Press Releases

THOMASVILLE, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to welcome Jon Applebaum as president and chief operating officer of Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center. 

BOLIVIA, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to announce that Cynthia Cheatham has been named development manager for the Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center Foundation. Cheatham joined Novant Health in March. 

MINT HILL, N.C. – Novant Health continues to ensure that all of your family’s medical needs are covered with the recent addition of urgent care services at Novant Health Lakeside Family Physicians - Mint Hill. 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A new satellite location of Novant Health Charlotte Colon & Rectal Surgery has opened in Matthews. This clinic is located at 1450 Matthews Township Parkway, Suite 355.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – In partnership with StoryWork International, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center certified its first class of LivingStories volunteers May 3. 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – In celebration of Nurses Week, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Foundation awarded scholarships for nursing excellence to several team members. 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health has been granted special consultative status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Consultative status for an organization enables it to actively engage with ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies, as well as with the U.N. Secretariat, programs, funds and agencies in a number of ways. This gives Novant Health a platform on the international stage to contribute to work in the areas of women’s and children’s health and wellness and population health, as well as poverty and food security.  

SALISBURY, N.C. – Grab your favorite girls and join Novant Health for a fun night of shopping and free health screenings in support of Rowan County United Way. The event is being held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, at the West End Plaza Event Center, located at 1935 Jake Alexander Blvd. in Salisbury. Attendees are encouraged to make a $10 donation to the United Way in place of admission to the event.

10,000 Healthy Hearts Challenge promotes heart health education CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In the U.S., 3 out of 4 adults are living with a heart age older than their actual age.1  To combat these prematurely aging hearts, Novant Health is launching the 10,000 Healthy Hearts Challenge aimed at educating 10,000 people about their heart health by 2018. 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center joins an elite group of North Carolina hospitals that have received international recognition as a Baby-Friendly Designated birth facility. 

BOLIVIA, N.C. – The Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center Foundation’s sixth annual Flip Flop Ball will be held Friday, May 19, at 7 p.m. at 101 Stone Chimney Place. 

WAKE FOREST, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to welcome Dr. William Clark to Novant Health Primary Care Partners in Wake Forest. Clark joined the clinic in March and is accepting new patients.