Section of Hospital Medicine

The Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Section of Hospital Medicine Mission:

To provide our patients, families, and colleagues with safe, efficient, high-quality, cost-effective and inpatient medical care (value-based health care and population health)
To deliver a unified continuity of care between the outpatient setting and the inpatient setting
To educate residents, medical students, and advanced practitioner students about hospital medicine
To discover and publish hospital medicine related research as a learning healthcare system
To be a key section in the success of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist as it relates to operations, quality, growth, and finances.

Section of Hospital Medicine 2026

Clinical Services

Our hospitalists and advanced practice professionals work as an operational collaborative unit so patients receive timely care as an inpatient and return home or to a post-acute facility in an efficient manner.

Research

Hospital Medicine’s research mission is to conduct and initiate clinical research that contributes to the field of hospital medicine and healthcare learning systems.

Education

The Section of Hospital Medicine contributes to the educational vision of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the Department of Internal Medicine in many ways.

Wellness

Our goal is to foster provider well-being by offering strategies and activities that promote pleasure in clinical practice, engagement and healthy behaviors.

Careers

What do our providers say about Wake?

"I achieve immense satisfaction and gratitude when I come to work at Wake each day, because I know my patients will receive very high quality medical care. Wake was my first employer after residency and have been grateful that I have achieved tremendous success in my clinical, personal and leadership career being here."

- Pankaj Kumar, MBBS, MBA
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

“Wake is in a fantastic location! Within a blink of an eye, you can be hiking in the mountains or soaking up the sun on the beach.”

- Jacqueline Lippert, MD
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Lexington Medical Center

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Technology Transfer and Commercialization

Research Focus Areas

Translation to Care

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Section of Hospital Medicine Department of Internal Medicine

Leadership

Hal Huntley Atkinson, MD

Cara Louise O'Brien, MD