Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is the flagship hospital of Atrium Health, which is distinguished throughout the Southeastern United States for its excellent patient care and medical expertise.
CMC operates at 2 locations: CMC and Atrium Health Mercy. These locations are 1.3 miles apart.
From modest beginnings in 1943, we have evolved into the largest hospital in the region and a world-class facility that offers a full range of services to the Charlotte community and beyond, with more than 1,100 physicians and providers specializing in all areas of medicine.
CMC serves as the region’s only Level 1 trauma center and is an approved transplant center for heart, kidney, pancreas and liver. We also serve as one of North Carolina’s 5 Academic Medical Center Teaching Hospitals, providing residency training for more than 200 physicians in 15 specialties and serve as a regional campus for Wake Forest University School of Medicine, based in Winston-Salem, NC.
Carolinas Medical Center has been named the No. 1 Best Hospital in the Charlotte region by U.S. News & World Report for 7 years in a row. Also located at CMC is Levine Cancer Institute’s academic and research headquarters, Carolinas Rehabilitation, ranked No. 1 in the Southeast and top 10 in the nation, and Levine Children’s Hospital, consistently ranked as a Best Children’s Hospital in multiple specialties by U.S. News & World Report for 17 years in a row.
Carolinas Medical Center and its outpatient clinics, as well as Levine Children’s Hospital, Levine Cancer Institute and Atrium Health Mercy, are Magnet designated by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program®.
