Siemens Healthineers is joining with Atrium Health to bring innovation and advancement to surgical training in the United States, becoming the health system’s first strategic partner with IRCAD North America. IRCAD North America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atrium Health, a leading nonprofit health provider known for its top-ranked pediatric, cancer and heart care. Siemens Healthineers will provide medical imaging technology, support curriculum development and enhance the overall educational experience for the surgeons and their teams who visit the new medical learning center of excellence.
IRCAD is based at the University Hospital of Strasbourg, France, and has gained distinction as the leading surgical education, innovation and research institute in the world. The IRCAD North America research and experiential training center will be constructed in “The Pearl” innovation district in Charlotte, North Carolina. It will be the sole North American headquarters for IRCAD, joining similar institutes in France, Taiwan, Brazil, Rwanda, Lebanon and China. Unlike the centers elsewhere, IRCAD North America’s training curriculum will include the latest techniques in cardiovascular, neuro- and orthopedic surgeries.
“Siemens Healthineers is excited to participate in IRCAD North America, a vitally important medical training center located in Charlotte but benefitting medicine worldwide,” said Dave Pacitti, president and head of the Americas, Siemens Healthineers. “By building on our existing Value Partnership relationship with Atrium Health, we will support the launch of this globally recognized medical education center that will provide the latest in surgical training.”
“Our new innovation district holds a tremendous amount of promise to reshape the future of medicine,” said Dr. Rasu Shrestha, executive vice president and chief innovation and commercialization officer for Advocate Health, of which Atrium Health is a part. “It will be home to world-class research at Wake Forest University School of Medicine’s new Charlotte campus. It will draw life sciences entrepreneurs together to collectively address health and equity challenges and, with IRCAD, we will be training some of the finest physicians and surgeons in the world in the latest noninvasive techniques. As we continue to build this new ecosystem, we are deeply appreciative of committed partners like Siemens Healthineers that will help us achieve the impact and outcomes we’ve envisioned together.”
Atrium Health envisions IRCAD being a super-magnet, attracting new businesses as well as physicians and innovators coming to train and collaborate in the latest surgical techniques—such as robotics, medical virtual and augmented reality, surgical artificial intelligence and simulation training.
This collaboration is part of efforts by Siemens Healthineers to help solve the industry challenge of workforce training by increasing the number of well-trained physicians and health care staff, as well as enhancing physician and technician skillsets. These will improve patient outcomes and reduce variability in care. Siemens Healthineers is also co-developing curricula and providing education support for the duration of the relationship and will also provide the latest hybrid operating room technology. This includes the ARTIS icono biplane and ARTIS pheno interventional angiography X-ray units, the Cios Spin 3D-capable mobile C-arm, the SOMATOM Edge Plus CT scanner and the MAGNETOM Free.Max wide-bore MRI scanner.
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Atrium Health
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About Siemens Healthineers
Siemens Healthineers AG (listed in Frankfurt, Germany: SHL) pioneers breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. As a leading medical technology company headquartered in Erlangen, Germany, Siemens Healthineers and its regional companies are continuously developing their product and service portfolio, with AI-supported applications and digital offerings that play an increasingly important role in the next generation of medical technology. These new applications will enhance the company’s foundation in in-vitro diagnostics, image-guided therapy, in-vivo diagnostics, and innovative cancer care. Siemens Healthineers also provides a range of services and solutions to enhance healthcare providers’ ability to provide high-quality, efficient care. In fiscal 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, Siemens Healthineers, which has approximately 69,500 employees worldwide, generated revenue of around €21.7 billion and adjusted EBIT of almost €3.7 billion. Further information is available at www.siemens-healthineers.com
About Atrium Health
Atrium Health is a nationally recognized leader in shaping health outcomes through innovative research, education and compassionate patient care. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Atrium Health is part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, which was created from the combination with Advocate Aurora Health. A recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine is its academic core. Atrium Health is renowned for its top-ranked pediatric, cancer and heart care, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs Atrium Health is also a leading-edge innovator in virtual care and mobile medicine, providing care close to home and in the home. Ranked nationally among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals in eight pediatric specialties and for rehabilitation, Atrium Health has also received the American Hospital Association’s Quest for Quality Prize and its 2021 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award, as well as the 2020 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Equity Award for its efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care. With a commitment to every community it serves, Atrium Health seeks to improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all, providing $2.46 billion last year in free and uncompensated care and other community benefits.
About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States – created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health serves nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs nearly 150,000 team members across 67 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in annual community benefits.
