Atrium Health advances neurosurgery and spine care through expanded Partnership with Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine Associates in Greensboro
04.21.2026
GREENSBORO, N.C., April 15, 2026, – In a move that builds on an already successful collaboration, Atrium Health is advancing its neurosurgery and spine program through an expanded partnership with Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine Associates (CNSA). Following the successful collaboration with CNSA’s Charlotte-area clinics launched late last year, CNSA’s Greensboro teammates will join Atrium Health on May 1, enhancing patient access to advanced neurosurgical and spine care across the region.
Atrium Health and CNSA have a longstanding neurosurgery and spine partnership across North Carolina. The expansion to Greensboro reflects the continued evolution of that relationship, aligning clinical expertise, resources and care teams to build on an already strong foundation of care for patients and communities. CNSA’s relationship and care pathways with other health systems will remain unchanged and we will continue operating at trusted partner hospitals. Patients will continue receiving care from the same trusted providers, in the same convenient locations, now supported by the combined strength of Atrium Health and CNSA.
“Our collaboration with CNSA has already proven to be incredibly impactful to our patients, and we’re excited to expand those benefits to our patients in the Greensboro area,” said Mike Hayes, vice president of neurosciences at Atrium Health. “The alliance of our Charlotte operations allowed us to further strengthen access to specialized care while ensuring continuity for patients and their families. Extending that approach to Greensboro is a natural extension of this success.”
The expansion of the relationship to Greensboro reflects Atrium Health’s and CNSA’s continued focus on the advantages to patients with a collaborative approach and innovation for patient care. By building on their established foundation, the organizations are renewing their mutual commitment to strengthen patients’ access to the full spectrum of high-quality, comprehensive, advanced neurosurgery and spine care services, ranging from nonoperative treatment options and minimally invasive outpatient procedures to complex surgical care.
“We are broadening our partnership to further strengthen and expand access to the care our communities know and trust,” said Dr. Mark Smith, neurosurgeon and president of Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine Associates. “Patients will continue to see the same physicians and care teams they trust, now complemented by additional resources and support. Together, we are focused on delivering exceptional, patient-centered neurosurgery and spine care.”
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About Atrium Health
Atrium Health is advancing clinical care and research across the communities it serves by redefining care for all. The care network is anchored by Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, an academic medical center in Charlotte that includes Levine Children’s Hospital, Levine Cancer Institute and Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, along with 11 hospitals, more than 900 care locations and over 1,400 physicians serving communities across the greater Charlotte region. It is part of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States. Advocate Health is a preeminent academic health system at the forefront of clinical excellence, innovation and research, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as its academic core. Nationally recognized for expertise in heart and vascular, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, Advocate Health is also a pioneer in the delivery of virtual health care. It’s accelerating discovery by making research participation part of the standard-of-care through its one-of-a-kind National Center for Clinical Trials. Advocate Health has one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs, with an experiential learning focus and specialized residencies to help protect the long-term sustainability of rural health care in America. Each campus of the school of medicine has an affiliated life-sciences focused innovation district: The Pearl, in Charlotte, and Innovation Quarter, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. With more than 165,000 teammates serving patients at 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations across seven states, Advocate Health reinvests over $6 billion each year to improve community health, making it one of the nation’s largest providers of community benefit.
About Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine
Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine Associates (CNSA), established in 1940, is one of the oldest and largest private neurosurgical practices in the country. The group consists of 50 physicians, 42 advanced practice providers, and over 550 employees. Our medical group provides brain and spine care services, including adult and pediatric neurosurgery, spine surgery, physiatry, neurology, pain management, and physical therapy. CNSA offers advanced surgical and non-surgical treatment for the entire spectrum of brain, spine, and peripheral nerve disorders, including brain tumors, spine deformities and injuries, stroke, epilepsy, congenital anomalies, concussions, neck and lower back pain, and pituitary tumors.
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