The owners of Surgilūm, an eye surgery device company headquartered in Wilmington, say their company is small but nimble like its award-winning devices. The six-person team develops and provides surgeons with tools to simplify surgical procedures. Alan W. Brown, president and founding surgeon of Wilmington’s Surgical Eye Care and CEO and founder of Surgilūm, was r ...

When the local UNC School of Medicine campus started in 2016, the program had three third-year medical students who called Wilmington home. In March, the local class coming in will number 30 third-year medical students and 18-20 in their fourth year, the largest ever of both for the Wilmington program. “This is quite a sizable increase in the size and scope of ...

"It’s a wicked problem.” That’s how Chris Lantz, associate dean for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, describes the region’s critical shortage of nurses and other health care professionals. But thanks to a $22.3 million grant from the New Hanover Community Endowment and a group of area stakeholders called the N ...

At a time when available workforce development and health care accessibility are critically important, the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce is poised to assist in the creation, development and implementation of unique, new programming. The decision to engage with partners in the New Hanover Healthcare Career Partnership is not only an opportunity but also a strate ...

Ongoing growth is the prognosis for Novant Health’s activities this year in the Cape Fear region, a top official at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center said in a recent interview. Construction continues on its largest current project, Scotts Hill Medical Center, a three-story, 250,000-square-foot community hospital with a surgical focus. The overall ...

In 2023, net operating revenues were more than $2.1 billion for Novant Health in the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), according to a recent news release from Novant. Novant Health bought New Hanover Regional Medical Center, previously owned by New Hanover County, in 2021. In the tri-county region, the giant health care provider also owns Novant Health Bru ...

A report released by the North Carolina Health Talent Alliance provides a snapshot of trends in the Cape Fear Region’s health care workforce. Survey responses from health systems, hospitals and clinics in the Wilmington area show the region’s 28% open position rate for registered nurses is higher than statewide levels and the churn rate for medical assistant ...

A company has acquired Wilmington-headquartered Trial Management Associates, a clinical research firm. Headlands Research, a multinational network of clinical trial sites, announced the acquisition in a recent news release but did not disclose financial details about the transaction. With the addition of TMA, the Headlands Research network now includes 21 sites ...

Lower Cape Fear LifeCare is opening the first free-standing palliative medicine clinic in Southeastern North Carolina, according to a news release. The clinic, 2250 Shipyard Blvd. at the intersection of Independence and Shipyard boulevards in Wilmington, will "provide expert support for people with serious illness," the release stated. It will serve patie ...

A year has passed since the official launch in Wilmington of the first pilot program of a statewide initiative tasked with finding top talent for a shrinking health care workforce. Known as the N.C. Health Talent Alliance, the public-private collaboration brings together the NC Chamber Foundation and the NC Center on the Workforce for Health to create a talent pipeline ...