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Charles L Branch JR MD

Department Chair · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Department Chair at Wake Forest University Health Sciences. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$1.0M

Who this is

Profile

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Reported as Department Chair of Wake Forest University Health Sciences, based in Winstonsalem, NC.
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Received $1.0M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as Board Member of Davie Medical Center, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Dr. Charles L.

Branch Jr. is the Eben Alexander Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery and Professor of Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery at Wake Forest University Health Sciences, where he pioneered the minimally invasive posterior interbody lumbar fusion technique that revolutionized spinal fusion procedures worldwide.

With over 36 years of faculty leadership, he trained more than 60 neurosurgical residents and holds 40 patents for commercialized surgical innovations. He announced his retirement in December 2023.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
36 years as faculty neurosurgeon at Wake Forest; retired December 2023
Education
  • BS from Oklahoma Christian
  • MD from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
  • Neurosurgical training at Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  • San Francisco · Clinical Fellowship in Neurological Surgery at University of California

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Davie Medical Center Board Member · $23.8M revenue · Bermuda Run, NCTO IMPROVE HEALTH, ELEVATE HOPE, AND ADVANCE HEALING FOR ALL.Filed FY2024, FY2023, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Wake Forest University Health Sciences Department Chair · $1.1B revenue · Winstonsalem, NCTO IMPROVE HEALTH, ELEVATE HOPE AND ADVANCE HEALING FOR ALL.Filed FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$1.0Mreported comp

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org