Health Administrative Fellowship Frequently Asked Questions

The Fellowship at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is one year and traditionally begins on the first Monday in June.

The Fellowship has 3 simultaneous parts: Leadership, rotations, and projects. More about the Fellowship structure can be found on our main Health Administrative Fellowship page.

Fellows have structured rotations in all areas of the organization. A typical rotation consists of meeting individually with 2-5 leaders in each discipline to learn more about that leader's roles, responsibilities and background.

The leader may also tour the fellow around their area or incorporate them into some of their meetings. If a fellow enjoys a specific rotation or desires to learn more about it, they have the flexibility to elect to spend more time there and get involved in their projects, if able. We encourage fellows to pursue their interests.

In addition to meetings with the Medical Center's top leaders, the fellows typically rotate in the areas listed in the table below:

Clinical	Non-Clinical
Ambulatory Services	Academic/School of Medicine
Anesthesiology	Aging
Brenner Children's Hospital/Pediatrics	Business Development
Care Coordination	Clinical and Translational Services
Community Physicians	Communications and Marketing
Comprehensive Cancer Center	Development and Alumni Affairs
Critical Care Services	Employee Community Programs
Davie Medical Center	Facilities Planning
Digestive Health	Financial Services
Emergency Medicine	Government Relations
Endocrine, Obesity, and Metabolic Disease	Human Resources
Head and Neck/Otolarngology	Information Services
Heart and Vascular	Population Health and Public Health
Imaging and Intervention	Regenerative Medicine
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology	Resource Management
Lexington Medical Center	Strategic Planning
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedics	Wake Forest Innovations
Nephrology
Neurology/Neurosurgery
Nursing Operations
Obstetrics/Women's Health
Opthamology
Patient Safety, Quality, and Performance Improvement
Perioperative/Surgical Services
Pharmacy
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Respiratory Therapy
Spine
Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Urology and Transplant

Two Fellowships are offered annually.

The fellows have offices right next to each other and interact often. They also frequently attend the same leadership meetings. However, each fellow has a different rotation schedule and work on different projects a majority of the time, allowing them to pursue what interests them most.

Administrative Fellows often continue working at Wake Forest after their Fellowship. It is our goal that the Fellowship provides fellows with a highly valuable year-long experience that can be the foundation of their career.

Yes, as long as the didactic portion of the program is complete prior to beginning the Fellowship. Many former fellows have had this requirement, and the preceptor helps the fellow complete all of their necessary graduation requirements.

Any individuals providing recommendations can email the document themselves to wakeadminfellow@wakehealth.edu with the subject line “Recommendation Letter_Applicant’s Full Name”.