atrium Health
Gift designed to improve women’s health, infant mortality through education and training ...
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Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health Complete Combination
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...
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Ally Charitable Foundation Invests in Atrium Health’s Workforce Development Pathways with $5 Million Gift
Ally Charitable Foundation Invests in Atrium Health’s Workforce Development Pathways with $5 Million Gift ...
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American Cancer Society Honors Atrium Health with its Inaugural Health System of the Year Award
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...
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TowneBank Invests in Pathways to Health Care Careers
$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...
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Philanthropist George Shinn in Charlotte to Celebrate Endowed Chair in Neurovascular Health, Named in his Honor
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...