Wake Forest University Health Services

Wake Forest University School of Medicine (formerly Bowman Gray School of Medicine) was founded in 1902 as a two-year medical school on the campus of Wake Forest College. North Carolina Baptist Hospital opened in 1923 as an 88-bed hospital in Winston-Salem. The medical school expanded to four years and moved to Winston-Salem in 1941. Brenner Children's Hospital and Health Services was established in 1986. The Medical Center now has 100 buildings on 290 acres, including a 196-acre research farm and a downtown research center. With more than 11,000 employees associated with its main campus, the Medical Center is the largest employer in Forsyth County, North Carolina.