“As the only Level I Trauma Center and Burn Center in the region, we serve patients and their families from not only North Carolina, but from surrounding states,” said Cathleen Wheatley, D.N.P., president of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
“This new, world-class facility will allow us to enhance our clinical capabilities and provide leading-edge educational and research opportunities to help improve trauma and emergency care in our region and across the country.”
“As a leading academic health system, we are committed to growing and adapting to meet the needs of our community and our region,” said Julie Ann Freischlag, M.D., CEO of Wake Forest Baptist Health, dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine, and chief academic officer of Atrium Health. The existing helipads on the top of Parking Deck B will then be removed, along with the entire parking deck. Plans call for an additional helipad to be built on top of the care tower. Before this parking deck can be taken down, two helipads will be built on the top of Parking Deck C, near the emergency department and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, to accommodate medical helicopters from Wake Forest Baptist’s AirCare, and those from other hospitals and air ambulance providers.Ī new elevator – which will be large enough to accommodate a stretcher and several staff members – will be installed in Parking Deck C to allow patients to be quickly and safely transported from helicopters to the emergency department, trauma center and operating rooms. The care tower will be built where Parking Deck B currently stands.
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The project includes an upgraded emergency department, state-of-the-art operating rooms and enhanced adult intensive care units and is the next step in a series of significant investments in the Triad as a result of Wake Forest Baptist Health’s strategic combination with Atrium Health. Patients and visitors will soon notice work taking place to prepare for the new $450 million care tower at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
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