While Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, and other towns in the Research Triangle Area have a homey, small city atmosphere, there is nothing small about medical care in the region. With a physician-to-population ratio of more than four times the national average, Durham is referred to as the City of Medicine. The Triangle area has first-rate medical care and medical facilities.
The area is home to two of the nation’s leading medical teaching and research hospitals: Duke University and UNC Chapel Hill. These hospitals train students of medicine, nursing, and other health science specialties.
The City of Medicine's Duke University Hospital
Duke University Hospital is part of the Duke University Medical Center Campus. The hospital offers complete diagnostic and therapeutic care. It also operates a regional emergency and trauma center. The hospital has a suite of 31 operating rooms for major surgery. And it operates an endosurgery center, an ambulatory surgery center, and an eye center, each with several dedicated operating rooms. It is a full-service facility providing top quality medical care. In July 2013, the Duke Medicine Pavilion opened as a major extension of the Hospital. This 8-floor facility has 16 operating rooms, critical care rooms, and an imaging suite. The Pavilion was also designed to be environmentally friendly while providing state-of-the-art facilities.
The Duke Medical Center also includes the Duke Cancer Center, Duke Clinic, McGovern-Davison Children’s Health Center, Duke Eye Center, Ambulatory Surgery Center, and Center for Living, all part of the medical center campus. In addition, the Duke Regional Hospital serves patients in Durham, Orange, Granville, Alamance, and Person counties. And the Duke Raleigh Hospital provides Wake County residents with a complete array of services.
About UNC Hospitals
UNC Hospitals is part of the UNC Medical Center. UNC Hospitals and the associated clinics are staffed by UNC faculty physicians. The UNC Medical Center consists of NC Memorial Hospital, NC Cancer Hospital, NC Children’s Hospital, NCNeurosciences Hospital, and NC Women’s Hospital, all in Chapel Hill. An additional campus is located in Hillsborough. The UNC Medical Center also operates a comprehensive transplant center, in addition to many other specialties. Off campus facilities include a variety of primary care and specialty physician practices located throughout the Triangle region.
The WakeMed Health Care System
WakeMed Health & Hospitals is another major health care system in the Triangle area. It provides medical services to the residents of Wake County. It consists of three hospitals with specialties in heart, women’s care, children’s care, trauma care, and surgical. They also have over 50 offices providing outpatient specialty services.
These three medical systems have expertise in just about every illness or medical condition you can imagine. There are also numerous small facilities with a variety of medical specialties that are independent from these three systems. So, you have considerable choice for your medical care.
The Triangle area is also blessed with cutting edge medical research. Duke University Hospital and UNC Hospitals are fully-equipped research hospitals. In addition, Research Triangle Park is home to dozens of companies involved in medical research and technology development within the medical field. The discoveries and advancements made by these facilities can be tested and applied first here in our backyard.
You have more first-rate major medical facilities and specialists in the Triangle area than residents of major metropolitan areas around the world, just one more reason this area a very desirable place to live!
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