Located in Charlotte, N.C., Carolinas Medical Center is an 861-bed tertiary care center and the core component of Carolinas HealthCare System, a not-for-profit, multifaceted, vertically integrated healthcare system. As the largest healthcare system in the Carolinas, it offers a wide variety of health and human services to residents of both North and South Carolina. Carolinas HealthCare's three guiding principles are to provide the best possible patient care, to share our knowledge and experience in medical education, and to learn through research. Designated "Charlotte's Most Preferred Hospital" by the National Research Corporation, Carolinas Medical Center serves as a major referral center for an eight-county area. Charlotte's major sports franchises, the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte Motor Speedway, have selected Carolinas HealthCare as their official healthcare provider to provide medical services at their events and for their players, their families and their staff.

A High Standard Of Quality Training
As one of five academic medical center teaching hospitals in North Carolina, Carolinas Medical Center conducts residency programs in 10 medical and dental specialties and serves as an off-campus training site for three more. Along with Carolinas College of Health Sciences, it provides educational environments for more than 1,000 residents, medical students, physician extenders, nursing students and other allied health professionals annually. With its updated facilities, sophisticated technology, and advanced basic science and clinical research, Carolinas Medical Center is a particularly exciting place for future primary care physicians and medical subspecialists alike. This degree of technology does not replace compassion, as we emphasize human values and a spirit of caring for all who need care, regardless of status or financial ability.

Other Training Programs at Carolinas Medical Center

Dental/ Oral Medicine Residency
The overall objective of the hospital-based Oral Medicine Residency Program is to produce general dentists with a high level of clinical competency that will allow them to care for patients who require an increased reliance on total patient evaluation, and alongside their medical colleagues in the healthcare community.

General Surgery Residency
The General Surgery Residency Program prepares general surgeons to enter academic or clinical practice.

Emergency Medicine Residency
The mission of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program is to provide top quality patient care and resident education and to further the development of emergency medicine through original laboratory and clinical research.

Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology offers an accredited four-year educational and training program designed to offer the breadth and depth of experience necessary for certification by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Internal Medicine Residency
Common sense and cost-effective evaluations are an integral part of the Internal Medicine Residency Program's ambulatory education. Because primary care involves such a variety of problems, training is also offered in geriatrics, outpatient orthopaedics, ophthalmology, adolescent medicine, otolaryngology, gynecology and psychiatry.

Pediatrics Residency
The Department of Pediatrics offers a fully accredited, three-year Pediatrics Residency Program.

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
During the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, experience and responsibility are gradually increased so that at the end of the program each resident is comfortable and competent in all areas of orthopaedic surgery.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency
The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation provides extensive inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation experience in spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, pediatrics, orthopaedic/amputee, cancer, sub-acute, musculoskeletal medicine, and electrodiagnosis.

Thoracic Surgery
The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Carolinas Medical Center is currently for 2006 MATCH comprehensive three-year training program in the sub-specialties of congenital, adult, and general thoracic surgery with the additional rotations of endovascular intervention, peripheral vascular surgery, electrophysiology, and cardiovascular research.

Vascular Surgery
The Vascular Surgery Residency Program at Carolinas Medical Center is organized within the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, yet maintained as a separate program.