Latest Atrium Health expansion adds over 300 specialty medical practice workers
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- Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine Associates joins Atrium Health on Oct. 1, 2025
- Merger expands access to neurosurgery and spine services across the Charlotte region
- CNSA’s integration adds 70 physicians to Atrium’s regional specialty care network
Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine Associates, a Charlotte-area medical practice with 300 workers, is joining Atrium Health on Oct. 1.
The union between the two healthcare organizations will expand access to treatments and care, according to a late Monday news release from Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine.
Atrium and Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine have a longstanding partnership for providing neurosurgery and spine services to patients.
Patients will have access to 70 physicians and advanced practice providers. Services range from nonoperative treatment options and minimally invasive outpatient surgery to complex and life-enhancing surgical procedures, according to Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine.
In 2021, Atrium and Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine launched SpineFirst, a partnership project to provide spine care services. Atrium Health and CNSA’s Carolina Center for Specialty Surgery was named to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list for 2025.
About Atrium Health
Atrium Health is part of Charlotte-based Advocate Health.
The hospital system is the third-largest nonprofit health system in the U.S. and serves about 6 million patients. More than 155,000 employees work across 68 hospitals and over 1,000 healthcare locations.
Atrium worked with Wake Forest University and Wexford Science & Technology to open the first four-year medical school in Charlotte. Classes started July 14. The Wake Forest University School of Medicine–Charlotte is the second campus for the Winston-Salem-based school.
More on Carolina NeuroSurgery
Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine Associates was established in 1940 and is one of the largest neurosurgical practices in the nation.
It provides brain and spine care for adults and children, in addition to non-surgical treatments. Services cover conditions such as brain tumors, spine deformities, and chronic neck and back pain.
With about 100 physicians and advanced practice providers, Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine provides services in Ballantyne, Charlotte, Concord, Gastonia, Greensboro, High Point, Huntersville/Lake Norman, Kernersville, Matthews and Rock Hill.