Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center CEO salary and executive pay
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center paid its CEO, Julie Ann Freischlag MD, $7,634,720 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $2,390,563 (45.6%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $3,259,407,603, up 9.6% from $2,974,309,173 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center ranks 3rd of 36 hospitals on this site by CEO pay. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 56-0552787, Winstonsalem, NC.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$7,634,720
- Total revenue
- $3,259,407,603
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 58%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503219349312080.View the filing
Peers: the 34 other hospitals on this site. Ranked 15th of 35 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.23% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 14 people were paid more than $500,000, 10 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Julie Ann Freischlag MD CEO CEO OF AHWFB | $7,634,720 |
| Bradley A ClarkEVP, TREASURER | $2,933,092 |
| Terry G WilliamsFORMER OFFICER | $2,453,054 |
| L Ebony Boulware MDDEAN, WFU SOM | $1,752,689 |
| J McLain Wallace JrSVP, GEN COUNSEL & SEC | $1,689,329 |
Also paid on the latest return: David Zaas MD (PRES, HEALTH SYSTEM), $1,354,179; Kevin P High MD (FORMER OFFICER), $1,322,346; Cathleen Wheatley DNP (PRES WFBMC, SVP CNO), $1,268,605; A Mick Fisher (SVP, CHRO WFB), $1,020,124; Lisa M Marshall (VP, CHIEF PHIL OFF), $1,005,808; Alisa Starbuck DNP (PRES BRENNER'S CH HOSP), $910,757; Todd Bankhead (SVP CLINICAL OPS, COO), $901,417; Michael T Waid (SVP HLTH SYS OPS & INTG), $887,425; Stephan L Lillie (SVP & CFO AHWFB), $728,685.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Stephen L Robertson (CHAIR), Arthur A Gibel (VICE CHAIR), A Lee Herring (TRUSTEE), Rev Frank Thomas (TRUSTEE), William C Warden Jr (CHAIR), Sheree B Watson (TRUSTEE).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Julie Ann Freischlag MD CEO CEO OF AHWFB | $7,634,720 | $3,259,407,603 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Julie Ann Freischlag MD CEO CEO OF AHWFB | $5,244,157 | $2,974,309,173 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Julie A Freischlag MD CEO CEO, DEAN | $5,824,024 | $2,499,734,301 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503219349312080.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Julie Ann Freischlag MD*CEO OF AHWFB | $7,594,629 | $0 | $40,091 | $2,476,070 | $4,358,126 | $760,433 | $19,092 | $20,999 | $7,634,720 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Bradley A Clark*EVP, TREASURER | $2,513,703 | $0 | $419,389 | $1,697,429 | $713,004 | $103,270 | $390,217 | $29,172 | $2,933,092 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Terry G Williams*FORMER OFFICER | $2,204,442 | $0 | $248,612 | $952,718 | $1,207,345 | $44,379 | $215,292 | $33,320 | $2,453,054 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| L Ebony Boulware MDDEAN, WFU SOM | $1,717,096 | $0 | $35,593 | $846,346 | $866,068 | $4,682 | $22,962 | $12,631 | $1,752,689 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| J McLain Wallace Jr*SVP, GEN COUNSEL & SEC | $0 | $1,659,102 | $30,227 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $599,511 | $371,024 | $688,567 | $22,898 | $7,329 | $1,689,329 | |||
These figures come from Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center compares
Ranked 3rd of 36 hospitals by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 2nd, McLaren Health Care, $13,036,599
- Next in this ranking: 4th, Virginia Mason Medical Center, $5,754,859
Closest in revenue among the hospitals on this site:
Baylor University Medical Center$1,688,142 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Scott & White Memorial Hospital$1,336,606 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Virginia Mason Medical Center$5,754,859 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Bryan Medical Center$898,484 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital$1,145,699 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Julie Ann Freischlag MD (CEO OF AHWFB) was paid $7,634,720 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $7,594,629 from Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and $40,091 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Julie Ann Freischlag MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $7,634,720.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center paid its CEO, Julie Ann Freischlag MD, $7,634,720 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $2,390,563 (45.6%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Julie A Freischlag MD, paid $5,824,024. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $5,824,024 (Julie A Freischlag MD); December 2023, $5,244,157; December 2024, $7,634,720.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $3,178,051,973 and total revenue of $3,259,407,603 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $81,355,630. Expenses were $2,929,347,846 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 8.5%. The CEO's pay of $7,634,720 equals 0.24% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 17, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.