Becker's Healthcare June 18, 2024
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health is further investing in its home community. An area of town now called The Pearl is set to become the site of the health system’s new Wake Forest University School of Medicine Charlotte, and will also become home to IRCAD North America, a subsidiary of Atrium Health.
IRCAD is an acronym for “Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l’Appareil Digestif” which is French and translates to “Institute for Research into Cancer of the Digestive System.” The original research institute was created in 1994 and housed in the University Hospital of Strasbourg, France.
The subsidiary will be the first research building in the new Pearl innovation district in Charlotte, N.C., and will be used to train...