With two of the country’s finest medical schools close by, residents of the Triangle area have access to a broad range of advanced medical services. Durham, dubbed "The City of Medicine," claims more physicians per capita than most cities in the U.S.

Durham County’s physician-to-population ratio is five times the national average, primarily attributed to Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Hospital and N.C. Memorial Hospital, the teaching institution affiliated with the UNC School of Medicine.

University of North Carolina Hospital

From well-baby check-ups to chronic disease care to life-saving surgeries to cutting-edge gene therapy, UNC Health Care is improving health and treating disease across North Carolina. In addition to comprehensive medical, surgical and psychiatric care, UNC is a leader in health promotion and disease prevention.

UNC Hospitals is the cornerstone of UNC Health Care. People from all 100 North Carolina counties and throughout the Southeast are patients at the 688-bed facility - more than 27,000 each year. And more than 2,500 new Tar Heels are born each year at UNC Hospitals. This year new babies and their families were welcomed in the new N.C. Children's Hospital and N.C. Women's Hospital, state-of-the-art facilities designed to offer high-quality health care in a comfortable, family-friendly environment.

In addition to women's and children's services, UNC delivers the best in interdisciplinary health care to all North Carolinians, male and female, young and old. Specialized patient care services include the Breast Center, Cardiovascular Program, Diabetes Care Center, Lung Center, Rehabilitation Center, Spine Center, Wound Management Program and Comprehensive Transplant Center. The medical center's extensive in arthritis, digestive diseases, endocrinology, ENT, gynecology, hemophilia, infertility, rheumatology, and orthopaedics have achieved both regional and national recognition. And UNC is home to the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of a small number of National Cancer Institute-designated centers in the United States. UNC Health Care extends beyond Chapel Hill and into the greater Triangle area through its network of primary care and specialty physician practices located in Orange, Wake, Durham, Chatham Lee, Vance and Alamance counties. These offices, in addition to the UNC Family Practice Center and Ambulatory Care Center, provide the basic health care outpatient services most families need, in convenient neighborhood locations. Nearly a half-million people are cared for at UNC practices and clinics each year.

Duke University Medical Center

Duke University Medical Center is consistently ranked among the top five academic health centers in the country, and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer and Eye Centers are first in their class.

Duke University Health System is a world-class health care network dedicated to providing outstanding patient care, educating tomorrow's health care leaders, and discovering new and better ways to treat disease through biomedical research. DUHS offers patients brilliant medicine, thoughtful care through a complete continuum of health services, from primary care to hospice.

Duke University Medical Center -- the hub of the health system -- is consistently ranked among the top ten health care organizations in the country. The youngest of the nation's leading medical centers, Duke has earned an international reputation for innovation and excellence. With hundreds of board-certified specialists and sub specialists, Duke can provide expertise in every health care discipline.

Duke operates one of the country's largest clinical and biomedical research enterprises, and quickly translates advances in technology and medical knowledge into improved patient care. The Health System also includes two respected community hospitals, Durham Regional Hospital and Raleigh Community Hospital; primary and specialty care clinics; home care; hospice; skilled nursing care; wellness centers; and community-based clinical partnerships.

Throughout Duke University Health System, patients can count on receiving high-quality health care that is delivered with empathy and compassion. The medical leadership that has earned Duke such renown is the result of an innovative approach that stresses multidisciplinary collaboration and a close "bench-to-bedside" relationship between clinical care and research that gives patients access to the very latest treatments.

From new cardiac surgery techniques to stem cell transplants, Duke scientists and physicians have pioneered many diagnostic and therapeutic "firsts," several of which are now standard medical practice around the nation. Just as importantly, Duke caregivers excel in the human side of health care--from comprehensive support programs that help patients through every aspect of coping with serious or chronic health conditions to the sympathetic squeeze of a hand at just the right time.

Clinical teams can also address cultural sensitivities and special concerns that patients may have about receiving care. A full calendar of public education events and screenings reflects Duke University Health System's commitment to keeping the community's well-being in mind--and helping its neighbors stay as healthy as possible.

Hospitals and Medical Centers

• Duke University Healthcare System (Durham)
  Welcome to the Duke University Health System, where for 65 years, we have combined the practice of brilliant medicine with thoughtful care. Our patients come first.
• Duke University Medical Center (Durham)
  Duke University is entering such a time and through its Medical Center can have a profound impact on improving health through education, research, and patient care.
• Durham Regional Hospital (Durham)
  Our mission is to care for our patients, nurturing the sick and strengthening the well, and to improve the health of the communities we serve.
• Early Childhood LINK (Chapel Hill)
  A Low Incidence Network for Training and Technical Assistance at the Clinical Center for the Study of Development & Learning the UNC at Chapel Hill.
• Medfirst Medical Center (Raleigh)
  Specializes in workers´ compensation and urgent care medicine.
• Raleigh Community Hospital (Raleigh)
  The hospital of choice for thousands of patients with a variety of healthcare needs.
• Rex Healthcare (Raleigh)
  A private, not-for-profit health care system that has provided the best care available for Wake County families since 1894.
• UNC Health Care (Chapel Hill)
  UNC Health Care online is your one-stop source for health and medical information from the UNC Hospitals and the UNC School of Medicine.
• UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (Chapel Hill)
  Our Mission is to reduce cancer occurrence and death in North Carolina and the nation through research, treatment, training and outreach.
• WakeMed Medical Center (Raleigh)
  A physical rehab, cardiovascular, trauma, neurosciences, HMO teaching and nursing home services hospital system.