From well-baby check-ups to chronic disease care to life-saving surgeries to cutting-edge gene therapy, University of North Carolina (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.