page_title: Research Triangle
section_title: Major hospitals, medical centers and medical schools
hierarchical_section_title: Research Triangle / Commerce / Major hospitals, medical centers and medical schools
caption_attribution_description: English: Durham VA Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
context_page_description: The Research Triangle, commonly referred to as simply The Triangle, is a region in the Piedmont of North Carolina in the United States, anchored by three major research universities: North Carolina State University, Duke University, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as the cities of Raleigh and Durham and the town of Chapel Hill. The nine-county region, officially named the Raleigh–Durham–Cary combined statistical area, comprises the Raleigh–Cary and Durham–Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Areas and the Henderson Micropolitan Statistical Area.
  A 2019 Census estimate put the population at 2,079,687, making it the second largest combined statistical area in the state of North Carolina behind Charlotte CSA. The Raleigh–Durham television market includes a broader 24-county area which includes Fayetteville, North Carolina, and has a population of 2,726,000 persons.
  The "Triangle" name was cemented in the public consciousness in the 1950s with the creation of Research Triangle Park, home to numerous tech companies and enterprises.
context_section_description: The Research Triangle region is served by these hospitals and medical centers:
  Hospitals of the Duke University Health System
  Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center (Durham)
  Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center (Durham)
  Duke Raleigh Hospital (formerly Raleigh Community Hospital)
  Duke University Medical Center (Durham)
  Duke Regional Hospital (formerly Durham Regional Hospital)
  Person Memorial Hospital (Roxboro)
  Hospitals of the UNC Health Care system
  Chatham Hospital (Siler City)
  North Carolina Cancer Hospital (Chapel Hill)
  North Carolina Children's Hospital (Chapel Hill)
  North Carolina Memorial Hospital (Chapel Hill)
  North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital (Chapel Hill)
  North Carolina Women's Hospital (Chapel Hill)
  Rex Hospital (Raleigh)
  Johnston Medical Center (Smithfield)
  Hospitals of the WakeMed system
  WakeMed Raleigh Campus (formerly Wake Memorial Hospital and Wake Medical Center)
  WakeMed Cary Hospital (formerly Western Wake Medical Center)
  Other hospitals and medical centers
  Central Regional Hospital,(Butner)
  Durham VA Medical Center (Durham)
  Franklin Regional Medical Center (Louisburg)
  Harnett Health System (Dunn)
  Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital
  Angier Medical Services
  Good Hope Hospital
  Betsy Johnson Cancer Research Clinic
  Central Harnett Hospital
  Medical Schools
  Duke University School of Medicine
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
  Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
caption: Durham VA Medical Center in Durham
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