Press Releases

SALISBURY, N.C. – A new electric car charging station has been added to the first level of Novant Health Rowan Medical Center’s parking deck. This is the first electric car charging station at the hospital and is available for use by all patients, visitors and team members.  

Services include one-on-one nutrition counseling, group education and off-site education CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Novant Health Sports & Performance Medicine powered by EXOS has added sports performance dietitian Mary Glenn Yort, MS, RD, LDN, to its growing team of experts. Yort provides nutrition education and counseling designed to help individuals, teams and businesses achieve a higher level of performance.     

CLEMMONS, N.C. – On Wednesday, August 2, Novant Health Clemmons Medical Center became a full-service hospital with the completion of its $49 million expansion. With the expansion, Clemmons Medical Center added 36 medical surgical beds, six observation beds and three additional operating rooms. Clemmons Medical Center will now have an increased focus on orthopedic care, including joint replacement, and a new healthcare delivery model that allows shorter hospital stays at lower costs.

SALISBURY, N.C. – Susan G. Komen Charlotte has awarded a $63,419 grant to Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Foundation to provide mammography screenings and diagnostic services for underinsured and uninsured individuals in Rowan and surrounding counties.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.  ― Carolina Surgical of Charlotte has joined Novant Health Medical Group, the physician division of Novant Health.  The group of five board-certified surgeons provides both general and specialty surgical care and includes Drs. Ilan D. Avin, Wyatt C. Fowler, Carl J. Lowe, Jr., Michael G. Melkonian and Peter S. Turk. The group is also supported by advanced practice clinicians, Jessica Michalak and Lauren Sandberg, and registered dietitian, Victoria Levesque. Its new name will be Novant Health Carolina Surgical.    

WINSTON-SALEM - The Novant Health Clemmons Medical Center Foundation hosted a ribbon-cutting event Saturday, July 22 for the naming of the Golding Conference Rooms. The event commemorated a generous recent donation from Golding Farms Foods owners and Clemmons community leaders, Tony and Vi Golding, pictured with James Torrible, chief development officer of Novant Health Clemmons Medical Center Foundation, far left, and Chad Setliff, president of Novant Health Clemmons Medical Center, far right. The Goldings are supporting the new expansion of Novant Health Clemmons Medical Center and the Clemmons community through this generous donation and wished to share their enthusiasm with friends and neighbors. 

WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Novant Health has been recognized by the American Hospital Association for its adoption, implementation and use of information technology in the delivery of healthcare. The prestigious award is conferred to hospitals based on the annual Most Wired survey, an industry-standard benchmark study.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to announce the opening of its newest Orthopedic & Sports Medicine location in the Hillcrest section of Winston-Salem. Located just off of Stratford Road at 2337 Winterhaven Lane, the location provides a convenient new option for orthopedic care. 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to welcome Dr. George Ghobrial to Novant Health Forsyth Brain and Spine Surgery in Winston-Salem.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Novant Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Adam Back to Novant Health Total Spine Specialists in Charlotte. Back joined Novant Health this month and will be seeing patients at the practice’s Randolph Road location and also at its Huntersville location. In his new position, Back will provide both general neurological care and complex spine care. He and his colleagues are currently accepting new patients. 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Carolinas HealthCare System and Novant Health today announce a partnership to merge critical patient information, which will give providers access to the important patient records they need for improving quality and coordination of care for patients who see providers at both health systems in a secure environment.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Susan G. Komen Charlotte has awarded $169,256 in grant funding to Novant Health cancer prevention, education and early detection to provide mammography screenings and diagnostic services for underinsured and uninsured individuals in Mecklenburg County and surrounding communities. Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center received a $101,018 grant, and Novant Health Matthews and Huntersville medical centers received a $68,238 award.