Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast, (Formerly Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, later NorthEast Medical Center), is a 457 bed, acute-care,teaching hospital located in Concord, North Carolina. Founded in 1937 as Cabarrus County Hospital, the hospital has continued to expand and now serves most of Cabarrus County as a regional hospital. This hospital is also a recent addition to the Carolinas Healthcare System. On December 16, 2006, CMC- NorthEast opened the new Jeff Gordon Children's Hospital in the Clinical Services building. In early 2007, another completed expansion project brought forth The Pavilion, which features the newly expanded Batte Cancer Center and Cannon Heart Center.