The Carolinas Heart Institute
The Carolinas Heart Institute is one of the largest heart transplant programs in the Carolinas. The medical professionals who represent The Carolinas Heart Institute are peerless in their fields. Under the direction of medical director Francis Robicsek, MD, PhD., this institute treats heart disease, cardiac emergencies and cardiac surgical needs. Each year, they successfully perform more than 12,000 catheterization procedures, over 1,000 open-heart surgeries, 2,500 interventions on lung and peripheral vessels. Additionally, the institute performs cardiothoracic and pulmonary surgery, peripheral vascular surgery, pacemaker implantation, ablation therapy, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy.

Carolinas Heart Institute now offers the latest advancement in minimally invasive surgery – robotic-assisted surgery using the daVinci Robot. Robotic-assisted surgery complements the ongoing minimally invasive cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgery program at Carolinas Heart Institute.  The daVinci Robot is a new surgical tool that significantly reduces the size of incisions to perform heart surgery meaning shorter, less painful post-operative recovery time for our patients.

The Carolinas Heart Institute offers skilled cardiac nursing and cardiac rehabilitation. Diagnostics include cardiac MRI imaging, color doppler echocardiography, diagnostic catheterization, electrophysiology studies, pulmonary angiography, nuclear stress testing, position emission tomography (PET) imaging, and holter monitoring. Read more about Heart Services...

For more information about The Carolinas Heart Institute, call 800-55-HEART.

Carolinas Center for Injury Prevention
Carolinas Center for Injury Prevention is a leader in the region for injury data and prevention strategies.

For more information about the Carolinas Center for Injury Prevention or for a copy of the report, call 704-355-7098.

Children's Specialty Center
The Children's Specialty Center is staffed by an experienced team of pediatric specialists. The Center provides a centralized, outpatient approach for the evaluation and treatment of respiratory disorders, obesity, HIV, Down syndrome, and other disorders.

For more information, call 704-355-1130.

Clinical Genetics Center
Medical geneticists and genetic counselors gather family and medical histories, and perform detailed medical examinations to help families understand birth defects or genetic disorders in their children.

For more information, call 704-355-3159.

Carolinas ALS Center
The Carolinas ALS Center provides a high level of diagnostic service and coordinated care for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also know as Lou Gehrig's disease.

For more information, call 704-446-6257 or 800-924-7620.

Maternity Center
The Maternity Center includes 12 LDR (labor, delivery and recovery) suites designed to make mother, baby and family feel at home. The serene atmosphere of each suite provides the perfect setting to welcome a new baby into the world.

For more information or to sign up for classes or tours, call 704-355-2229.

Web Baby Nursery
Carolinas HealthCare System's Web Baby Nursery provides family and friends a convenient way to see the newest addition to their family even if they are miles away. This service is offered to parents who deliver their new baby at any of the following hospitals:

For security reasons, the parents have requested their baby's page be password protected. If you don't know or remember the visitor password, please contact the parents for that information.

Permission to post new babies in the Web Baby Nursery has been granted by the baby's parents or legal guardians.

To view the new baby in your family, click here.

For more information, call Customer Service at 1-800-433-0855 or email CustomerCare@GrowingFamily.com. You may submit questions or comments online.

The Transplant Center
The Transplant Center has been active in transplantation since 1970 when the first kidney transplant was performed. The program has grown steadily and includes kidney, heart, liver, kidney/pancreas, and pancreas-after-kidney transplant programs.

For more information, call 704-355-6649 or 800-562-5752.

Emergency Department
The Emergency Department is a Level I Trauma Center. This facility is among the most advanced in the nation and provides 24-hour comprehensive emergency services including a Chest Pain Evaluation Center and a dedicated adult and pediatric fast track unit.

One-Day Surgery Center
The One-Day Surgery Center is located on the first floor of the Medical Center Plaza on the Carolinas Medical Center campus. This center features 11 operating rooms, a Recovery Room area and a Stepdown Unit. On average we perform 1,000 surgeries per month.

For more information, call 704-355-5776. Tours of the facility are available for pediatric patients and their families. To schedule a tour, call the Child Life Program at 704-355-2079.

Behavioral Health Center
Behavioral Health Centers (BHC) of Carolinas HealthCare System provide both the treatment needed and the support patients deserve as they confront and conquer their mental health and chemical dependency behavioral health problems. There are eight centers that specialize in a variety of behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and adults. The foundation of BHC is the Psychiatric Emergency Department, located at BHC CMC Randolph in Charlotte. It is an off-site branch of Carolinas Medical Center's Emergency Department and one of the few free-standing psychiatric emergency departments in the nation. It serves approximately 12,000 patients a year.

For more information, call the 24-hour Behavioral Health Call Center at 1-800-418-2065 or 704-444-2400.