Health system intelligence profile
Advocate Health
Last reviewed August 30, 2026
Intelligence summary
Documented successes: Maintains a Technology Transfer Office providing IP evaluation and protection, market analysis, funding support and startup creation for Advocate Health inventors (advocatehealth.org/innovation); Anchors two innovation districts, The Pearl in Charlotte and the Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem; Brought IRCAD North America, an advanced surgical training and research center, to Charlotte; Rasu Shrestha, MD, named on Becker's 2026 list of hospital and health system chief innovation officers as EVP, Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer
Mandate and remit
Advocate Health's enterprise innovation function is led by a Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer and combines an external-partnership front door with an internal commercialization office. Its Innovative Collaborations track acts as a catalyst between outside organizations and Advocate Health's strategic priorities, with an online form and a shared inbox as the entry point for companies proposing partnerships. The Technology Transfer Office converts internal ideas and research into commercial products, providing intellectual property evaluation and protection, market analysis, funding support and startup creation. The function also stewards Advocate Health's innovation places, including The Pearl in Charlotte, the Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem and IRCAD North America. It serves clinicians and researchers across the merged Advocate Aurora and Atrium Health footprint and is distinct from Advocate Aurora Enterprises.
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Documented successes
Maintains a Technology Transfer Office providing IP evaluation and protection, market analysis, funding support and startup creation for Advocate Health inventors (advocatehealth.org/innovation); Anchors two innovation districts, The Pearl in Charlotte and the Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem; Brought IRCAD North America, an advanced surgical training and research center, to Charlotte; Rasu Shrestha, MD, named on Becker's 2026 list of hospital and health system chief innovation officers as EVP, Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer
Organizational home: Advocate Health Innovation (Innovative Collaborations and Technology Transfer Office), Advocate Health
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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