Press Releases

Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 18, 2016 – Novant Health Cancer Care continues to demonstrate its commitment to offering the most advanced treatment options to patients with breast cancer by becoming the first hospital in North Carolina to use the new SAVI SCOUT radar localization system during breast conservation surgeries. An alternative to wire localization, SCOUT is an FDA-cleared device used by surgeons and radiologists to precisely locate and direct the removal of a tumor during a lumpectomy or surgical biopsy procedure. 

Brunswick, N.C., Oct. 12, 2016 – Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center will host Glitz, Glamour and Glow – a wine tasting, shopping and beauty event exclusively for women – Saturday, Oct. 29, from 1 to 4 p.m.

SALISBURY, N.C. – Novant Health Rowan Medical Center announced today that the Uncork Your Support fashion show and wine tasting event to benefit the will take place on Sunday, Oct. 16, from 3 to 5 p.m. at Morgan Ridge Vineyards.

KERNERSVILLE, N.C. – Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center announced today the fifth annual Oooh Bra La La breast cancer awareness event will take place on Thursday, Oct. 27, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center Lambe Conference Center.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Imagine planning for a newborn for months, creating a nursery, picking out a name, and being showered with gifts at baby showers with family and friends. Now, imagine all of that instantly being taken away.

Winston-Salem, N.C., Oct. 11, 2016 – Seven remarkable Novant Health nurses have been named to the prestigious Great 100 list of nurses in North Carolina. The nurses were nominated by their peers on the basis of their outstanding professionalism, their demonstration of excellence and their commitment to making a difference in their communities through nursing. 

Bolivia, N.C., Oct. 7, 2016– Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center will remain open to serve the coastal community during Hurricane Matthew. All Novant Health physician clinics will be closed during the height of the storm. 

Winston-Salem, N.C., Oct. 5, 2017 – For the second year in a row, Novant Health has been recognized as one of the 2016 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America, a national awards program that honors the “best of the best” in workplace wellness. 

Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 5 – Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute has opened a satellite location in the Langtree community of Mooresville, North Carolina. The clinic is located inside of the Langtree medical office building at 106 Langtree Village Drive, Suite 200.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.  – When you receive a life-altering diagnosis, such as breast cancer, it’s easy to become overwhelmed processing the whys and hows. After serving 20 years as a nurse at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center and its cancer center, Sharon Gentry, RN, MSN, AOCN, CBCN, knows how to answer those questions. As the organizer of the Novant Health Derrick L. Davis Cancer Center’s nurse navigation program, one of the first navigation programs in the state, she has consoled dozens of patients and their families.

THOMASVILLE, N.C. – Often when patients are admitted to a hospital or getting medical treatment they are treated by a medical care professional who goes above and beyond their expectations. Novant Health has developed a Guardian Angel program that allows patients and loved ones to honor the special people who have been a part of their care, diagnoses and treatment.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., September 21, 2016 – Some 93 percent of Americans say it's important to them to be healthy in general – not just “get better” when they are sick. And yet 3 in 4 Americans (76 percent) say they are prevented in some way from being their healthiest self, according to a new consumer attitudes study about health. They have widespread concerns about being and staying healthy, as well as lack the time, interest and motivation to pursue good health.